Hi, all. I'm a first-time poster and new to using Pro/E.
I'm working through the very first lesson from PTC's
training library, and I've already run into some issues.
I just created an assembly and imported a base part. Now
I want to add another component to the assembly. I click
the "Add component to assembly" button which brings up a
file dialog box. I select the new component file to
bring it into the assembly.
I want to mate a hole on the base part to a shaft on the
part I just imported. Here, I come across two problems.:
Problem 1
I mouseover to the hole surface of the base part. In the
training video, surfaces and edges become highlighted
when mousing over, but they don't in my instance of
Pro/E. I looked up this problem and did the following to
attempt to address it by going to Tools > Options, adding
"Prehighlight" and setting the value to "yes". After
doing this, I still don't get a prehighlight.
Problem 2
I click the hole surface on the base part to begin auto-
type constraining. After I click it, all component
models disappear. I am left with a dashed line with one
end anchored at the point I previous clicked, and the
other end following my mouse. When I mouseover to where
the shaft was (before it disappeared), a cyan highlight
appears, but otherwise, there are no 3D models on the
screen. Sometimes, there are random red outlines of part
features scattered about the screen - these outlines do
not correspond with what was previously on the screen.
I've uploaded screenshots to explain what I'm seeing.
Any help is appreciated. While I have some experience in
other CAD programs (namely Inventor), it's very hard to
use Pro/E for me right now, since the I'm not sure what I
can or can't click on (lack of prehighlights) and that I
have to assemble parts when they're invisible.
Here's the system I'm running on:
Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (formerly Pro/E Wildfire 5.0) 32-
bit version
Windows 7 Home Premium, SP1 64-bit version
Lenovo Thinkpad X61
Intel Core 2 Duo L7500, 1.60 GHz, 3.0 GB RAM
Mobile Intel
I'm working through the very first lesson from PTC's
training library, and I've already run into some issues.
I just created an assembly and imported a base part. Now
I want to add another component to the assembly. I click
the "Add component to assembly" button which brings up a
file dialog box. I select the new component file to
bring it into the assembly.
I want to mate a hole on the base part to a shaft on the
part I just imported. Here, I come across two problems.:
Problem 1
I mouseover to the hole surface of the base part. In the
training video, surfaces and edges become highlighted
when mousing over, but they don't in my instance of
Pro/E. I looked up this problem and did the following to
attempt to address it by going to Tools > Options, adding
"Prehighlight" and setting the value to "yes". After
doing this, I still don't get a prehighlight.
Problem 2
I click the hole surface on the base part to begin auto-
type constraining. After I click it, all component
models disappear. I am left with a dashed line with one
end anchored at the point I previous clicked, and the
other end following my mouse. When I mouseover to where
the shaft was (before it disappeared), a cyan highlight
appears, but otherwise, there are no 3D models on the
screen. Sometimes, there are random red outlines of part
features scattered about the screen - these outlines do
not correspond with what was previously on the screen.
I've uploaded screenshots to explain what I'm seeing.
Any help is appreciated. While I have some experience in
other CAD programs (namely Inventor), it's very hard to
use Pro/E for me right now, since the I'm not sure what I
can or can't click on (lack of prehighlights) and that I
have to assemble parts when they're invisible.
Here's the system I'm running on:
Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (formerly Pro/E Wildfire 5.0) 32-
bit version
Windows 7 Home Premium, SP1 64-bit version
Lenovo Thinkpad X61
Intel Core 2 Duo L7500, 1.60 GHz, 3.0 GB RAM
Mobile Intel
