Learning Objectives:

• Create holes using the Hole dashboard.

• Create Round, Chamfer, and Rib.
• Edit features.
• Redefine, Reroute, and Reorder features.
• Suppress and delete features.
• Modify features.
 Options Aiding Construction of Parts
This chapter explains the feature creation tools provided in Pro/ENGINEER that help
in creating a model and editing it once the model is completed.

 Creating Holes
In engineering components, holes can be counterbore, countersink, tapered, or
drilled. Pro/ENGINEER allows you to create all these types of holes. In
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, holes are created using the Hole dashboard.

• The Hole Dashboard

In this release of Pro/ENGINEER, holes are created using the Hole
dashboard. The Hole dashboard is displayed when you choose Insert > Hole
from the menu bar or the Hole Tool button from the Engineering Features
toolbar present in the Right Toolchest. You can create three types of holes
using the Hole dashboard. The first type is a straight hole, the second is a
sketched hole, and the third is a standard hole.
• Creating Straight Holes
Straight holes are the holes that have a circular cross-section having a constant
diameter throughout the depth. They start at the placement plane and terminate at
the user-defined depth or at the specified end surface. The Hole dashboard with
Create straight hole button selected is shown in the figure.

Hole dashboard

Linear dimensioning of hole Radial dimensioning of hole

Diameter dimensioning of hole Coaxial hole
• Creating Sketched Holes
The Sketched option allows you to sketch the cross-section for the hole that is
revolved about a center axis. This option is used to draw custom shapes for the hole.
When you choose the Sketched option from the first drop-down list in the Hole
dashboard, the Hole dashboard appears as shown in the figure.

Hole dashboard

• Standard Hole
The standard holes can be created by choosing the Create standard hole
button from the Hole dashboard. The holes created using this button are
based on industry standard fastener tables.

Hole dashboard
 Important Points to Remember While Creating Holes
1. While drawing the sketch of a hole, the sketch should have axis of revolution
and at least one entity normal to it.

2. While creating a hole, the primary reference for placement of hole can be
selected without choosing any option from the Hole dashboard. However, when
you need to specify the secondary references, then you have to choose the
Placement tab from the Hole dashboard.

3. It is recommended that if you are creating a Standard hole then the units of the
model should be in mm.

4. An application of Sketched hole is a tapered hole. Sketched holes are always

blind and have depth in one direction only.

5. You cannot select a convex or concave surface as the placement plane.

 Creating Rounds
The Round option in the Insert menu creates a fillet or smooth rounded transition
with either a circular or a conic profile between two adjacent surfaces. This feature
creation tool can be invoked from the menu bar or from the Engineering Features
toolbar in the Right Toolchest.

Round created on the edges Round created on surfaces

• The Round Dashboard
When you choose the Round Tool button from the Engineering Features toolbar
or choose Insert > Round from the menu bar, the Round dashboard is displayed
as shown in the figure and you are prompted to select an edge or surface to
create the round set. The options of Round dashboard are listed next.

Round dashboard

• Switch to Set mode button • Options tab

• Switch to Transition mode button • Properties tab
• Sets tab
• Transitions tab
• Ambiguity tab
• Creating a constant radius round on a chain of edge

• Creating a variable radius round on an edge

Constant radius round by Variable radius round by selecting

selecting the edges the edge
• Points to remember while creating rounds

1. To avoid parent-child relationship, other features should not be referenced to the

edges created by rounds or to the round surface.

2. Rounds should be added at the last. This means, the rounds should be the last
features in any solid model.

3. The more the number of round features a solid model has, the more time the
system takes to regenerate them.

4. Use the shortcut menus extensively while creating rounds.

 Creating Chamfers
Chamfers are used to bevel the selected edges and corners with the help of some
specified parameters. Pro/ENGINEER creates two type of chamfers. The first is the
Corner chamfer and the second is the Edge chamfer. To create chamfer on a
corner, choose Insert > Chamfer > Corner from the menu bar. To create a chamfer
on an edge, choose Insert > Chamfer > Edge from the menu bar. You can also
choose the Chamfer Tool button from the Engineering Features toolbar to create
the edge chamfers.

The two type of chamfers

• Corner Chamfer
A Corner chamfer creates a beveled surface at the intersection of three edges.
When you choose the Corner Chamfer option from the cascaded menu, the
SELECT dialog box and the CHAMFER (CORNER) dialog box is displayed, see
Figure A and you are prompted to select a corner to chamfer. When you select the
corner, the PICK/ENTER menu is displayed as shown in Figure B.

Figure A CHAMFER (CORNER) Figure B PICK/ENTER dialog

dialog box box
• Edge Chamfer
An Edge chamfer creates a beveled surface along the selected edge. When
you choose Insert > Chamfer > Edge from the menu bar or choose the
Chamfer Tool button from the Engineering Features toolbar, the Chamfer
dashboard is displayed as shown in figure and you are prompted to select any
number of edges to create chamfer.

Chamfer dashboard

• Switch to Set mode button

When this button is chosen, the drop-down list to the right of this button in the
Chamfer dashboard is also displayed. This drop-down list is used to specify the type
of chamfer. The options in the drop-down list with the help of figures are explained
next.
 D x D option D1 x D2 option

Angle x D option 45 x D option

• Switch to Transition mode button
Figure A shows the example of transition chamfer.

• Sets tab
• Transitions tab
• Ambiguity tab
• Options tab
Figure A Transition chamfer
• Properties option
 Understanding Ribs
Ribs are defined as thin wall-like structures used to bind the joints together so that
they do not fail under an increased load. In Pro/ENGINEER, the section for the rib
is sketched as an open section and can be extruded equally in both the directions
of the sketch plane or on either sides. The procedure of creating a rib is similar to
that of creating a protrusion. Figure A shows a rotational rib and Figure B shows
a straight rib.

Figure A Rotational Rib feature Figure B Straight Rib feature

• Creating Ribs
Ribs are created using the Rib dashboard shown in the figure. The Rib
dashboard is displayed when you choose Insert > Rib from the menu bar or
choose the Rib Tool button from the Engineering Features toolbar.

Rib dashboard
• References tab
• Change the thickness option between both sides, side 1, and side 2
button
 Editing the Features of a Model
Editing is one of the most important aspects of product designing. Most of the
designs require editing either during their creation or after they are created. As
mentioned earlier, Pro/ENGINEER is a parametric solid modeling tool.

• Editing Definition or Redefining Features

Editing the definition of features allow you to make changes in the parameters
that were used to create a feature. You can also modify the sketches of the
sketched features by editing their definition. A feature is redefined only when it is
completed.

• Reordering Features
Reordering the features is defined as the process of changing the order of
features in a model. Sometimes, after creating a model it may be required to
change the order in which the features of the model were created. A feature can
be placed before or after another feature. For this purpose either the Model Tree
or the Menu Manager is used.
• Rerouting Features
The References option available in the Edit menu is used to modify the
references of a feature and in turn break the parent-child relation that exists
between the selected feature and the other features. From this release of
Pro/ENGINEER, the rerouting of features is done using the References option.

• Suppressing Features
When you do not want a feature to be displayed on the graphics window or to
show up in the drawing views of a model then that feature can be suppressed.
Once the feature is suppressed, it will neither be displayed in the drawing views
nor on the graphics window.

• Deleting a Feature
The feature that is not required can be deleted from the model. Right-click on the
feature in the Model Tree or select it on the graphics window and press and hold
down the right mouse button to display the shortcut menu. From this menu
choose the Delete option.
• Modifying a Feature
Once a feature is created, you can still modify the feature by modifying its
dimensions. This editing operation reflects the parametric nature of
Pro/ENGINEER. Select the feature on the graphics window using the left mouse
button. The selected feature is highlighted in red, hold down the right mouse button
to invoke the shortcut menu. Choose the Edit option from this shortcut menu. The
selected feature is highlighted in red and the dimensions appear on the feature.

• Dynamically Modifying the Sketch of a Feature

If you want to modify the sketch of a feature without entering the sketcher
environment, then you need to modify it dynamically.
 Tutorial 1
Create the model shown in Figure A. The dimensions of the model are given in the
front, top, and left-side views of the model shown in Figure B.
(Expected time: 45 min)

Figure A Isometric view of the Figure B Left side view, front view, and the
model top view of the model with dimensions
a. First examine the model and then determine the number of features in it. The
model is composed of eight features.

b. The first four features are extruded

features. First the sketch of base feature
will be created on the FRONT datum
plane (Figure C), and then it will be
extruded to a depth of 10.

Figure C Sketch for base the feature

c. The sketch of the second feature (Figure D) will be created on the TOP
datum plane and will be extruded on one side of the sketching plane. The
depth of extrusion is 10 (Figure E).

Figure D Sketch for the second Figure E Second feature after

feature extrusion
d. The sketch of the third feature (Figure F) will
be created on the front planar surface of the
second feature and will be extruded on one
side of the sketching plane. The depth of
extrusion is 10.

Figure F Sketch for the third

feature
e. On the front planar surface of the third feature (Figure G), the sketch of the
cylindrical feature (Figure H) will be drawn and extrusion will be on both
sides of the plane. The depth of extrusion on one side is 12 and on the other
side is 13 (Figure I).

Figure G Sketching Figure H Sketch for Figure I The default

plane for the cylindrical the cylindrical feature view of the model
feature
f. The next feature is a hole that is coaxial to the cylindrical feature (Figure J).
This hole will be created using the HOLE dialog box.

Figure J Coaxial hole created on the

cylindrical feature

g. The next two features that will be created are rounds. The two rounds have
different radii. Hence, they will be created as two separate features.
h. The last feature is a rib. The sketch for this feature (Figure K) will be drawn
on the RIGHT datum plane. The rib is created (Figure L).

Figure K Sketch for the rib feature Figure L The default view of the model

i. Save the model and then close the window.

 Tutorial 2
In this tutorial you will create the model shown in Figure A. The dimensions of the
model are shown in Figure B. (Expected time: 30 min)

Figure A Isometric view of the model Figure B Drawing views of the model
a. First examine the model and then determine the number of features in it. The
model is composed of four features; one at the bottom (base feature), one
cylindrical feature, one hole feature on the cylindrical feature, and one rib
feature.

b. Select the sketching plane for the base feature, draw the sketch using the
sketcher tools (Figure C), apply the constraints and dimensions, and then
extrude the sketch to the given depth (Figure D).

Figure C Sketch for the base feature Figure D Trimetric view of the base
feature
 c. Select the sketching plane for the cylindrical feature, draw the sketch using
the sketcher tools (Figure E), apply the dimensions and constraints, and
then extrude the sketch to the given depth (Figure F).

Figure E Sketch of cylindrical feature Figure F Cylindrical feature

d. Create the hole on the cylindrical feature using the Hole dashboard
(Figure G).

Figure G Hole on cylindrical feature

e. Create a sketching plane for the rib feature, draw the sketch using the
sketcher tools (Figure H), apply the dimensions and constraints, and then
give the thickness to the sketch (Figure I).

Figure H Sketch of rib feature Figure I Trimetric view of the model

f. Save the model and then close the window.

 Tutorial 3
In this tutorial you will create the model shown in Figure A. The dimensions of the
model are given in the front and the right-side views shown in Figure B.
(Expected time: 45 min)

Figure A Isometric view of the model Figure B Drawing views of the model
a. First examine the model and then determine the number of features in it. The
model is composed of four features; one is the base feature, one cut feature,
one counter bore hole on the front planar surface of the base feature, and one
round feature.

b. Select the sketching plane for the base feature, draw the sketch using the
sketcher tools (Figure C), apply the dimensions and constraints, and then
extrude the sketch to the given depth (Figure D).

Figure C Sketch of base feature Figure D Base feature after extrusion

c. Create a sketching plane for the cut feature, draw the sketch using the
sketcher tools (Figure E), apply the dimensions, and then extrude the
sketch to both sides of the plane (Figure F).

Figure E Sketch of the cut feature Figure F Model after creating cut
d. Create a hole (Figure G).

e. Create the round (Figure H).

Figure G Model with the hole feature

Figure H Model with the round features

f. Save the model and then close the window.

 Tutorial 4
In this tutorial you will create the model shown in Figure A. The dimensions of the
model are given in the front, top, and the right-side views shown in Figure B.
(Expected time: 45 min)

Figure A Isometric view of the model Figure B Drawing views of the model
a. First examine the model and then determine the number of features in it. The
model is composed of five features: one at the bottom (base feature), one cut
feature on the base feature, one protrusion on the top of the base feature, and
two cut features that will create one hole at the top and two holes on the base
feature.
b. Select the sketch plane for the base feature, draw the sketch using the
sketching tools, apply the dimensions and constraints, and then extrude the
sketch to the given depth, see Figures C and D.

Figure C Sketch of base feature Figure D Base feature after extrusion

c. To create the cut feature, select the bottom face of the base feature as the
sketching plane, draw the sketch (Figure E), apply dimensions and constraints,
and then extrude the sketch (Figure F).

Figure E Sketch of the cut Figure F Model after creating the cut
feature feature

d. To create the protrusion feature, you need to create a datum plane offset to the
top face of the base feature (Figure G), draw the sketch using the sketching
tools (Figure H), apply dimensions and constraints, and then extrude the
sketch, see Figure I.
 Figure G DTM1 created Figure H Sketch for the Figure I Model after
at an offset distance cylindrical feature creating the cylindrical
feature
e. The next feature is a counterbore hole. You will sketch the section of the counterbore
hole (Figure J) and then select the top face of the cylindrical feature as the
placement plane. This hole is coaxial with the cylindrical feature, see Figure K.

Figure J Sketch Figure K Model

with dimensions with fourth feature
f. The last feature is the set of two straight holes that are created on the top face
of the base feature, see Figure L.

Figure L Model after creating holes

 Exercise 1
Create the model shown in Figure A. The dimensions of the model are given in the
front and top views of the model shown in Figure B. (Expected time: 45 min)

Figure A Isometric view of the model Figure B Top view and front view of
the model
 Exercise 2
Create the model shown in Figure A. The dimensions of the model are given in the
front and right-side views of the model shown in Figure B.
(Expected time: 30 min)

Figure A Isometric view of the model Figure B Front view and right side view of the
model
 Exercise 3
Create the model shown in Figure A. The dimensions of the model are given in the
front and right-side views of the model shown in Figure B.
(Expected time: 30 min)

Figure A Isometric view of the model Figure B Front view and right side view of the
model