| Starting
a new file |
- Open Pro/DESKTOP
- From the File menu select New
- Choose Design
- Select OK
- Maximise the screens
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| Importing the
parts
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- From the Assembly menu select Add Component...
- Open the component part base from your MyWork folder
- To fix this first part in position right click in the modelling area
and select Fix Component
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the part back
- You should new be able to select the back using the Select
Part
tool and drag it around in the modelling area
- You can also add the pre-drawn tube from the Palette
- If the Palette is not visible, select Palette... from the Tools
menu
- In the Palette click on the Parts tab and then drag
the tube into the modelling area
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Constraining
the parts
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- Choose the Select Faces
tool from the toolbar
- Select the outer surface of the tube
- Using the Shift key add the tube hole in the base to the
selection
- You can now Constrain these two surfaces by choosing Center
Axes from the Assembly menu
- If you now select the tube using the Select Part
tool, you can drag the tube around but it will be constrained to be
concentric with the hole in the base
- Constrain the vertical position of the tube by repeating steps 1 to
4 but this time select the bottom face of the tube and the bottom
of the hole and select Mate from the Assembly menu (if
you now try to drag the tube around, it can only rotate about its
axis)
- To fix the back in position you need to add 3 constraints - Mate
the front face to the back face of the base Align the bottom
face with the bottom face of the base and Align the right hand
faces of the two parts
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| Adding
colour

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- Choose the Select Parts
tool from the toolbar
- Select one of the parts
- Right click in the modelling area and choose Set Component
Color... from the menu
- Repeat for the remaining parts
- Save the design as assembly
Advanced - Try adding and positioning two screws from the
Parts Palette
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