PRO/ENGINEER Chinese Wildfire 2.0 Sheet Metal Design Tutorial - (Includes 1CD)

Author: Zhan Yougang
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: What is Pro/ENGINEER? It is a comprehensive three-dimensional CAD/CAM parametric software system developed by PTC, a U.S.-based company. Its content covers product conceptual design, industrial modeling design, three-dimensional model design, analysis and calculation, dynamic simulation and simulation, engineering drawing output, and more. Due to its powerful and perfect functions, Pro/ENGINEER has almost become a banner and standard in the field of three-dimensional CAD/CAM. In foreign universities, it has become a mandatory course for engineering majors and has also become the technique of engineering technicians. With China's entry into the WTO, a new technological revolution in the field of industrial design has already emerged. As an effective means of improving productivity and competitiveness, Pro/ENGINEER is also forming a widespread trend in China. This book introduces the process and methods of sheet metal design using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0, including the configuration of the software's usage environment, an introduction to the sheet metal design interface, the creation of sheet metal walls, the extension and merging of sheet metal walls, the bending of sheet metal, the unfolding of sheet metal (including the unfolding of deformed surfaces, assisted unfolding of sheet metal with features such as tearing/conversion), creating punches and grooves on sheet metal, the creation of sheet metal forming features, the calculation of sheet metal unfolding length, the setup of sheet metal (including the setup and use of sheet metal parameters/bend tables, etc.), and the creation of sheet metal engineering drawings. In terms of content arrangement, this book closely combines examples to explain and describe the process, concepts, methods, and techniques of Pro/ENGINEER sheet metal design. These examples are representative cases from actual engineering design, and such an arrangement enhances the practicality and operability of the book. In terms of writing style, this book closely follows the actual operation interface of the software, using real dialog boxes, control panels, buttons, etc., to explain the content, enabling beginners to operate the software intuitively and accurately, thereby quickly mastering it and improving learning efficiency. The book is comprehensive, well-organized, rich in examples, detailed in explanations, and illustrated, making it suitable as a self-study tutorial and reference book for engineering technicians and three-dimensional design enthusiasts learning Pro/ENGINEER sheet metal design. It can also serve as a teaching and hands-on practice textbook for students of universities and colleges and trainees in various training schools. The book comes with a CD-ROM containing all the example files in the book and the configuration files for the Pro/ENGINEER software.