Pro/PROCESS

[design-engine]

Has anyone used Pro/PROCESS for the development of a project. Just curious to how its used and to get some conversation going about it.

 

[boydt]

We use it for manufacturing plans/sketches. We break machining steps down to operations. You can use it to show material conditions at each operation in the process.


Not sure if this answered your question or not but I tried

 

[jason_]

Has anyone used Pro/PROCESS for the development of a project. Just curious to how its used and to get some conversation going about it.

You can use it tocreate a step by step sequence of how something might be assembled and place each step on a drawing. Think of an assembly guide you might get with a piece of furniture from IKEA.


With all of the animation software out there these days, even within Pro/E, that's a better choice IMO. But if the deliverable is a drawing/pictures then Pro/Process works well.

 

[design-engine]

those descriptions starts to paint a picture.Would/Could it be used to write descriptions or words to guide the assembly? Or Pro/E models?

 

[boydt]

It would be the harder way to do it, in my opinion. The benefit to Pro/Process is that you can break your model down to operations showing differant material conditions. So I guess what I am trying to say is if you are wanting to illustrate material removals in a sequence. It is very similar to Pro/NC, they work together.

 

[jason_]

Yeah, I guess it should be clarified that there are two differentPro/Process modules. Pro/Process for MFG where you can show a part undergoing machining steps, etc. Then there's the one I was speaking of which is Pro/Process for Assemblies.


Found this good but older writeup from a Pro/Users conference on MFG.


Here's one, not as good but somewhat informative, on Assemblies.



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[vandewinckel]

We use Pro/Process for assemblies to create a step by step assembly process manuals for are assembly floor. We also use it to create the graphics for parts manuals that we ship with the machines. It works good for what we use it for.

 

[lslattery]

We've used pro\process for assembly on the floor it incuded step by step instruction - embeededand linked word doc's all tooling inthe order of use.Some drawings contained 30 sheets. Each sheet hada minimum of theexploded state, tooling and the assemled state for that step, alsojpeg pictures were also used.

 

[design-engine]

so its like a set of directions prepared by the engineer to communicate process or steps for preforming operations or how to assembly a product. The document is intended for the industrial engineers setting up for production or assembly too.The word documents or jpegs in the Pro/PROCESS document might be set up after one designs the product which needs a process not before... Right?


I just found the 'process for assembly' section on the forum.
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[gcook]

Pro/Process for ASSY's


When I started at the company where I am today, they were creating what they call 'engineering procedures' whenever an assembly needed further detailed instructions beyond just a simpleassembly drawing w/balloons, they would use MS Word to write step-by-steps. The problem was to do that acurately they needed to create CAD snapshots to add to Word doc or actual digital photos (which are static and need to be manually changed everytime design model gets revised). To get the photos the engineer would need to wait until parts were delivered and prototype first build took place, then document could be finished for future release. Bass-Ackwards if you ask me.


They used Pro/E for their design models and so I created the Pro/Process start-parts, border formats and customized associative tables, and a step library (for common steps). Now people here can sit and quickly create step-by-step instructions for things like putting assemblies togetherusing fixtures, performing refurbs, product upgrades, retrofits, etc (which would be difficult with assembly mode) all by leveraging their existing design models. Engineers now have fulldetailed procedures complete before the parts arrive and therefore can simply verify the procedure makes sense, and if a design change takes place (which usually does)they can update the procedure quickly and accurately on the fly.


I also publish Pro/Process assemblys to our intranet using Pro/Web.Publish so MFG engineers can view the procedure w/o needing Pro/E so theycan confirm DFMA before the parts arrive as well.


Justexamples to think about...

 

[design-engine]

Thats the best answer so far.... Combined with the PDF's above I think I can recreate the procedure to create Pro/PROCESS for a project.
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