Pro / Engineer PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 for Engineers and Designers, Revised and Updated ed

Chapter 1: Introduction to PTC Creo Parametric 3.0

• Introduction to PTC Creo Parametric 3.0
• Features of PTC Creo Parametric
• System Requirements
• Getting Started with PTC Creo Parametric
• Important Terms and Definitions
• File Menu Options
• Managing Files
• Menu Manager
• Model Tree
• Understanding the Functions of the Mouse Buttons
• Ribbon 1-22 Toolbars
• Navigator
• PTC Creo Parametric Browser
• Appearance Gallery 1-29
• Rendering in PTC Creo Parametric
• Color Scheme Used in this Book

Chapter 2: Creating Sketches in the Sketch Mode-I

• The Sketch Mode
• The Sketcher Environment 2-3 Working with a Sketch in the Sketch Mode
• Drawing a Sketch Using tools available in the Sketch Tab
• Dimensioning the Sketch
• Dimensioning the Basic Sketched Entities
• Working with Constraints
• Modifying the Dimensions of a Sketch
• Resolve Sketch Dialog Box
• Deleting the Sketched Entities
• Trimming the Sketched Entities
• Mirroring the Sketched Entities
• Inserting Standard/User-Defined Sketches
• Drawing Display Options

Chapter 3: Creating Sketches in the Sketch Mode-II

• Dimensioning the Sketch
• Creating Fillets
• Creating a Reference Coordinate System
• Working with Splines
• Writing Text in the Sketcher Environment
• Rotating and Resizing Entities
• Importing 2D Drawings in the Sketch Mode

Chapter 4: Creating Base Features

• Creating Base Features
• Creating a Protrusion
• Extruding a Sketch
• Revolving a Sketch
• Understanding the Orientation of Datum Planes
• Parent-Child Relationship
• Nesting of Sketches
• Creating Cuts

Chapter 5: Datums

• Datums
• Need for Datums in Modeling
• Selection Method in PTC Creo Parametric
• Datum Options

Chapter 6: Options Aiding Construction of Parts-I

• Options Aiding Construction of Parts
• Creating Holes
• Creating Rounds
• Creating Chamfers
• Understanding Ribs
• Editing Features of a Model

Chapter 7: Options Aiding Construction of Parts-II

• Introduction
• Creating Feature Patterns
• Mirroring a Geometry
• Creating a Simplified Representation of a Solid Model

Chapter 8: Advanced Modeling Tools-I

• Other Protrusion Options
• Sweep Features
• Blend Features
• Rotational Blend Features
• Using Blend Vertex
• Shell Feature
• Datum Curves
• Creating Draft Features

Chapter 9: Advanced Modeling Tools-II

• Advanced Feature Creation Tools

Chapter 10: Advanced Modeling Tools-III

• Advanced Modeling Tools
• Toroidal Bend
• Spinal Bend
• Warp
• Transform Tool
• Warp Tool

Chapter 11: Assembly Modeling

• Assembly Modeling
• Important Terms Related to the Assembly Mode
• Creating Top-down Assemblies
• Creating Bottom-up Assemblies
• Assembling Components
• Packaging Components
• Creating Simplified Representations
• Redefining the Components of an Assembly
• Reordering Components
• Suppressing/Resuming Components
• Replacing Components
• Assembling Repeated Copies of a Component
• Modifying the Components of an Assembly
• Creating the Exploded State
• The Bill of Materials
• Global Interference
• Pairs Clearance

Chapter 12: Generating, Editing and Modifying the Drawing Views

• The Drawing Mode
• Generating Drawing Views
• Editing the Drawing Views
• Modifying Other Parameters

Chapter 13: Dimensioning the Drawing Views

• Dimensioning the Drawing Views
• Adding Notes to the Drawing
• Adding Tolerances in the Drawing Views
• Editing the Geometric Tolerances
• Adding Balloons to the Assembly Views
• Adding Reference Datums to the Drawing Views
• Modifying and Editing Dimensions
• Cleaning Up the Dimensions

Chapter 14: Other Drawing Options

• Sketching in the Drawing Mode
• Modifying the Sketched Entities
• User-Defined Drawing Formats
• Retrieving the User-Defined Formats in the Drawings
• Adding and Removing Sheets in the Drawing
• Creating Tables in the Drawing Mode
• Generating the BOM and Balloons in Drawings

Chapter 15: Surface Modeling

• Surface Modeling
• Creating Surfaces in PTC Creo Parametric
• Creating Surfaces By Using the Style Environment of PTC Creo Parametric
• Surface Editing Tools
• Freestyle Modeling Environment

Chapter 16: Working with Sheetmetal Components

• Introduction to Sheetmetal
• Invoking the Sheetmetal Mode
• Introduction to Sheetmetal Walls
• Creating the Bend Feature
• Creating the Unbend Feature
• Conversion to Sheetmetal Part
• Creating Cuts in the Sheetmetal Components
• Creating the Flat Pattern

Tutorial

Self-Evaluation Test

Review Questions

Exercise