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How do you cope with installation, upgrades & other CAD Admin tasks, particularly for Pro/E & Intralink? Are you a full-time Admin person, or do you do it on top of your regular job? In preparation for a PTC/User 2004 presentation, I'm trying to get an idea of the experiences of CAD...

Previous versions of Pro/E mainly used the right-hand menus, so the mapkey lists were like this: mapkey(continued) #TABLE;#REPEAT REGION;#FIX INDEX; Nowadays, most commands use drop-down menus or dialog boxes, so the mapkeys are harder to edit, eg: mapkey(continued) ~ Select `main_dlg_cur`...

Check these tutorials: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/~entdgc/WildfireDocs/tutorials.htm There are also books available from CADQuest: http://www.cadquest.com/books/rel24.htm http://www.cadquest.com/books/basicbook24.htm Ed ps - see a few more links for Pro/E Wildfire & Intralink 3.3 resources...

The hide function is just a temporary display option - it doesn't save with the assembly. (ie next time you open the assembly, all the parts will show). Use Simplified Rep (or Component Display) for views that you want to save & retrieve later.

For a mechanism - create snapshots of the mechanism (when you define different stages by clicking on the camera icon). In drawing mode, create a new view, and make it an exploded view. Select the view state you saved in mechanism... it will show the assembly in the position.

Hoops Granite only views parts & assys, not drawings. Ed

About the problem with intermittent config.win files - the way to combine them all is: - move all config.win files out of your \proe_loadpoint\text\ folder & startup folder - then start Pro/E - so it's running with a default screen (no customisation) - then Customise screen, uncheck the Auto...

There's some info about customising Pro/E here: http://www.geocities.com/edwinmuirhead/pro-how/admin.htm Ed

To show different instances with different colours: - add a surface to the model which includes all surfaces - then give this surface a colour - add the surface to the family table & turn on/off as req - create new surfaces for each colour Works OK. Ed

This will lock any dimension you modify during a sketcher session: Utilities > Sketcher Preferences > Display Tick "Lock Modified Dimensions" I don't know if there's a way to lock all the dimensions with one pick... Regards Ed www.geocities.com/edwinmuirhead/pro-how/

PTC do a couple of programs which may help: - ProductView - can view Pro/E files (you need to install object filters) - Pro/Desktop express can also view Pro/E files Check www.ptc.com for more. Ed

You could insert a note in the model: Setup > Notes > New Enter text, ie: &material These will show on the model (assuming you have allowed 3D notes to show) & can also be shown on the drawing. Regards Ed

Once you've got a color.map file (either downloaded or created) - save it into your working directory - then Pro/E will use these colours by default. Ed

Have you tried adding icons to the existing drawing toolbar? This will show only in drawing mode. Ed

Also check the Pro/E & Intralink tips here: http://www.geocities.com/edwinmuirhead/pro-how/ Recent examples: - Create features based on graphs - Mapkeys - Enable part to calculate its weight - ModelCheck Updated every couple of weeks. Regards Ed