To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Auto collect all Solid Surfaces Shrinkwrap option. You have the option to solidify the resulting geometry and to remove holes from selected surfaces.
Default Envelope
Use Default Envelope to represent an assembly with a single part.
Granular Change Definition of Data Sharing Features
The change of a copy geometry feature referencing a sketch or curve feature is determined on a more granular level. This reduces the risk of unintentionally changed objects.
Inheritance Feature Enhancements
The inheritance feature has improved support for model-based definition and toolkit functions.
Simple Replacement of Copied Models
Quickly replace copied models by automapping the same feature IDs.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Advanced Rendering
Advanced Rendering Overhaul
There are significant improvements to Photolux.
New Appearance and Scene Library
New appearances and scenes have been compiled into a library.
New Appearance Classes
The appearance classes have been consolidated.
Shadow Catcher Support
A shadow catcher appearance can now be added to the room walls.
You can configure column display in MODS Result tables.
Datum Points and Coordinate Systems from Mathcad Matrices
Create datum points and coordinate systems from Analysis features that reference matrices in Mathcad.
Design Studies of Parameters in Footer Features
You can use parameters from Features in the Footer in Design Studies.
Draft Analysis Enhancements
Color tools for Draft Analysis are enhanced.
Enhanced Excel Analysis Feature
You can store an updated Excel file on regeneration.
Performance Monitor
Monitor critical design measurements and safety margins to design requirements.
Statistical Design Studies
Statistical attributes can be applied to dimensions and parameters, enabling the calculation of resulting statistical parameters for any measurable goal in the model.
Volume Analysis on Closed Quilts
You can analyze volume and mass properties on closed quilts.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Cabling Design
Cable Reroute Dashboard
You can use a dashboard for the modification of cable routes.
Component Designation
Component Designation can be done on the fly.
Improved User Model for Cabling Design
Cabling Design has adopted the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire user model.
Model Tree Improvements
There are improvements to Model Tree display.
Modify Harnesses Using Drag Handles
You can use drag handles to modify harnesses.
Network Modification
Network creation can be done on the fly.
Route Cable User Interface
There is a consolidated user interface for routing wires and cables.
Route Network Dashboard
There is a dashboard for the creation and modification of networks.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Additional PPRINT Output
Additional tool and step information in PPRINT format is generated in the CL data output.
Automatic Plunge On Center for Internal Thread Milling
You can select an option to automatically plunge and retract along the center axis for thread milling step.
Control for 5-Axis Surfacing Improved
There are additional options to control toolpath Discretization and number of passes in 5-Axis surface milling.
Custom Prompt for Manufacturing Template References
You can customize placement prompts for Manufacturing annotation references.
Deleting Mulitple Cutting Tools
In the Tool Manager you can select and then delete multiple cutting tools.
Duplicating Toolpaths with the Pattern Tool
The Pattern tool dashboard is leveraged for toolpath duplication.
Family Table Functionality Extended to Manufacturing
You can create a family table for manufacturing model.
Holemaking Customization
Holemaking customization can be captured in an XML template.
HTML-Based Shop Floor Documentation
You can automatically create customizable, HTML-based shop floor documentation including toolpath graphics.
Manufacturing Process Manager Coverage Extended
In the Process Manager, you can directly create area turning, groove turning, profile turning and profile milling.
Manufacturing User Interface Modernized
The main entry-level options, previously in the Menu Manager for NC and CMM, are moved to top-level menus and toolbars.
Mill Window Selection for Face Milling
Mill window selection as a machined geometry reference for face milling is enabled.
Multitask Turning Tools
There is support for production turning tools with multiple inserts at different orientations.
NC Parameter User Interface Enhanced
The set of images that describes NC parameters is expanded. The retrieval of parameters is standardized.
NC Supports In-process Probing
NC and CMM steps are combined in a single manufacturing model.
Output On Contour for Helical Approach and Exit
Output on contour is possible for 2-D toolpaths with diameter compensation activated and helical plunge used for entry and exit motions.
Output on Contour for Thread Milling
Output on contour for thread milling motions with diameter compensation on is enabled.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Replacing a Cutting Tool from the Tool Manager
In the Tool Manager you can replace a tool and automatically update all the NC steps using this tool.
Saving and Retrieving Multiple Cutting Tools
You can save and retrieve multiple tools, including cut data information, in an XML-based transfer file from the Tool Manager.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
TIP Output Selection for Multitip Tools
There is an option to select which TIP to use for CL data output for multitip tools.
Toolpath Synchronization for Turning
There is a graphics tool for synchronizing a toolpath in 4-axis turning.
Turning Tool Orientation
There is a new option for turning tool orientation.
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Mold Features Visible by Default in Model Tree
Mold features are visible by default in the model tree when starting a new session or opening an existing mold or cast model.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Manufacturing User Interface Modernized
The main entry-level options, previously in the Menu Manager for NC and CMM, are moved to top-level menus and toolbars.
NC Supports In-process Probing
NC and CMM steps are combined in a single manufacturing model.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
Vision for CMM
Pro/CMM supports vision systems such as camera or fiber optics.
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
"Insert Here" Shortcut Command
The shortcut menu for the Model Tree contains the Insert Here command.
3D Import Wizards and Data Exchange Profiles
New wizards control import options for most 3D formats, providing you with immediate access to most commonly used import settings including use templates, enable ATB, and import as facet. Casual users can quickly choose a predefined profile to apply. Advanced users can tweak the details of a chosen profile or the current session settings.
Actual Radius Dimensions in 2D Drawings
When the actual or true radial dimension cannot be shown in a given drawing view, you can choose from a list of radii for the selected feature, and show it as a note.
Animated Exploded and Unexploded Sequences
You can animate exploded or unexploded sequences.
Annotation Elements and Out-of-plane Movement
New options control the planar location of an Annotation Element relative to its references.
Appearance Overhaul
The assignment, editing, and managing of appearances is improved.
Approximating the Surface Offset
Surfaces that cannot be offset can be approximated.
Assembly Cut Enhancements
Switch between the simplified and advanced assembly cut environments by selecting or clearing a check box. Cut challenging geometry with the Check Geometry Option.
Assembly Explode Usability Enhancements
In the new interface for Explode, you can reposition models by dragging and rotating them.
To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Shrinkwrap option Auto collect all Solid Surfaces. You can solidify the resulting geometry and remove holes from selected surfaces.
Autonumbering of New models in Copied Assembly
When connected to a Windchill server, you can use autonumbering to name new models generated as a result of copying an assembly.
Axis from a Coordinate System
You can define axes from a coordinate system.
Component Chooser
Use dynamic preview and powerful selection tools to build component subsets within the Component Chooser. The Component Chooser is used to define simplified representations, envelopes, and shrinkwrap features.
Controlling the Display of Model Tree Columns
As columns are added to the Model Tree, you can specify their default width.
Controlling Used Sketch Display
You can toggle the display of used sketches.
Coordinate Systems Follow Bends
Coordinate systems follow placement on walls during bend and bend back operations.
Custom Wall Definition Enhancements
Defining custom wall shapes for flat and flange walls is easier.
Data Exchange of Nongeometric Content
Data exchange of nongeometric content includes parameters, 3D notes, and annotations.
Datum Targets as Annotation Features
You can create Datum targets in the 3D model as Annotation features.
Dependant Mirror Designation in the Model Tree
Dependant Mirror features are represented by a unique icon in the Model Tree.
Dimensional Alignment Improvements
In 3D you can align Dimensions. In 2D and 3D you can use dimensional alignment in more cases.
Dimensional Tolerances Improvements
The updated dimension properties user interface gives you more control over the tolerance.
Disp.ay of Rounded Dimensions
Dimensions appear with a different number of significant digits from the actual value of the dimension.
Draft Geometric Tolerances Created During Copy
You can copy and paste geometric tolerances.
Drawing Tree
Selectable items in a drawing are enumerated on a Drawing Tree, improving usability.
Drawing User Interface Is Task-Based
The Drawing user interface is task-based, improving workflows and efficiency.
Dynamic Preview while Mirroring Components
Using dynamic preview, you can explore alternatives beforae generating new models.
Edit Text Style of Multiple Annotations
In 3D, you can change the text style of multiple annotations at the same time.
Enhanced Copy and Paste of Components
Quickly paste components using temporary interfaces.
Enhanced Reference Handling When Restructuring Assemblies
Enhanced reference handling simplifies restructuring by minimizing external references and dependencies.
Enhancements to Undo and Redo
Undo and Redo are improved.
Envelope Enhancements
With the new Component Chooser, envelopes are faster and easier to define and maintain. You can quickly define simplified representations based on the envelope and represent an assembly with a single part.
Excel as a Pattern Table Editor
You can use Excel as a pattern table editor.
Expanded Use for Intent Datums
The use of intent datums is expanded.
Expose Combined States at the Top-Level User Interface
You can easily navigate between the combined states of a model without opening the View Manager. Combined or All states appear as tabs, each with a thumbnail preview, in the graphics window.
Failure Tolerance
You can postpone resolving assembly failures so you can open and work with the assemblies with the missing information.
Feature Failure and Diagnostics Improved
Feature regeneration failures are easier to understand and fix.
Feature Regeneration Performance
Feature Regeneration performance is improved.
Fixed Location for the Marquee
There is a control for fixing the marquee location.
Flat and Flange Wall Definition Enhancements
Flat and Flange Wall Definition is improved.
Flatten Form Enhancements
Flatten form capabilities are improved.
Flexible Component Enhancements
There is improved regeneration of flexible components.
Foreshortened Radial Dimensions in 2D
When a radius on a drawing is large, it is difficult to show an internal radial dimension. In 2D drawings, an internal radial dimension can appear as foreshortened.
Form Feature Enhancements
Form features are enhanced.
Geometric Tolerances Can Reference Set Datums in Inheritance Features
You can use set datum planes and axes contained in an inheritance feature for referencing within a geometric tolerance.
Graphics Representation Enhancements
It is easier to select graphics representation models. You can store component placement information in the graphics representation.
Hem Walls with Drag Handles
Hem walls support drag handles.
Hole Table Improvements
Hole tables in drawings are easier to use, and you can use hole tables to report the placement of
additional features.
Import Data Doctor Diagnostics Wizard
The Diagnostics wizard extends the Troubleshooter dialog box with a series of new error, warning, and informational geometry checks unique to the Import Data Doctor (IDD) environment.
Import Data Doctor Match Tool
The Match tool is a new Repair mode tool that replaces poor quality n-sided imported surfaces with good quality n-sided surfaces.
Import Data Doctor Workflow and Selection Improvements
Multiple enhancements to Import Data Doctor modes, selection, filters, and features help streamline, simplify, and shorten the data repair process.
Import DXF Files into Sketcher
You can import DXF files into Sketcher
Improved Movement and Appearance of Angular Dimensions
The appearance and movement of angular dimensions in 3D and 2D are improved.
Include Dimensions in Draft Groups
You can include dimensions in 2D drawings in draft groups.
Inheritance Improvements
You can vary annotation properties in Inheritance features.
Keyframe Sequences Based on Explode States
There is a new animation type for animating between explode states.
Layer States in View Manager
You can create layer visibility states from the View Manager, and you can toggle the display of all layer-assigned content.
Lightweight Holes
Light weight holes are available.
Mirror a Patterned Group
You can mirror patterned groups.
Mirror Walls in Sheetmetal
You can mirror flat and flange walls in Sheetmetal.
Model Properties Consolidation and Enhancements
The definition of model properties is consolidated.
Model Tree for the Accessory Window
You can select references in the Model Tree and control layers in the Layer Tree that are specific to the Accessory window.
Model Tree Improvements in Drawings
The appearance of the Model Tree in Drawings is updated and commands from shortcut menus are available. There is better interaction between the Model Tree, the drawing, and the Drawing Tree.
Modifying Welds from Symbols
You can modify welds by changing the values in the symbols.
Mozilla or Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER Browser
You can choose between Mozilla and Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER embedded browser.
Multitab Browsing
The Pro/ENGINEER browser supports multiple tabs.
New Combine Tool for Welds
The weld combine tool is enhanced.
New Interface and Workflow for Fillet Weld Definition
Fillet Weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Groove Weld Definition
Groove weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Plug/Slot Weld Definition
Plug/Slot weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Spot Weld Definition
Spot weld definition is overhauled.
On-Surface Coordinate System
You can place coordinate systems on a surface.
Open Generic Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can open the generic of an instance from a shortcut menu. It is easy to identify an instance in the Model Tree when its generic name is appended.
Parameter Enhancements
Parameters are more visible and it is easier to understand how to use them correctly. New system-level parameters are created for geometric tolerances.
Parting Lines and Round Transition
Rounds of different radii or on surfaces drafted at different degrees that meet at a parting line can maintain a flat transition curve.
Perspective Enhancements
Perspective view settings and controls are improved.
Print Preview of Drawings
You can get a true preview of how your drawing will print or plot before committing to printing or exporting.
Printing Improvements
True Type fonts are correctly handled during printing. The string and font definition are passed from Pro/ENGINEER instead of rasterizing the output.
Pro/ENGINEER Browser Performance
The performance of the Pro/ENGINEER browser is enhanced.
Pro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor
The Pro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor is an import-only processor you can use to read parts and assemblies for Autodesk Inventor 2009 and earlier.
Pro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks
The Pro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks is an import-only ATB-enabled processor, which can read parts and assemblies from SolidWorks 2008.
Quick Retrieval of Rule-Based Simplified Representations
You can optionally evaluate rules when retrieving a simplified representation. Retrieving the simplified representation as it was last evaluated can sometimes result in faster retrieval.
QuickPrint Flat-to-Screen Annotations
You can output flat-to-screen content when using QuickPrint. The position of the content in the output is based on the relative x-position and y-position of the content in the graphics window.
Real-Time Feature Regeneration
There is dynamic regeneration of features when dimensions are dragged on the model.
Realism Enhancement
A transparent floor command is added to real-time rendering.
Recovery Mechanism
If Pro/ENGINEER exits unexpectedly, recovery of in-work models is improved.
Reference Model Cross-Sectional Edges for Annotations
You can reference the temporary edges of a cross section, as they appear in the model, for annotation attachment.
Repeat Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can quickly repeat a component placement using the Repeat command from a shortcut menu. During a repeated sequence, you can change the number of variable constraints. Select the constraints in the Model Tree, right-click and select Repeat.
Restrictions Removed from Assembly Restructuring
You can restructure Simplified Representations of assemblies and components that could previously not be restructured.
Retrieval Performance of Simplified Representations with Instances
Enhanced Instance dependency retrieval is extended to simplified representations. Retrieving simplified representations with Family Table instances is faster.
Rounds with Continuous Curvature
There is support for the creation of rounds with continuous curvature.
Scene Definition Is Easier to Use
There are usability improvements to the scene definition.
Sheet Tabs in Drawings
Sheets appear in drawings as tabs.
Simplified Accessory Window
You can dock or undock the Accessory window. The docked Accessory window (default) stays in the main window so it is not hidden behind other windows. You can easily restore a minimized Accessory window by clicking a glyph.
When you create a new Simplified Representation, components are excluded by default.
Simplified Representation Usability Enhancements
Use extended preview and information to easily create or select the correct simplified representation.
Simplified Toggle between Lightweight and Surface Welds
You can toggle between lightweight and surface welds more easily.
Single Arrow Option for Auxiliary Views
When creating an auxiliary view, you can select a single arrow to appear in the parent view.
Sketched Point Pattern
You can use sketched points for pattern definition.
Sketcher Constraints Improvements
Sketcher constraints and workflows are more flexible. There are shortcut menus, object-action workflow, and a consolidated user interface. A new constraint type equal dimension is introduced.
Sketcher Creation Tools Enhancements
You can create new entity types in Sketcher, providing flexibility and speed in feature creation.
Sketcher Dimensioning Improvements
Several new dimension enhancements in Sketcher improve usability and flexibility.
Sketcher Points and Coordinate Systems Improvements
Sketcher points, centerlines, and coordinate systems are consolidated to simplify their application, and make them more intuitive and flexible.
Snapping a Single Constraint
Snapping one constraint at a time simplifies dragging and snapping operations.
Store and Retrieve PDF Configuration Files
PDF generation from drawings is simplified because you can store and retrieve configuration files.
Support for ISO or ANSI (AWS) Weld Symbols
You can choose between ISO and ANSI weld standards for documentation.
Surface Finish Enhancements in 3D
You can apply surface finishes annotation elements to more objects and there are new movement options.
Surface Merge Configuration Option
The configuration option merge_type is added for merging surfaces.
Target Areas for Annotations
You can create target areas (supplemental geometry) in 3D for annotation referencing.
Toroidal Bend Enhancements
Toroidal bend functionality and usability is improved.
Trajectory Rib Feature
Adding rib features to molded and cast parts is easier.
UDF Placement by On-Surfaces Coordinate System
You can place UDFs using the on-surface coordinate systems.
UDF Placement, Preview, and Modification Enhancements
It is easier to position and modify UDFs.
Update of Import Logs
Import log files for 3D data exchange are now in an XML format. They are rendered in the Pro/ENGINEER browser and can be interactively interrogated.
UV Pattern Type
There is greater control over placing pattern instances on curved surfaces and quilts.
Visual Cues for Bend Relief
Applying bend relief is easier with visual cues.
Warp Feature Enhancements
There are general enhancements to the Warp feature.
Weld Annotations
Weld symbols are created as Annotation Elements during weld definition.
Weld Definition in Parts
You can define Weld features in parts.
Weld Preferences
You can specify weld preferences, making weld definition easier.
Weld Process and Consumables Definition
Weld consumables and process definition is enhanced.
Weld Symbol Enhancements
Weld symbols are enhanced.
Witness Line Improvements in 2D Drawings
Dimension witness lines in 2D drawings are improved to provide automatic clipping for created dimensions.
Based on SNOOK tables, this is an analysis of the manikin carrying an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration.
Lifting and Lowering Analysis: NIOSH 91
Using data derived from the NIOSH 91 tables, this is an analysis of the manikin lifting and lowering an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency, grasp quality, and duration.
Lifting and Lowering Analysis: SNOOK
Provides an analysis of the manikin lifting and lowering an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration. This analysis uses data derived from the SNOOK tables.
Pushing and Pulling Analysis: SNOOK
Using data provided from SNOOK equations, this analysis provides an analysis of the manikin pushing and pulling an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration.
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) Analysis
The Rapid Upper Limb Assessment equations (RULA) provides an analysis of the manikin's upper limbs based on variables such as weight, distance and frequency.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
Apply Posture
Apply a posture, selected and extracted from a library, to the manikin.
Edit Placement
Use the Edit Placement functionality to change the default placement interfaces of the manikin between sitting, standing, location, and orientation.
Insert Manikin
The Insert Manikin command inserts a digital human model into Pro/ENGINEER. The manikin you insert is based on a specific percentile value, gender, and nationality.
Manikin Center of Gravity
Use the Manikin Center of Gravity functionality to see the manikin's center of gravity based on the mass properties of the manikin and any object associated to the manikin
Manikin Manipulation - 1D Along Manikin Axis
You can manipulate a manikin segment in 1D along any selected manikin axis, maintaining segment orientation.
Manikin Manipulation - 1D Along Segment Axis
You can manipulate a Manikin segment in 1D along the selected segment axis, maintaining segment orientation.
Manikin Manipulation - 2D Body Drag
You can manipulate a manikin segment in 2D, perpendicular to the view plane and maintain segment orientation
Manikin Manipulation - 2D Point Drag
There is free form manipulation of a manikin segment in 2D, perpendicular to the view plane.
Manikin Manipulation - Look At Command
Use the Look At command to instruct a selected manikin to look at a specific object in the scene.
Manikin Manipulation - Reach Command
The Reach command instructs a selected manikin to reach for a specific object in the scene.
Manikin Manipulation - Rotate
Use Rotate to manipulate the manikin segment by rotating around the selected segment axis.
Manikin Reach Envelopes
Use Reach Envelopes functionality to see volumetric envelopes that represent the left and right reach areas of the manikin.
Manikin Vision Cones
Use the Vision Cones command to see a series of cone envelopes representing different ranges of human vision. A series of cone envelopes representing different ranges of human vision are displayed.
Manikin Vision Window
In the Manikin Vision Window, you can see what the human being, represented by the manikin, would see.
Replace Manikin
Use the Replace functionality to replace an in-session manikin with an alternative manikin of different size, gender, or nationality.
Save Posture
The Save Posture Command saves the posture currently applied to a manikin to a library
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
3D Contact Connections
There are 3D contact connections with material properties and with static and kinematic friction between planes, spheres, cylinders, and vertices.
Belt Connections
You can route closed belts around pulleys in a mechanism, for use in drag and all kinematic and dynamic analysis types.
Enhanced Torsion Spring
There are torsion springs with user-selectable endpoints, representing the attachment points for the torque arms of a torsion spring.
Forces Depending on Forces
User-defined forces consider existing force and torque measures.
New Generic Gear Type
There is a new gear type that enables any type of rotational and translational motion coupling.
Reaction Measures on Ball and Bearing Joints
Reaction measures can be expressed in the X,Y,Z coordinates of the involved bodies.
Slot Motor
You can apply servo motor profiles to Slot connections.
Spur, Bevel, Worm and Rack and Pinion Gear Types
There are new gear types with entry fields for gear teeth manufacturing angles. The impact of manufacturing angles on gear loads are considered in the reaction load calculation
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER NC Sheetmetal
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Improved Manufacturing Information for NC Sheetmetal
The percentage of scrap material and machining time is displayed for NC Sheetmetal in the Manufacturing Info dialog box.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Piping Design
Asynchronous Piping
Key Routing settings are asynchronous.
Availability of Shortcut Menus
There are additional shortcut menus.
Improved User Model for Piping Design
Piping Design has adopted the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire user model.
Insert Pipeline
Insert Pipeline has a new user interface.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Additional PPRINT Output
Additional tool and step information in PPRINT format is generated in the CL data output.
Automatic Plunge On Center for Internal Thread Milling
You can select an option to automatically plunge and retract along the center axis for thread milling step.
Custom Prompt for Manufacturing Template References
You can customize placement prompts for Manufacturing annotation references.
Deleting Mulitple Cutting Tools
In the Tool Manager you can select and then delete multiple cutting tools.
Duplicating Toolpaths with the Pattern Tool
The Pattern tool dashboard is leveraged for toolpath duplication.
Family Table Functionality Extended to Manufacturing
You can create a family table for manufacturing model.
Holemaking Customization
Holemaking customization can be captured in an XML template.
HTML-Based Shop Floor Documentation
You can automatically create customizable, HTML-based shop floor documentation including toolpath graphics.
Manufacturing Process Manager Coverage Extended
In the Process Manager, you can directly create area turning, groove turning, profile turning and profile milling.
Manufacturing User Interface Modernized
The main entry-level options, previously in the Menu Manager for NC and CMM, are moved to top-level menus and toolbars.
Mill Window Selection for Face Milling
Mill window selection as a machined geometry reference for face milling is enabled.
NC Parameter User Interface Enhanced
The set of images that describes NC parameters is expanded. The retrieval of parameters is standardized.
NC Supports In-process Probing
NC and CMM steps are combined in a single manufacturing model.
Output On Contour for Helical Approach and Exit
Output on contour is possible for 2-D toolpaths with diameter compensation activated and helical plunge used for entry and exit motions.
Output on Contour for Thread Milling
Output on contour for thread milling motions with diameter compensation on is enabled.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Replacing a Cutting Tool from the Tool Manager
In the Tool Manager you can replace a tool and automatically update all the NC steps using this tool.
Saving and Retrieving Multiple Cutting Tools
You can save and retrieve multiple tools, including cut data information, in an XML-based transfer file from the Tool Manager.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
TIP Output Selection for Multitip Tools
There is an option to select which TIP to use for CL data output for multitip tools.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Production Machining
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Additional PPRINT Output
Additional tool and step information in PPRINT format is generated in the CL data output.
Automatic Plunge On Center for Internal Thread Milling
You can select an option to automatically plunge and retract along the center axis for thread milling step.
Custom Prompt for Manufacturing Template References
You can customize placement prompts for Manufacturing annotation references.
Deleting Mulitple Cutting Tools
In the Tool Manager you can select and then delete multiple cutting tools.
Duplicating Toolpaths with the Pattern Tool
The Pattern tool dashboard is leveraged for toolpath duplication.
Family Table Functionality Extended to Manufacturing
You can create a family table for manufacturing model.
Holemaking Customization
Holemaking customization can be captured in an XML template.
HTML-Based Shop Floor Documentation
You can automatically create customizable, HTML-based shop floor documentation including toolpath graphics.
Manufacturing Process Manager Coverage Extended
In the Process Manager, you can directly create area turning, groove turning, profile turning and profile milling.
Manufacturing User Interface Modernized
The main entry-level options, previously in the Menu Manager for NC and CMM, are moved to top-level menus and toolbars.
Mill Window Selection for Face Milling
Mill window selection as a machined geometry reference for face milling is enabled.
Multitask Turning Tools
There is support for production turning tools with multiple inserts at different orientations.
NC Parameter User Interface Enhanced
The set of images that describes NC parameters is expanded. The retrieval of parameters is standardized.
NC Supports In-process Probing
NC and CMM steps are combined in a single manufacturing model.
Output On Contour for Helical Approach and Exit
Output on contour is possible for 2-D toolpaths with diameter compensation activated and helical plunge used for entry and exit motions.
Output on Contour for Thread Milling
Output on contour for thread milling motions with diameter compensation on is enabled.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Replacing a Cutting Tool from the Tool Manager
In the Tool Manager you can replace a tool and automatically update all the NC steps using this tool.
Saving and Retrieving Multiple Cutting Tools
You can save and retrieve multiple tools, including cut data information, in an XML-based transfer file from the Tool Manager.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
TIP Output Selection for Multitip Tools
There is an option to select which TIP to use for CL data output for multitip tools.
Toolpath Synchronization for Turning
There is a graphics tool for synchronizing a toolpath in 4-axis turning.
Turning Tool Orientation
There is a new option for turning tool orientation.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Progressive Die
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
The Surface modify command in Restyle is easier to use and more powerful.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Rights Management Extension
Digital Rights Management Improvements
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is improved with a more flexible and efficient application of security policies and in providing a better awareness of protection for recipients.
Edit nominal dimensions in the Tolerance Analysis Powered by CETOL Technology dialog box, to analyze the effects of changes.
Closing Gaps in a Model
You can automatically close gaps in the model.
Enhanced Workflow in Tolerance Analysis
You can delete and substitute components and dimensions in an existing analysis.
Tolerance Analysis Measurement Saved as a Feature
You can save a Tolerance Analysis measurement as a feature with the feature parameters representing Tolerance Analysis results.
User-Defined Dimensions
You can create annotation dimension on the fly if there are no existing dimensions or annotations.
Virtual Components
You can create placeholder components to simulate dimension properties that are not accounted for in the CAD model.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Tool Design
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
Split Failure Diagnostics Enhanced
Better feedback is provided during split failure.
Product What's New2D Drawings
Actual Radius Dimensions in 2D Drawings
When the actual or true radial dimension cannot be shown in a given drawing view, you can choose from a list of radii for the selected feature, and show it as a note.
Dimensional Tolerances Improvements
The updated dimension properties user interface gives you more control over the tolerance.
Disp.ay of Rounded Dimensions
Dimensions appear with a different number of significant digits from the actual value of the dimension.
Draft Geometric Tolerances Created During Copy
You can copy and paste geometric tolerances.
Drawing Tree
Selectable items in a drawing are enumerated on a Drawing Tree, improving usability.
Drawing User Interface Is Task-Based
The Drawing user interface is task-based, improving workflows and efficiency.
Foreshortened Radial Dimensions in 2D
When a radius on a drawing is large, it is difficult to show an internal radial dimension. In 2D drawings, an internal radial dimension can appear as foreshortened.
Hole Table Improvements
Hole tables in drawings are easier to use, and you can use hole tables to report the placement of additional features.
Include Dimensions in Draft Groups
You can include dimensions in 2D drawings in draft groups.
Model Tree Improvements in Drawings
The appearance of the Model Tree in Drawings is updated and commands from shortcut menus are available. There is better interaction between the Model Tree, the drawing, and the Drawing Tree.
Print Preview of Drawings
You can get a true preview of how your drawing will print or plot before committing to printing or
exporting.
Printing Improvements
True Type fonts are correctly handled during printing. The string and font definition are passed from Pro/ENGINEER instead of rasterizing the output.
Sheet Tabs in Drawings
Sheets appear in drawings as tabs.
Single Arrow Option for Auxiliary Views
When creating an auxiliary view, you can select a single arrow to appear in the parent view.
Store and Retrieve PDF Configuration Files
PDF generation from drawings is simplified because you can store and retrieve configuration files.
Witness Line Improvements in 2D Drawings
Dimension witness lines in 2D drawings are improved to provide automatic clipping for created dimensions.
Product What's New3D Drawings
Annotation Elements and Out-of-plane Movement
New options control the planar location of an Annotation Element relative to its references.
Datum Targets as Annotation Features
You can create Datum targets in the 3D model as Annotation features.
Dimensional Alignment Improvements
In 3D you can align Dimensions. In 2D and 3D you can use dimensional alignment in more cases.
Edit Text Style of Multiple Annotations
In 3D, you can change the text style of multiple annotations at the same time.
Expose Combined States at the Top-Level User Interface
You can easily navigate between the combined states of a model without opening the View Manager. Combined or All states appear as tabs, each with a thumbnail preview, in the graphics window.
Geometric Tolerances Can Reference Set Datums in Inheritance Features
You can use set datum planes and axes contained in an inheritance feature for referencing within a geometric tolerance.
Improved Movement and Appearance of Angular Dimensions
The appearance and movement of angular dimensions in 3D and 2D are improved.
Layer States in View Manager
You can create layer visibility states from the View Manager, and you can toggle the display of all layer-assigned content.
Parameter Enhancements
Parameters are more visible and it is easier to understand how to use them correctly. New system-level parameters are created for geometric tolerances.
QuickPrint Flat-to-Screen Annotations
You can output flat-to-screen content when using QuickPrint. The position of the content in the output is based on the relative x-position and y-position of the content in the graphics window.
Reference Model Cross-Sectional Edges for Annotations
You can reference the temporary edges of a cross section, as they appear in the model, for
annotation attachment.
Surface Finish Enhancements in 3D
You can apply surface finishes annotation elements to more objects and there are new movement options.
Target Areas for Annotations
You can create target areas (supplemental geometry) in 3D for annotation referencing.
Product What's New3D Interface
Data Exchange of Nongeometric Content
Data exchange of nongeometric content includes parameters, 3D notes, and annotations.
Pro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor
The Pro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor is an import-only processor you can use to read parts and assemblies for Autodesk Inventor 2009 and earlier.
Pro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks
The Pro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks is an import-only ATB-enabled processor, which can read parts and assemblies from SolidWorks 2008.
Update of Import Logs
Import log files for 3D data exchange are now in an XML format. They are rendered in the Pro/ENGINEER browser and can be interactively interrogated.
Product What's NewAssembly
Animated Exploded and Unexploded Sequences
You can animate exploded or unexploded sequences.
Assembly Cut Enhancements
Switch between the simplified and advanced assembly cut environments by selecting or clearing a check box. Cut challenging geometry with the Check Geometry Option.
Assembly Explode Usability Enhancements
In the new interface for Explode, you can reposition models by dragging and rotating them.
To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Shrinkwrap option Auto collect all Solid Surfaces. You can solidify the resulting geometry and remove holes from selected surfaces.
To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Auto collect all Solid Surfaces Shrinkwrap option. You have the option to solidify the resulting geometry and to remove holes from selected surfaces.
Autonumbering of New models in Copied Assembly
When connected to a Windchill server, you can use autonumbering to name new models generated as a result of copying an assembly.
Component Chooser
Use dynamic preview and powerful selection tools to build component subsets within the Component Chooser. The Component Chooser is used to define simplified representations, envelopes, and shrinkwrap features.
Default Envelope
Use Default Envelope to represent an assembly with a single part.
Dynamic Preview while Mirroring Components
Using dynamic preview, you can explore alternatives beforae generating new models.
Enhanced Copy and Paste of Components
Quickly paste components using temporary interfaces.
Enhanced Reference Handling When Restructuring Assemblies
Enhanced reference handling simplifies restructuring by minimizing external references and dependencies.
Envelope Enhancements
With the new Component Chooser, envelopes are faster and easier to define and maintain. You can quickly define simplified representations based on the envelope and represent an assembly with a single part.
Failure Tolerance
You can postpone resolving assembly failures so you can open and work with the assemblies with the missing information.
Flexible Component Enhancements
There is improved regeneration of flexible components.
Granular Change Definition of Data Sharing Features
The change of a copy geometry feature referencing a sketch or curve feature is determined on a more granular level. This reduces the risk of unintentionally changed objects.
Graphics Representation Enhancements
It is easier to select graphics representation models. You can store component placement information in the graphics representation.
Inheritance Feature Enhancements
The inheritance feature has improved support for model-based definition and toolkit functions.
Model Tree for the Accessory Window
You can select references in the Model Tree and control layers in the Layer Tree that are specific to the Accessory window.
Open Generic Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can open the generic of an instance from a shortcut menu. It is easy to identify an instance in the Model Tree when its generic name is appended.
Quick Retrieval of Rule-Based Simplified Representations
You can optionally evaluate rules when retrieving a simplified representation. Retrieving the simplified representation as it was last evaluated can sometimes result in faster retrieval.
Repeat Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can quickly repeat a component placement using the Repeat command from a shortcut menu. During a repeated sequence, you can change the number of variable constraints. Select the
constraints in the Model Tree, right-click and select Repeat.
Restrictions Removed from Assembly Restructuring
You can restructure Simplified Representations of assemblies and components that could previously not be restructured.
Retrieval Performance of Simplified Representations with Instances
Enhanced Instance dependency retrieval is extended to simplified representations. Retrieving simplified representations with Family Table instances is faster.
Simple Replacement of Copied Models
Quickly replace copied models by automapping the same feature IDs.
Simplified Accessory Window
You can dock or undock the Accessory window. The docked Accessory window (default) stays in the main window so it is not hidden behind other windows. You can easily restore a minimized Accessory window by clicking a glyph.
When you create a new Simplified Representation, components are excluded by default.
Simplified Representation Usability Enhancements
Use extended preview and information to easily create or select the correct simplified representation.
Snapping a Single Constraint
Snapping one constraint at a time simplifies dragging and snapping operations.
Product What's NewCabling Design
Cable Reroute Dashboard
You can use a dashboard for the modification of cable routes.
Component Designation
Component Designation can be done on the fly.
Improved User Model for Cabling Design
Cabling Design has adopted the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire user model.
Model Tree Improvements
There are improvements to Model Tree display.
Modify Harnesses Using Drag Handles
You can use drag handles to modify harnesses.
Network Modification
Network creation can be done on the fly.
Route Cable User Interface
There is a consolidated user interface for routing wires and cables.
Route Network Dashboard
There is a dashboard for the creation and modification of networks.
Product What's NewDigital Human Modeling
Apply Posture
Apply a posture, selected and extracted from a library, to the manikin.
Carrying Analysis: SNOOK
Based on SNOOK tables, this is an analysis of the manikin carrying an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration.
Edit Placement
Use the Edit Placement functionality to change the default placement interfaces of the manikin between sitting, standing, location, and orientation.
Insert Manikin
The Insert Manikin command inserts a digital human model into Pro/ENGINEER. The manikin you insert is based on a specific percentile value, gender, and nationality.
Lifting and Lowering Analysis: NIOSH 91
Using data derived from the NIOSH 91 tables, this is an analysis of the manikin lifting and lowering an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency, grasp quality, and duration.
Lifting and Lowering Analysis: SNOOK
Provides an analysis of the manikin lifting and lowering an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration. This analysis uses data derived from the SNOOK tables.
Manikin Center of Gravity
Use the Manikin Center of Gravity functionality to see the manikin's center of gravity based on the mass properties of the manikin and any object associated to the manikin
Manikin Manipulation - 1D Along Manikin Axis
You can manipulate a manikin segment in 1D along any selected manikin axis, maintaining segment orientation.
Manikin Manipulation - 1D Along Segment Axis
You can manipulate a Manikin segment in 1D along the selected segment axis, maintaining segment orientation.
Manikin Manipulation - 2D Body Drag
You can manipulate a manikin segment in 2D, perpendicular to the view plane and maintain segment
orientation
Manikin Manipulation - 2D Point Drag
There is free form manipulation of a manikin segment in 2D, perpendicular to the view plane.
Manikin Manipulation - Look At Command
Use the Look At command to instruct a selected manikin to look at a specific object in the scene.
Manikin Manipulation - Reach Command
The Reach command instructs a selected manikin to reach for a specific object in the scene.
Manikin Manipulation - Rotate
Use Rotate to manipulate the manikin segment by rotating around the selected segment axis.
Manikin Reach Envelopes
Use Reach Envelopes functionality to see volumetric envelopes that represent the left and right reach areas of the manikin.
Manikin Vision Cones
Use the Vision Cones command to see a series of cone envelopes representing different ranges of human vision. A series of cone envelopes representing different ranges of human vision are displayed.
Manikin Vision Window
In the Manikin Vision Window, you can see what the human being, represented by the manikin, would see.
Pushing and Pulling Analysis: SNOOK
Using data provided from SNOOK equations, this analysis provides an analysis of the manikin pushing and pulling an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration.
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) Analysis
The Rapid Upper Limb Assessment equations (RULA) provides an analysis of the manikin's upper limbs based on variables such as weight, distance and frequency.
Replace Manikin
Use the Replace functionality to replace an in-session manikin with an alternative manikin of different size, gender, or nationality.
Save Posture
The Save Posture Command saves the posture currently applied to a manikin to a library
Product What's NewDigital Rights Management
Digital Rights Management Improvements
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is improved with a more flexible and efficient application of security policies and in providing a better awareness of protection for recipients.
Product What's NewECAD
Improved Collaboration
There is support for objects without ids.
Lightweight Holes
Light weight holes are available.
Product What's NewFundamentals & Pro/PROGRAM
Controlling the Display of Model Tree Columns
As columns are added to the Model Tree, you can specify their default width.
Enhancements to Undo and Redo
Undo and Redo are improved.
Feature Failure and Diagnostics Improved
Feature regeneration failures are easier to understand and fix.
Model Properties Consolidation and Enhancements
The definition of model properties is consolidated.
Mozilla or Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER Browser
You can choose between Mozilla and Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER embedded browser.
Multitab Browsing
The Pro/ENGINEER browser supports multiple tabs.
Pro/ENGINEER Browser Performance
The performance of the Pro/ENGINEER browser is enhanced.
Recovery Mechanism
If Pro/ENGINEER exits unexpectedly, recovery of in-work models is improved.
Product What's NewImport Data Doctor
3D Import Wizards and Data Exchange Profiles
New wizards control import options for most 3D formats, providing you with immediate access to most commonly used import settings including use templates, enable ATB, and import as facet. Casual users can quickly choose a predefined profile to apply. Advanced users can tweak the details of a chosen profile or the current session settings.
Import Data Doctor Diagnostics Wizard
The Diagnostics wizard extends the Troubleshooter dialog box with a series of new error, warning, and informational geometry checks unique to the Import Data Doctor (IDD) environment.
Import Data Doctor Match Tool
The Match tool is a new Repair mode tool that replaces poor quality n-sided imported surfaces with good quality n-sided surfaces.
Import Data Doctor Workflow and Selection Improvements
Multiple enhancements to Import Data Doctor modes, selection, filters, and features help streamline, simplify, and shorten the data repair process.
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Additional PPRINT Output
Additional tool and step information in PPRINT format is generated in the CL data output.
Automatic Plunge On Center for Internal Thread Milling
You can select an option to automatically plunge and retract along the center axis for thread milling step.
Control for 5-Axis Surfacing Improved
There are additional options to control toolpath Discretization and number of passes in 5-Axis surface milling.
Custom Prompt for Manufacturing Template References
You can customize placement prompts for Manufacturing annotation references.
Deleting Mulitple Cutting Tools
In the Tool Manager you can select and then delete multiple cutting tools.
Duplicating Toolpaths with the Pattern Tool
The Pattern tool dashboard is leveraged for toolpath duplication.
Family Table Functionality Extended to Manufacturing
You can create a family table for manufacturing model.
Holemaking Customization
Holemaking customization can be captured in an XML template.
HTML-Based Shop Floor Documentation
You can automatically create customizable, HTML-based shop floor documentation including toolpath graphics.
Improved Manufacturing Information for NC Sheetmetal
The percentage of scrap material and machining time is displayed for NC Sheetmetal in the Manufacturing Info dialog box.
Manufacturing Process Manager Coverage Extended
In the Process Manager, you can directly create area turning, groove turning, profile turning and profile milling.
Manufacturing User Interface Modernized
The main entry-level options, previously in the Menu Manager for NC and CMM, are moved to top-level menus and toolbars.
Mill Window Selection for Face Milling
Mill window selection as a machined geometry reference for face milling is enabled.
Multitask Turning Tools
There is support for production turning tools with multiple inserts at different orientations.
NC Parameter User Interface Enhanced
The set of images that describes NC parameters is expanded. The retrieval of parameters is standardized.
NC Supports In-process Probing
NC and CMM steps are combined in a single manufacturing model.
Output On Contour for Helical Approach and Exit
Output on contour is possible for 2-D toolpaths with diameter compensation activated and helical plunge used for entry and exit motions.
Output on Contour for Thread Milling
Output on contour for thread milling motions with diameter compensation on is enabled.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Replacing a Cutting Tool from the Tool Manager
In the Tool Manager you can replace a tool and automatically update all the NC steps using this tool.
Saving and Retrieving Multiple Cutting Tools
You can save and retrieve multiple tools, including cut data information, in an XML-based transfer file from the Tool Manager.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
TIP Output Selection for Multitip Tools
There is an option to select which TIP to use for CL data output for multitip tools.
Toolpath Synchronization for Turning
There is a graphics tool for synchronizing a toolpath in 4-axis turning.
Turning Tool Orientation
There is a new option for turning tool orientation.
Vision for CMM
Pro/CMM supports vision systems such as camera or fiber optics.
Product What's NewMold Design & Casting
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Mold Features Visible by Default in Model Tree
Mold features are visible by default in the model tree when starting a new session or opening an existing mold or cast model.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
Split Failure Diagnostics Enhanced
Better feedback is provided during split failure.
Product What's NewOther Functional Areas
Electrical Analysis
Clearance and Creepage Analysis is automated.
Virtual Components
You can create placeholder components to simulate dimension properties that are not accounted for in the CAD model.
Product What's NewPart Modeling
"Insert Here" Shortcut Command
The shortcut menu for the Model Tree contains the Insert Here command.
Approximating the Surface Offset
Surfaces that cannot be offset can be approximated.
Axis from a Coordinate System
You can define axes from a coordinate system.
Controlling Used Sketch Display
You can toggle the display of used sketches.
Excel as a Pattern Table Editor
You can use Excel as a pattern table editor.
Expanded Use for Intent Datums
The use of intent datums is expanded.
Feature Regeneration Performance
Feature Regeneration performance is improved.
Import DXF Files into Sketcher
You can import DXF files into Sketcher
Inheritance Improvements
You can vary annotation properties in Inheritance features.
Mirror a Patterned Group
You can mirror patterned groups.
On-Surface Coordinate System
You can place coordinate systems on a surface.
Parting Lines and Round Transition
Rounds of different radii or on surfaces drafted at different degrees that meet at a parting line can maintain a flat transition curve.
Real-Time Feature Regeneration
There is dynamic regeneration of features when dimensions are dragged on the model.
Rounds with Continuous Curvature
There is support for the creation of rounds with continuous curvature.
Sketched Point Pattern
You can use sketched points for pattern definition.
Sketcher Constraints Improvements
Sketcher constraints and workflows are more flexible. There are shortcut menus, object-action workflow, and a consolidated user interface. A new constraint type equal dimension is introduced.
Sketcher Creation Tools Enhancements
You can create new entity types in Sketcher, providing flexibility and speed in feature creation.
Sketcher Dimensioning Improvements
Several new dimension enhancements in Sketcher improve usability and flexibility.
Sketcher Points and Coordinate Systems Improvements
Sketcher points, centerlines, and coordinate systems are consolidated to simplify their application, and make them more intuitive and flexible.
Surface Merge Configuration Option
The configuration option merge_type is added for merging surfaces.
Toroidal Bend Enhancements
Toroidal bend functionality and usability is improved.
Trajectory Rib Feature
Adding rib features to molded and cast parts is easier.
UDF Placement by On-Surfaces Coordinate System
You can place UDFs using the on-surface coordinate systems.
UDF Placement, Preview, and Modification Enhancements
It is easier to position and modify UDFs.
UV Pattern Type
There is greater control over placing pattern instances on curved surfaces and quilts.
You can configure column display in MODS Result tables.
Datum Points and Coordinate Systems from Mathcad Matrices
Create datum points and coordinate systems from Analysis features that reference matrices in Mathcad.
Design Studies of Parameters in Footer Features
You can use parameters from Features in the Footer in Design Studies.
Draft Analysis Enhancements
Color tools for Draft Analysis are enhanced.
Enhanced Excel Analysis Feature
You can store an updated Excel file on regeneration.
Performance Monitor
Monitor critical design measurements and safety margins to design requirements.
Statistical Design Studies
Statistical attributes can be applied to dimensions and parameters, enabling the calculation of resulting statistical parameters for any measurable goal in the model.
Volume Analysis on Closed Quilts
You can analyze volume and mass properties on closed quilts.
Product What's NewSimulation - Design Animation
Keyframe Sequences Based on Explode States
There is a new animation type for animating between explode states.
There are 3D contact connections with material properties and with static and kinematic friction between planes, spheres, cylinders, and vertices.
Belt Connections
You can route closed belts around pulleys in a mechanism, for use in drag and all kinematic and dynamic analysis types.
Enhanced Torsion Spring
There are torsion springs with user-selectable endpoints, representing the attachment points for the torque arms of a torsion spring.
Forces Depending on Forces
User-defined forces consider existing force and torque measures.
New Generic Gear Type
There is a new gear type that enables any type of rotational and translational motion coupling.
Reaction Measures on Ball and Bearing Joints
Reaction measures can be expressed in the X,Y,Z coordinates of the involved bodies.
Slot Motor
You can apply servo motor profiles to Slot connections.
Spur, Bevel, Worm and Rack and Pinion Gear Types
There are new gear types with entry fields for gear teeth manufacturing angles. The impact of manufacturing angles on gear loads are considered in the reaction load calculation
Product What's NewSimulation - Tolerance Analysis
Analyzing Effects of Changed Nominal Dimensions
Edit nominal dimensions in the Tolerance Analysis Powered by CETOL Technology dialog box, to analyze the effects of changes.
Closing Gaps in a Model
You can automatically close gaps in the model.
Enhanced Workflow in Tolerance Analysis
You can delete and substitute components and dimensions in an existing analysis.
Tolerance Analysis Measurement Saved as a Feature
You can save a Tolerance Analysis measurement as a feature with the feature parameters representing Tolerance Analysis results.
User-Defined Dimensions
You can create annotation dimension on the fly if there are no existing dimensions or annotations.
Product What's NewSurfacing - ISDX
Curve Tool Enhancements for Style
Style tools for creating and editing curves are enhanced.
Improved Workflow for Draft Connections
Draft connection workflow is improved.
Improvements in the Style Feature
There is improved usability in the Style feature.
N-sided Surfaces
A new n-sided surface is added.
Style Surface Enhancements
The Style surface creation and editing tools are enhanced.
Surface Edit Enhancements
The Style Surface Edit functionality is enhanced.
Product What's NewSurfacing - Restyle
Enhanced Surface Modify Command
The Surface modify command in Restyle is easier to use and more powerful.
Product What's NewSurfacing - WARP
Fixed Location for the Marquee
There is a control for fixing the marquee location.
Warp Feature Enhancements
There are general enhancements to the Warp feature.
Product What's NewWelding
Modifying Welds from Symbols
You can modify welds by changing the values in the symbols.
New Combine Tool for Welds
The weld combine tool is enhanced.
New Interface and Workflow for Fillet Weld Definition
Fillet Weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Groove Weld Definition
Groove weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Plug/Slot Weld Definition
Plug/Slot weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Spot Weld Definition
Spot weld definition is overhauled.
Simplified Toggle between Lightweight and Surface Welds
You can toggle between lightweight and surface welds more easily.
Support for ISO or ANSI (AWS) Weld Symbols
You can choose between ISO and ANSI weld standards for documentation.
Weld Annotations
Weld symbols are created as Annotation Elements during weld definition.
Weld Definition in Parts
You can define Weld features in parts.
Weld Preferences
You can specify weld preferences, making weld definition easier.
Weld Process and Consumables Definition
Weld consumables and process definition is enhanced.
Weld Symbol Enhancements
Weld symbols are enhanced.
Product What's NewDetailed Design
"Insert Here" Shortcut Command
The shortcut menu for the Model Tree contains the Insert Here command.
3D Contact Connections
There are 3D contact connections with material properties and with static and kinematic friction between planes, spheres, cylinders, and vertices.
Analyzing Effects of Changed Nominal Dimensions
Edit nominal dimensions in the Tolerance Analysis Powered by CETOL Technology dialog box, to analyze the effects of changes.
Animated Exploded and Unexploded Sequences
You can animate exploded or unexploded sequences.
Assembly Cut Enhancements
Switch between the simplified and advanced assembly cut environments by selecting or clearing a check box. Cut challenging geometry with the Check Geometry Option.
Assembly Explode Usability Enhancements
In the new interface for Explode, you can reposition models by dragging and rotating them.
To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Shrinkwrap option Auto collect all Solid Surfaces. You can solidify the resulting geometry and remove holes from selected surfaces.
To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Auto collect all Solid Surfaces Shrinkwrap option. You have the option to solidify the resulting geometry and to remove holes from selected surfaces.
Autonumbering of New models in Copied Assembly
When connected to a Windchill server, you can use autonumbering to name new models generated as a result of copying an assembly.
Axis from a Coordinate System
You can define axes from a coordinate system.
Belt Connections
You can route closed belts around pulleys in a mechanism, for use in drag and all kinematic and dynamic analysis types.
Closing Gaps in a Model
You can automatically close gaps in the model.
Column Control in MODS Analysis Result Table
You can configure column display in MODS Result tables.
Component Chooser
Use dynamic preview and powerful selection tools to build component subsets within the Component Chooser. The Component Chooser is used to define simplified representations, envelopes, and shrinkwrap features.
Controlling the Display of Model Tree Columns
As columns are added to the Model Tree, you can specify their default width.
Controlling Used Sketch Display
You can toggle the display of used sketches.
Coordinate Systems Follow Bends
Coordinate systems follow placement on walls during bend and bend back operations.
Custom Wall Definition Enhancements
Defining custom wall shapes for flat and flange walls is easier.
Datum Points and Coordinate Systems from Mathcad Matrices
Create datum points and coordinate systems from Analysis features that reference matrices in Mathcad.
Default Envelope
Use Default Envelope to represent an assembly with a single part.
Dependant Mirror Designation in the Model Tree
Dependant Mirror features are represented by a unique icon in the Model Tree.
Design Studies of Parameters in Footer Features
You can use parameters from Features in the Footer in Design Studies.
Draft Analysis Enhancements
Color tools for Draft Analysis are enhanced.
Dynamic Preview while Mirroring Components
Using dynamic preview, you can explore alternatives beforae generating new models.
Enhanced Copy and Paste of Components
Quickly paste components using temporary interfaces.
Enhanced Excel Analysis Feature
You can store an updated Excel file on regeneration.
Enhanced Reference Handling When Restructuring Assemblies
Enhanced reference handling simplifies restructuring by minimizing external references and dependencies.
Enhanced Torsion Spring
There are torsion springs with user-selectable endpoints, representing the attachment points for the torque arms of a torsion spring.
Enhanced Workflow in Tolerance Analysis
You can delete and substitute components and dimensions in an existing analysis.
Enhancements to Undo and Redo
Undo and Redo are improved.
Envelope Enhancements
With the new Component Chooser, envelopes are faster and easier to define and maintain. You can quickly define simplified representations based on the envelope and represent an assembly with a single part.
Excel as a Pattern Table Editor
You can use Excel as a pattern table editor.
Expanded Use for Intent Datums
The use of intent datums is expanded.
Failure Tolerance
You can postpone resolving assembly failures so you can open and work with the assemblies with the missing information.
Feature Failure and Diagnostics Improved
Feature regeneration failures are easier to understand and fix.
Feature Regeneration Performance
Feature Regeneration performance is improved.
Flat and Flange Wall Definition Enhancements
Flat and Flange Wall Definition is improved.
Flatten Form Enhancements
Flatten form capabilities are improved.
Flexible Component Enhancements
There is improved regeneration of flexible components.
Forces Depending on Forces
User-defined forces consider existing force and torque measures.
Form Feature Enhancements
Form features are enhanced.
Granular Change Definition of Data Sharing Features
The change of a copy geometry feature referencing a sketch or curve feature is determined on a more granular level. This reduces the risk of unintentionally changed objects.
Graphics Representation Enhancements
It is easier to select graphics representation models. You can store component placement information in the graphics representation.
Hem Walls with Drag Handles
Hem walls support drag handles.
Inheritance Feature Enhancements
The inheritance feature has improved support for model-based definition and toolkit functions.
Inheritance Improvements
You can vary annotation properties in Inheritance features.
Keyframe Sequences Based on Explode States
There is a new animation type for animating between explode states.
Mirror a Patterned Group
You can mirror patterned groups.
Mirror Walls in Sheetmetal
You can mirror flat and flange walls in Sheetmetal.
Model Properties Consolidation and Enhancements
The definition of model properties is consolidated.
Model Tree for the Accessory Window
You can select references in the Model Tree and control layers in the Layer Tree that are specific to the Accessory window.
Modifying Welds from Symbols
You can modify welds by changing the values in the symbols.
Mozilla or Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER Browser
You can choose between Mozilla and Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER embedded browser.
Multitab Browsing
The Pro/ENGINEER browser supports multiple tabs.
New Combine Tool for Welds
The weld combine tool is enhanced.
New Generic Gear Type
There is a new gear type that enables any type of rotational and translational motion coupling.
New Interface and Workflow for Fillet Weld Definition
Fillet Weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Groove Weld Definition
Groove weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Plug/Slot Weld Definition
Plug/Slot weld definition is overhauled.
New Interface and Workflow for Spot Weld Definition
Spot weld definition is overhauled.
On-Surface Coordinate System
You can place coordinate systems on a surface.
Open Generic Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can open the generic of an instance from a shortcut menu. It is easy to identify an instance in the Model Tree when its generic name is appended.
Parting Lines and Round Transition
Rounds of different radii or on surfaces drafted at different degrees that meet at a parting line can maintain a flat transition curve.
Performance Monitor
Monitor critical design measurements and safety margins to design requirements.
Pro/ENGINEER Browser Performance
The performance of the Pro/ENGINEER browser is enhanced.
Quick Retrieval of Rule-Based Simplified Representations
You can optionally evaluate rules when retrieving a simplified representation. Retrieving the simplified representation as it was last evaluated can sometimes result in faster retrieval.
Reaction Measures on Ball and Bearing Joints
Reaction measures can be expressed in the X,Y,Z coordinates of the involved bodies.
Real-Time Feature Regeneration
There is dynamic regeneration of features when dimensions are dragged on the model.
Recovery Mechanism
If Pro/ENGINEER exits unexpectedly, recovery of in-work models is improved.
Repeat Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can quickly repeat a component placement using the Repeat command from a shortcut menu. During a repeated sequence, you can change the number of variable constraints. Select the constraints in the Model Tree, right-click and select Repeat.
Restrictions Removed from Assembly Restructuring
You can restructure Simplified Representations of assemblies and components that could previously not be restructured.
Retrieval Performance of Simplified Representations with Instances
Enhanced Instance dependency retrieval is extended to simplified representations. Retrieving simplified representations with Family Table instances is faster.
Simple Replacement of Copied Models
Quickly replace copied models by automapping the same feature IDs.
Simplified Accessory Window
You can dock or undock the Accessory window. The docked Accessory window (default) stays in the main window so it is not hidden behind other windows. You can easily restore a minimized Accessory window by clicking a glyph.
When you create a new Simplified Representation, components are excluded by default.
Simplified Representation Usability Enhancements
Use extended preview and information to easily create or select the correct simplified representation.
Simplified Toggle between Lightweight and Surface Welds
You can toggle between lightweight and surface welds more easily.
Sketched Point Pattern
You can use sketched points for pattern definition.
Slot Motor
You can apply servo motor profiles to Slot connections.
Snapping a Single Constraint
Snapping one constraint at a time simplifies dragging and snapping operations.
Spur, Bevel, Worm and Rack and Pinion Gear Types
There are new gear types with entry fields for gear teeth manufacturing angles. The impact of manufacturing angles on gear loads are considered in the reaction load calculation
Statistical Design Studies
Statistical attributes can be applied to dimensions and parameters, enabling the calculation of resulting statistical parameters for any measurable goal in the model.
Support for ISO or ANSI (AWS) Weld Symbols
You can choose between ISO and ANSI weld standards for documentation.
Tolerance Analysis Measurement Saved as a Feature
You can save a Tolerance Analysis measurement as a feature with the feature parameters
representing Tolerance Analysis results.
Toroidal Bend Enhancements
Toroidal bend functionality and usability is improved.
Trajectory Rib Feature
Adding rib features to molded and cast parts is easier.
UDF Placement by On-Surfaces Coordinate System
You can place UDFs using the on-surface coordinate systems.
UDF Placement, Preview, and Modification Enhancements
It is easier to position and modify UDFs.
User-Defined Dimensions
You can create annotation dimension on the fly if there are no existing dimensions or annotations.
UV Pattern Type
There is greater control over placing pattern instances on curved surfaces and quilts.
Virtual Components
You can create placeholder components to simulate dimension properties that are not accounted for in the CAD model.
Visual Cues for Bend Relief
Applying bend relief is easier with visual cues.
Volume Analysis on Closed Quilts
You can analyze volume and mass properties on closed quilts.
Weld Annotations
Weld symbols are created as Annotation Elements during weld definition.
Weld Definition in Parts
You can define Weld features in parts.
Weld Preferences
You can specify weld preferences, making weld definition easier.
Weld Process and Consumables Definition
Weld consumables and process definition is enhanced.
Weld Symbol Enhancements
Weld symbols are enhanced.
Product What's NewManufacturing Process Management
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Additional PPRINT Output
Additional tool and step information in PPRINT format is generated in the CL data output.
Control for 5-Axis Surfacing Improved
There are additional options to control toolpath Discretization and number of passes in 5-Axis surface milling.
Custom Prompt for Manufacturing Template References
You can customize placement prompts for Manufacturing annotation references.
Duplicating Toolpaths with the Pattern Tool
The Pattern tool dashboard is leveraged for toolpath duplication.
Holemaking Customization
Holemaking customization can be captured in an XML template.
Improved Manufacturing Information for NC Sheetmetal
The percentage of scrap material and machining time is displayed for NC Sheetmetal in the Manufacturing Info dialog box.
Manufacturing User Interface Modernized
The main entry-level options, previously in the Menu Manager for NC and CMM, are moved to top-level menus and toolbars.
Multitask Turning Tools
There is support for production turning tools with multiple inserts at different orientations.
Output On Contour for Helical Approach and Exit
Output on contour is possible for 2-D toolpaths with diameter compensation activated and helical plunge used for entry and exit motions.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
TIP Output Selection for Multitip Tools
There is an option to select which TIP to use for CL data output for multitip tools.
Toolpath Synchronization for Turning
There is a graphics tool for synchronizing a toolpath in 4-axis turning.
Turning Tool Orientation
There is a new option for turning tool orientation.
Product What's NewTooling Design and Manufacture
.mfg File Obsolete
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Renaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Selection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Auto collect all Solid Surfaces Shrinkwrap option. You have the option to solidify the resulting geometry and to remove holes from selected surfaces.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location In a part, click Insert > Shared Data > Shrinkwrap and then select or
open model from which geometry will be copied. Define placement and
then select Auto collect all solid surfaces in list next to Subset. Click
Subset to select contributing geometry and click OK. Click the Options
panel to fill contours and solidify the geometry.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Auto collect all solid surfaces shrinkwrap feature option copies the all the solid surfaces from a model of your choice to a part feature. When you define the Shrinkwrap you can:
● Specify what parts of an assembly contributes to the resulting Shrinkwrap geometry● Solidify the resulting Shrinkwrap geometry ● Fill contours (holes) on selected surfaces● Display filled (removed) holes with a yellow curve
Filling contours such that a cavity is enclosed, removes the cavity from the Shrinkwrap geometry.
Use Default Envelope to represent an assembly with a single part.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location No preexisting default envelope: Right-click an assembly and click
Representation > Default Envelope. Provide a name and select a
template. In the Shrinkwrap dashboard, click Subset to define a subset
contributing to the geometry and click OK. Click the Options tab to fill
contours and solidify the geometry. Preexisting default envelope: Right-
click an assembly and click Representation > Default Envelope. The
default envelope represents the assembly in a temporary simplified
representation.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Default Envelope automatically substitutes all the components of the assembly with a single new part. You control what components contribute to representing the geometry of this part and whether to solidify and remove holes from the geometry. A specific simplified representation holds the default envelope for easy substitution in higher level assemblies. You can create default envelopes in the following ways:
● Bottom up. Create the default envelope in the subassembly prior to using in a higher level assembly.
● Top down. If no default envelope of the selected subassembly is present, you can create a default envelope when required in a higher level assembly. The default envelope of the subassembly is created in the subassembly and used simultaneously in the higher level assembly.
Product What's NewGranular Change Definition of Data Sharing Features
The change of a copy geometry feature referencing a sketch or curve feature is determined on a more granular level. This reduces the risk of unintentionally changed objects.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Change of a copy geometry feature referencing datum curves (sketch) is determined at the entity level rather than the curve feature level. If the master curve feature (sketch) is changed, only copy geometry features containing changed entities, and parts containing these copy geometry features, are considered changed.
The inheritance feature has improved support for model-based definition and toolkit functions.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Click Insert > Shared Data > Merge/Inheritance. Select or open a
model to inherit from, and click Define Placement. Click the Toggle
Inheritance icon in dashboard. In the Options pane, click Varied Items,
and then click 3D Note.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can vary 3D annotations within an inheritance feature the same way you vary other items. This simplifies variant design of models with 3D drawings. There is Toolkit support for varied properties.
A Same ID (and type) evaluation rule is included among the evaluation rules of Unrelated replace. By using this evaluation rule, references of the same ID and type are automatically matched. Therefore, you can quickly replace a model with a copy of the same model or two otherwise unrelated models with the same entity IDs.
The rendering engine for the Advanced Rendering Extension has been changed to Mental Ray. This engine produces more realistic and representative images. New and improved functionality includes support for the following processes:
● Physically correct lighting with presets for standard light types● Final gathering● Global Illumination● Caustics
A shadow catcher appearance can now be added to the room walls.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Rendering
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Rendering
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
With this new appearance class, you can catch only shadows and reflections to any wall of a room. This is beneficial when rendering with a background image. The rendered object appears as if it is on the background image.
Product What's NewDatum Points and Coordinate Systems from Mathcad Matrices
Create datum points and coordinate systems from Analysis features that reference matrices in Mathcad.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Behavioral Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > External Analysis > Mathcad Analysis. Load a
worksheet that contains one or more Nx3 or 3x4 result matrices that in
Mathcad have Properties - Tag set to "mc2proe". Select them as
Outputs. Select Add Feature.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can create points from data in Mathcad by creating a Mathcad Analysis feature that references a worksheet with an Nx3 matrix. You can also create Coordinate systems from 3x4 matrices.
Product Functional Area Simulation - Behavioral Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Geometry > Draft.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
With the Draft Analysis color tools you can:
● Set the color that indicates zero draft● Show positive and negative draft in subsections with unique colors● Set customized colors and save settings to a file● Move the pointer over the plot and see a tooltip of the draft value● See dynamic correlation between mouse pointer and graph value● Reset to default values
You can store an updated Excel file on regeneration.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Behavioral Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > External Analysis > Excel Analysis. In the Result
Datums step, select Create: Yes at the option Output file name with
current values of inputs and outputs.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can update the Excel file parameters after regenerating the model, and then automatically store a copy of the Excel file with current parameter values.
Monitor critical design measurements and safety margins to design requirements.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Behavioral Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Performance Monitor.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can monitor a list of critical design measurements, such as Analysis Feature parameters, to ensure they are within design specifications. A Green, Yellow, or Red indicator appears, depending on whether your measure is safe, getting close to, or violating a design limit.
Statistical attributes can be applied to dimensions and parameters, enabling the calculation of resulting statistical parameters for any measurable goal in the model.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Behavioral Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Statistical Design Study.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can analyze the statistical properties of almost any CAE measurement in your model, based on statistical distributions assigned to model dimensions or parameters. In conjunction with other PTC CAE tools, use Statistical Design Studies to answer questions such as these:
● How can statistical dispersion of material properties affect the stress and deformation of my design?
● How are the clearances between mechanism parts in motion affected by statistical effects on the size and shape of the parts?
● What is the standard deviation of the mass and volume of my design, given the statistical dispersion of some critical dimensions?
● What is the best combination of dimension values that will minimize the standard deviation of a desired design property?
Analyzing statistical effects on CAE measurements is an important asset in support of Six-Sigma initiatives, Strategic Design Planning, and Root Cause Analyses.
You can use a dashboard for the modification of cable routes.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Cabling Design
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Cabling Design
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The reroute dashboard provides a familiar and intuitive user interface for rerouting a cable to follow an existing cable. Shortcut menus are available during the life of the tool, improving usability.
When entering the route menu, cabling design automatically checks for logical information and whether components are designated. Undesignated components temporarily pause the routing tool so you can designate the components. When the designation is complete, the route tool resumes and you can continue routing. If logical information does not exist during the routing and selection of a Csys which has not been designated, the routing temporarily pauses so you can designate the selected component and then continue routing. With designating on the fly, usability is improved because you no longer have to cancel the route command.
Product What's NewImproved User Model for Cabling Design
Cabling Design has adopted the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire user model.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Cabling Design
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Cabling Design
User Interface Location Applications > Cabling
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
A new routing toolbar provides a more familiar and consistent user interface. This gives you quicker access to key commands and improves routing performance.
New icons help to identify and distinguish cabling features. The designated cable name appears in the Model Tree, providing quick identification and selection of wires and cables for routing and modification.
When the cable routing tool is active, you can start either the add locations or the route network tool. Starting either tool temporarily suspends the cable routing so you can add, or refine a network. After closing the network tools, the cable routing tool resumes and you can take advantage of the improved network without having to cancel any commands.
There is a consolidated user interface for routing wires and cables.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Cabling Design
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Cabling Design
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The Route Cables dialog box consolidates commands and is the main entry point to the Cable routing tool. You have a single user interface in which to build up a selection of one or more cables to route. From this dialog box you can do the following:
● Create new cables● Select unrouted cables using the Find tool● Select a cable from within the main graphics window● Select a cable from the Model Tree
The .mfg file is obsolete. All manufacturing information will be stored in the .asm file. You can read a legacy .mfg file in Pro/ENGINEER, however, the file is converted to .asm when saving.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Complete Mold Design
Pro/ENGINEER Computer-Aided Verification
Pro/ENGINEER Expert Moldbase Extension
Pro/ENGINEER NC Sheetmetal
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Progressive Die
Pro/ENGINEER Tool Design
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
Mold Design & Casting
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Tooling Design and Manufacture
Benefits and Description
The .mfg file is removed and all the information for the manufacturing model is stored in the .asm file. This simplifies data management of the manufacturing model and provides additional functionality such as family tables and publishing other manufacturing models. Manufacturing file dependencies such as solid tools become dependencies of the .asm file.
When a manufacturing model created in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4 or earlier is retrieved the following occurs:
1. The model carries the information stored in the manufacturing model in memory.2. Information is written to the assembly file on save.3. The .mfg file is no longer required to open the manufacturing model.
Product What's NewAutomatic Plunge On Center for Internal Thread Milling
You can select an option to automatically plunge and retract along the center axis for thread milling step.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location To simplify entry and exit definition in internal thread milling, an
additional option to plunge and retract along the hole axis is added to
the thread milling definition user interface.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To simplify entry and exit definition in internal thread milling, an option to plunge and retract along the hole axis is added to the thread milling definition user interface.
Product What's NewControl for 5-Axis Surfacing Improved
There are additional options to control toolpath Discretization and number of passes in 5-Axis surface milling.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location Under the Cut Depth and Allowance section of the Surface milling NC
sequence parameter definition
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Benefits and Description
To provide more control to the NC programmer over the resulting toolpath for 5-Axis surface machining, there are new advanced NC parameters:
● Minimum and maximum Discretization steps to control the distance between computed points on the toolpath.
● Minimum and maximum Discretization angle to control the angular variation between computed points on the toolpath
● Option to skip first and last, or first or last, passes on surface machining. This avoids machining a common boundary between adjoining surfaces two times.
● Option to control the step over for the tool, based on a number of passes.
Product What's NewCustom Prompt for Manufacturing Template References
You can customize placement prompts for Manufacturing annotation references.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location During XML Template creation, click the Prompts panel.
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Benefits and Description
Custom prompts for defining references in manufacturing templates are available. This gives more flexibility to the manufacturing engineer who is defining these templates. The prompts are captured as part of the XML template and reused during placement of the manufacturing annotation features.
Extraction of manufacturing annotation feature is now available with all Pro/ENGINEER NC licenses.
In the Tool Manager you can select and then delete multiple cutting tools.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location In the Tool Manager click Edit > Delete.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To simplify the management of the cutting tool in an NC model, you can select and delete multiple tools at one time. Only tools not used in an NC step are deleted.
Product What's NewDuplicating Toolpaths with the Pattern Tool
The Pattern tool dashboard is leveraged for toolpath duplication.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location Click the Pattern icon.
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Benefits and Description
The dashboard for the Pattern tool provides easy access to all the information you need when creating or redefining toolpath feature duplication. Existing and new toolpath pattern functionality is available in the dashboard. You can do the following:
● Duplicate a toolpath by translating and rotating a copy of the feature toolpath using constant or variable intervals and CSYS references.
● Support a pattern table.● Control pattern order including shortest distance, and include or exclude an individual pattern
member.● Locally modify a toolpath duplicate such as a retract offset to avoid a collision.● Display each duplicate toolpath in the model tree as its own feature allowing individual simulation
The resulting toolpath includes all the motions of the different pattern members in a MULTAX format if required.
Product What's NewFamily Table Functionality Extended to Manufacturing
You can create a family table for manufacturing model.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The standard assembly family table is supported for manufacturing models including NC assembly, NC process, and CMM. This includes the ability to vary the following:
● Dimensions● Features● Components (reference model, workpiece, fixture)● Additional specific functionality for manufacturing such as CL file name and PARTNO.
You can automatically create customizable, HTML-based shop floor documentation including toolpath graphics.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location Click Tools > Manufacturing > Process documentation.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To simplify and automate the creation of process documentation to use on the shop floor, you can automatically create HTML web-based shop floor documentation for a manufacturing model. This customizable shop floor documentation captures operation sequence information in a format ready for printing or direct browser viewing on the shop floor. The document includes thd following :
● Manufacturing assembly setup view, optionally in ProductView format.● Customizable NC steps information such as tools, cutting condition, machining time, minimum
and maximum Z , and so on.● Toolpath snapshot for each NC steps.● Tool report including individual tool information and image.
Product What's NewManufacturing Process Manager Coverage Extended
In the Process Manager, you can directly create area turning, groove turning, profile turning and profile milling.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Using the Process Manager for area turning, groove turning, profile turning, and profile milling operations, you can do the following:
● Define steps using the step editing dashboard in the manufacturing process manager.● Capture step definition in an XML-based manufacturing template.● Use steps as part of a manufacturing annotation feature for process extraction.● Create a step from a manufacturing template, including automatic assignment of references
based on type and name. This is available when the configuration option mfg_auto_ref_mfg_template is set to yes.
Product What's NewManufacturing User Interface Modernized
The main entry-level options, previously in the Menu Manager for NC and CMM, are moved to top-level menus and toolbars.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Computer-Aided Verification
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Benefits and Description
To make manufacturing easier, the user interface workflow for NC and CMM is modernized. Top-level entry points from the menu manager are available directly from the menu bar and by clicking commands (icons) on toolbars. Two new entry points, Resources and Steps, are added to the top menu.
Additionally you can right-click in the Model Tree for shortcut menu commands to activate an operation and to edit the definition and references for steps.
Product What's NewMill Window Selection for Face Milling
Mill window selection as a machined geometry reference for face milling is enabled.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location During Face milling step creation, select a mill window during surface
reference selection.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To simplify face milling creation, a mill window is added as a machined geometry selection. The face milling step automatically considers the mill window plane and the reference model geometry, to determine the Z level face to machine.
There is support for production turning tools with multiple inserts at different orientations.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location Activate multitask turning tool capability in Workcell definition.
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Benefits and Description
Multitask solid turning tools are introduced to better address the production requirements of mill and turn centers. These tools have multiple inserts and can be rotated in the turret to provide multiple turning tool definitions while using a single pocket. Each insert has an associated offset number and the outline of the multitask tool, based on the selected tip orientation, is used for toolpath degouging.
Product What's NewNC Parameter User Interface Enhanced
The set of images that describes NC parameters is expanded. The retrieval of parameters is standardized.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location In the NC parameter user interface select the Edit menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The set of images that explains NC parameters is expanded beyond basic parameters to include other parameters. You can retrieve a parameter default value from an existing step or from a site file.
NC and CMM steps are combined in a single manufacturing model.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Computer-Aided Verification
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To provide powerful in-process probing functionality in NC, you can enable probing during workcell definition and combine CMM and NC steps in a single manufacturing model. The resulting CL file combines APT CL commands and DMIS syntax separated by a DMIS/ON | OFF keyword. This requires a Computer Aided Verification option license.
Product What's NewRenaming a Manufacturing Geometry Feature
You can rename a manufacturing geometry feature using a shortcut menu command.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Complete Mold Design
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Tool Design
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location Right-click manufacturing geometry features in the Model Tree.
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Tooling Design and Manufacture
Benefits and Description
Easily rename manufacturing geometry features such as mill surface, mill volume, mold volume, parting surface and die volume, by right-clicking a quilt member of the feature and selecting Rename from the shortcut menu.
Product What's NewReplacing a Cutting Tool from the Tool Manager
In the Tool Manager you can replace a tool and automatically update all the NC steps using this tool.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location In the Tool Manager click Edit > Replace.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
From the Tool Manager, you can replace an existing tool with a similar tool in the workcell or from the drive, and automatically update all the NC steps using this tool. This eliminates the need to edit each step individually.
Product What's NewSaving and Retrieving Multiple Cutting Tools
You can save and retrieve multiple tools, including cut data information, in an XML-based transfer file from the Tool Manager.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location In the Tool Manager click File > Save As or File > Library.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To facilitate the transfer of tools between workcells or manufacturing models, you can do the following:
● Select multiple tools in the Tool Manager and save them in an XML-based transfer file (*.txf).● Retrieve multiple tools from a transfer file (*.tfx) or select multiple tool files in xml, prt, or asm
Product What's NewSelection Improvement for Manufacturing
Geometry selection in manufacturing is consistent with core Pro/ENGINEER.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Complete Mold Design
Pro/ENGINEER Computer-Aided Verification
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Tool Design
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
Mold Design & Casting
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Tooling Design and Manufacture
Benefits and Description
To simplify manufacturing geometry collection and improve consistency with core Pro/ENGINEER, the selection mechanism for manufacturing geometry is standardized:
● Search for geometry to be machined using standard Pro/ENGINEER manufacturing keywords such as mill window or mill surface instead of feature.
● Use the new collector which is specific to manufacturing geometry.● Work with standard Pro/ENGINEER surface collection tools such as multiple surface collection,
surface and bounds collection, and loop surface collection.
Product What's NewTIP Output Selection for Multitip Tools
There is an option to select which TIP to use for CL data output for multitip tools.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Prismatic and Multi-surface Milling
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location In the Tool Manager, Tool Table panel, click Output Tip.
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Benefits and Description
To provide more options for tool setting, the CL data output coordinates for a multi-tip tools can be independent of the TIP number used to define and control the toolpath. You have the option to always use the same TIP number for output or to use the TIP control point for each toolpath.
There is a new option for turning tool orientation.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Machining
Pro/ENGINEER Production Machining
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Manufacturing (NC, Expert Machinist)
User Interface Location Activate flash turning tool capability in Workcell definition.
Processes and Initiatives Manufacturing Process Management
Benefits and Description
Turning tool orientation in the ZX plane is controlled by the TOOL_ORIENTATION parameter. The FLASH tool option provides an additional control to rotate the tool by 180 degrees, while changing the direction of rotation of the lathe spindle.
Product What's NewMold Features Visible by Default in Model Tree
Mold features are visible by default in the model tree when starting a new session or opening an existing mold or cast model.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Complete Mold Design
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Mold Design & Casting
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The default for mold and cast design is to show all features in the Model Tree and to provide specific filters for the following features in the Model Tree:
● Silhouette curves● Parting Surface● Mold/Die Volume● Reference part cutout● Ejector Pin Holes● Waterline ● Runner● Draft Line
You can compare and incrementally exchange on objects which previously did not have object ids. Incremental exchange on holes, areas, and mechanical components, improves the exchange of information between ECAD and MCAD.
There are 3D contact connections with material properties and with static and kinematic friction between planes, spheres, cylinders, and vertices.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise XE
Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Mechanism Design & Dynamics
User Interface Location Click Insert > 3D Contacts.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
3D contact enables greater flexibility in creating highly accurate dynamic analysis of your designs. You can create 3D contact connections in the following ways to work during dragging operations and any mechanism analysis:
● Define contact between planar surfaces, cylinders and spheres● Apply material properties from material files● Include impact effects of Young's modulus, damping, static and kinematic friction● Measure contact force, area, slip, and pressure angle● Create Vertex contact and apply a user-defined radius around the selected vertex
Product What's New3D Import Wizards and Data Exchange Profiles
New wizards control import options for most 3D formats, providing you with immediate access to most commonly used import settings including use templates, enable ATB, and import as facet. Casual users can quickly choose a predefined profile to apply. Advanced users can tweak the details of a chosen profile or the current session settings.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Import Data Doctor
User Interface Location 3D Wizards launch when opening supported nonnative 3D file type. To
edit a profile, click Tools > Data Exchange > Import Profile Editor.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Data exchange import profiles (*.dip) are in industry standard XML format. Profiles supplant many of the data-exchange related configuration options. Using the Profiles Editor, you can easily migrate from existing import-related configuration options to profiles. Make as many profiles as you need and create multiple profiles per file format.
Profiles are designed for easy administration and to be part of the company standards. To specify a default profile, set the configuration option intf_in_profile_default. To specify a profile directory, set the configuration option intf_profile_dir. Distributed Pro/BATCH also supports the use of profiles.
This functionality benefits the following:
● Administrators--Centrally configure, manage, and control profile settings for users. Use profiles for flexibility when configuring file format, source software, or software version.
● Casual users--Follow a simple workflow and apply company recommended settings from a list.● Advanced users--Get immediate access to most commonly used 3D import options and can
change settings on-the fly, during import operations.
Product What's NewActual Radius Dimensions in 2D Drawings
When the actual or true radial dimension cannot be shown in a given drawing view, you can choose from a list of radii for the selected feature, and show it as a note.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location In drawings, click the Annotate tab and choose a radii from the list.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
In certain drawing views, a feature or object that was defined using one or more radial dimensions, may not be positioned so the radius can be measured or identified. When this is the case, you can create an Actual Radius dimension. Then, select from a list of available radii for the feature selected, and place as an attached note.
Product What's NewAnnotation Elements and Out-of-plane Movement
New options control the planar location of an Annotation Element relative to its references.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Various
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can use the following options to move annotations out-of-plane from their original location:
● Place Annotations on reference plane--When setting the model’s Active Annotation Orientation, the systems forces the resulting annotation to the planar reference, regardless of the location of the references.
● Move Dims to Plane--When multiple dimensions are selected, the systems forces all the dimensions to be positioned in the planar space of the first-selected dimension. This command is on a shortcut menu.
● Move to Plane--When one or more annotations are selected, you are prompted for a new planar reference, resulting in the movement of all annotations to the selected reference. This command is on a shortcut menu.
Z-extension lines (dashed, gray lines) are created when the attachment point moves off its reference to maintain a clear relationship between the two.
The assignment, editing, and managing of appearances is improved.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Rendering
User Interface Location Click the icon on the toolbar.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
When working with appearances, there are three tasks:
● Applying● Editing● Managing
To apply an appearance, click the Appearance Gallery icon. The Appearance Gallery lists all appearances in My Appearances, the Model, and the Library. You can select the appearance first and then apply it to the model or select the model and then apply the appearance. To edit an appearance right-click the appearance in the Model palette and select Edit from the shortcut menu. After setting appearances, right-click and choose Select Objects from the shortcut menu to replace appearances. Use the Appearance Manager to define and save your appearance libraries.
Product What's NewApproximating the Surface Offset
Surfaces that cannot be offset can be approximated.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Edit > Offset.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The special handling capabilities of surface offset are improved:
● In addition to excluding patches during the offset, you can choose to approximate these patches.● When you cannot offset an internal patch of a quilt due to minimum radius restrictions, Pro/
ENGINEER attempts to approximate that patch with a single surface.● You can choose which patches to exclude and which to approximate, and whether or not to
Switch between the simplified and advanced assembly cut environments by selecting or clearing a check box. Cut challenging geometry with the Check Geometry Option.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Select the Advanced Intersection check box in the Intersect panel of
the Assembly Extrude dashboard. Select the Check Geometry Option
check box in the Intersect panel of the Assembly Extrude dashboard.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can now easily switch between the basic and advanced intersection environment by selecting or clearing a check box. Set the default with the configuration option advanced_intersection. The basic intersection environment is simplified. You can simultaneously set the display level on all components, while the advanced environment continually provides component-by-component display level control. With the Check Geometry Option, there is a more stable component intersection. This makes it possible to create challenging intersection geometry:
● Components with different accuracy than that of the assembly● Assembly cuts intersecting other assembly cuts
If you select Check Geometry Option, regeneration time may increase.
In the new interface for Explode, you can reposition models by dragging and rotating them.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Click View > Explode > Edit position. / Click View > View Manager and
click the Explode tab. Click New and specify a name. Click Properties
and then click the Edit position icon.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Assembly explode functionality is migrated to the dashboard. You can use drag handles and CTRL to multiselect and simplify explode definitions. You can rotate and translate components when defining an explode state. You can specify alternative motion references in the Reference tab of the dashboard.
Use the explode drag handles for the following actions:
● Quickly reposition components without defining motion references. ● Provide three drag directions based on placement constraint where possible.
To easily copy geometry from a selection of models, select the Shrinkwrap option Auto collect all Solid Surfaces. You can solidify the resulting geometry and remove holes from selected surfaces.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location In an assembly, click Insert > Shared Data > Shrinkwrap. Select Auto
collect all solid surfaces in the Subset list. Click Subset to select
contributing geometry > OK > Expand the Options tab to fill contours.
In a active part in an assembly, click Insert > Shared Data >
Shrinkwrap > select Auto collect all solid surfaces in the Subset list.
Click Subset to select contributing geometry > OK > Expand the
Options tab to fill contours and solidify the geometry.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Auto collect all solid surfaces shrinkwrap feature option copies all the solid surfaces of components included in an assembly to an assembly feature or to a feature in a part activated in the assembly. Solid surfaces in a part feature can be solidified. When defining the Shrinkwrap, you can peform the following operations:
● Specify what parts of an assembly contribute to the resulting Shrinkwrap geometry● Solidify the resulting Shrinkwrap geometry (part feature)● Fill contours (holes) on selected surfaces● Display filled (removed) holes with a yellow curve
Filling contours such that a cavity is enclosed removes the cavity from the Shrinkwrap geometry.
Use dynamic preview and powerful selection tools to build component subsets within the Component Chooser. The Component Chooser is used to define simplified representations, envelopes, and shrinkwrap features.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Component Chooser consists of a structure tree and a window in which you can dynamically preview the assembly and quickly define component subsets. Preview does not require loading components into memory. A new Derived status shows components with driven statuses. The derived status changes when the driving components status is changed. Check boxes indicate component and assembly statuses. An assembly with components of different statuses is mixed. If you select a mixed check box you can reset statuses of components in that assembly. In the structure tree you can set Components' statuses in the following ways:
● Clicking a component status and selecting a new status from the list● Right-clicking a component name and selecting a status from the Representation shortcut menu● Selecting and clearing check boxes to toggle statuses
To locate a component prior to setting its status, use one of these methods:
● Use the search tool in the upper-left corner of the Component Chooser.● Select the component in the preview window to expand the structure tree and highlight the
Coordinate systems follow placement on walls during bend and bend back operations.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Sheetmetal Design and Manufacturing
User Interface Location Click Insert > Model Datum > Coordinate System.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can define coordinate systems placed on surfaces of sheetmetal walls to follow bend and unbend operations. This simplifies the placement of forms and other components such as PEM inserts on sheetmetal parts.
Product What's NewData Exchange of Nongeometric Content
Data exchange of nongeometric content includes parameters, 3D notes, and annotations.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Interface
User Interface Location Click File > Save a Copy, and then in the Type list select a supported
3D file type and click OK.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Annotation support includes notes, dimensions, surface finish, geometric tolerances, set datums, and symbols. Annotations and 3D notes are exported and imported as graphical polyline representations. The level of parameter support varies per supported file type:
● Neutral supports model and entity parameters only● STEP does not support parameters● ProductView, JT, and PDF support model parameters only
Import of nongeometric content is supported for Neutral, STEP, ProductView and JT formats. Export of nongeometric content is supported for Neutral, STEP, ProductView, and PDF formats.
Data exchange of nongeometric content is as follows:
● Expands the amount of data available for long-term archival● Provides the support required to implement model-based definition with customers and suppliers
Product What's NewDatum Targets as Annotation Features
You can create Datum targets in the 3D model as Annotation features.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click Insert > Annotations > Datum Target Annotation Feature.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can annotate your models with datum targets. This new annotation feature type contains only the relevant elements of the datum target structure:
● Symbolic target annotations● A single datum feature annotation
In conjunction with new target areas, you can assign target annotations to datum points, datum curves, surfaces, edges, axes, and target areas. You can use the top portion of a target symbol to display a dimension representing the area. In the symbol definition, you are prompted for this dimensional assignment.
Because the symbol annotations and the datum feature annotation are in the same annotation feature:
● If the datum feature is selected, the corresponding targets that define it are highlighted.● If a target is selected, the other related targets are also highlighted.
In 3D you can align Dimensions. In 2D and 3D you can use dimensional alignment in more cases.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location In 2D and 3D, select dimensions, right-click and select Align
Dimensions from the shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can align linear and angular dimension annotations in 3D. Select a number of dimensions to align and the alignment occurs based on the position of the first-selected dimension. This alignment in 3D works for dimensions that are in same or parallel annotation planes.
In 2D and 3D angular dimensions, there is no dimensional overlap when in the same plane.
The updated dimension properties user interface gives you more control over the tolerance.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location Right-click a dimension and select Dimension Properties from the
shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can better control tolerances with:
● More upper and lower tolerance values during adjustment.● Positive and negative signs that appear in the upper and lower tolerance boxes, simplifying
entry, such as with +/+ tolerances.● Separate decimal place settings for the tolerance and dimension.● Configuration options that control the default tolerance digits and lead trail zeros.● Showing only the tolerance value. You can use additional text such as a prefix, to appear as an
Dimensions appear with a different number of significant digits from the actual value of the dimension.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location In the Dimension Properties dialog box, select the Rounded Displayed
Value check box. In Sketcher, right-click and select Round Displayed
Value from the shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can fine-tune the significant digits that appear while modeling to a different level of precision. This is available in Sketcher, the model, or the drawing. Select the Round Displayed Value check box so the dimension maintains its actual value, but with the number of decimal places set in Decimal Places,
Sketcher does not have its own setting for default decimal places. The configuration option default_dec_places controls the default decimal places throughout the application.
New options control the default (rounded) appearance of dimensions and whether Sketcher strengthens dimensions to the weak dimension’s true significant digits or to the setting for default decimal places.
Product What's NewDraft Geometric Tolerances Created During Copy
You can copy and paste geometric tolerances.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location Right-click a geometric tolerance and select Copy from the shortcut
menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can copy and paste draft geometric tolerances. When pasting, the GTOL is placed with a free attachment, and you can reattach it to any model edge or draft entity.
The content of the Drawing Tree varies depending on the tab selected, simplifying the tree structure. Objects are highlighted in the graphics window when you select them from the graphics window or the Drawing Tree. You can right-click the Drawing Tree to select commands from a shortcut menu. Icons in the tree indicate whether the drawing item is shown or hidden.
Product What's NewDrawing User Interface Is Task-Based
The Drawing user interface is task-based, improving workflows and efficiency.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Drawing commands are reorganized into a Ribbon interface with tabs. Only commands and workflows appropriate for the current task are available, making the interface easier to use. Tasks are grouped under the following tabs:
The selection filter and selectable objects change, depending on the current task. You can use a drawing tree to identify the selectable drawing objects.
Product What's NewDynamic Preview while Mirroring Components
Using dynamic preview, you can explore alternatives beforae generating new models.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Use the preview icon in the Mirror dialog box.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
While mirroring components, you can preview the result before creating any models. You can, for example, explore the influence of different mirroring planes or make decisions on whether to reuse or copy components.
Product What's NewEdit Text Style of Multiple Annotations
In 3D, you can change the text style of multiple annotations at the same time.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Right-click an annotation in the graphics window or the Model Tree and
select Text Style from the shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can select multiple annotation types and from different sources and alter their text style simultaneously. This helps to quickly create a consistent presentation when, for example, the style of component annotations differs from the style of other annotations in an assembly.
Product What's NewEnhanced Copy and Paste of Components
Quickly paste components using temporary interfaces.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Select the model, click Edit > Copy and then click Edit > Paste. Select
the model, press CTRL+C, and then press CTRL+V.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
A temporary interface is extracted and used during the copying and pasting of a model. The Component Placement dashboard contains this interface so you can automatically place the model. Alternatively, you can place the model manually.
Product What's NewEnhanced Reference Handling When Restructuring Assemblies
Enhanced reference handling simplifies restructuring by minimizing external references and dependencies.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
As a result of the enhanced reference handling, significantly fewer external references and restructure dependencies exist that were previously associated with restructuring assemblies:
● When restructuring multiple components from a parent assembly to a subassembly, the parent assembly is removed from the reference paths of direct references between the restructured components.
● References to the parent assembly, or components in subassemblies of the parent assembly, still include the parent assembly in the reference path.
● When restructuring components from the parent assembly to the subassembly, a dependency to the parent assembly is not created.
With the new Component Chooser, envelopes are faster and easier to define and maintain. You can quickly define simplified representations based on the envelope and represent an assembly with a single part.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Click View > Envelope Manager > New, and then specify envelope
component's name. Select models to be substituted by the envelope
(definition), click Envelope Part, and select an envelope method. /
Create an Envelope Part, specify a part name, and click OK. Choose a
template and click OK. Specify Placement > Envelope geometry and
create geometry or copy geometry from assembly models.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Component Chooser simplifies operations:
● Envelope definition and the dynamic selection of all components to be substituted (included) in the envelope
● Envelope part and geometry creation by consolidating the tools
With the appropriate license, you can create and populate the envelope part using an external Shrinkwrap feature. Right-click the envelope and select Use Envelope to create a simplified representation based on the envelope. When you use the simplified representation in higher level assemblies, the assembly is represented by the envelope part. The envelope definition and, therefore, the simplified representation is updated when components are added to the assembly. As a result, you can create the envelope early in your design process.
● Assembly component placement● Sketch orientation, dimensions, and constraints● Direction elements in features● Planar references in features● Coordinate system references in features
Product What's NewExpose Combined States at the Top-Level User Interface
You can easily navigate between the combined states of a model without opening the View Manager. Combined or All states appear as tabs, each with a thumbnail preview, in the graphics window.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click View > View Manager and then click the All tab. Select the
Display combined views check box.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
After you create a combined state from the View Manager, it appears as tab at the bottom of the graphics window. For quick accessibility, a new tab appears for each combined state that you create
If you place the pointer on a tab, a small graphical preview of the combined state appears. Right-click a tab to select commands from a shortcut menu, such as Rename. Renaming a tab changes the name of the combined state. You can reorder tabs by dragging them.
You can postpone resolving assembly failures so you can open and work with the assemblies with the missing information.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Right-click a failed model. Select a command to resolve the failure.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
An assembly with missing references or models missing references or missing models no longer requires immediate resolution. You can postpone resolving issues. As failed models are frozen, however, the assembly may not update accurately. A restricted set of actions applies to failed models.
In the Model Tree, failed models are highlighted in red. You can also view the specific status of a model by adding the status column to the model tree. Failure statuses are as follows:
● Failed. A model that cannot be retrieved or placed.● Child of failed. A models referencing a failed model.● Child of external failed.
You can use a shortcut menu to select a command for resolving a failed model.
Product What's NewFeature Failure and Diagnostics Improved
Feature regeneration failures are easier to understand and fix.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Fundamentals & Pro/PROGRAM
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can address feature failure during regeneration earlier in the cycle. If a feature fails to regenerate due to some change in a model, the model continues to regenerate by skipping the failed feature and its children. You can then edit the failed feature or its children from the Model Tree to address the problems that caused this failure. You have the flexibility to fix your model immediately or to continue modeling and address the issues at a later time. Failed geometry appears on the model in a different color so you can see how the geometry of the failed feature appeared before it became invalid.
There is a control for fixing the marquee location.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Surfacing - WARP
User Interface Location Click Insert > Warp.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The marquee for Stretch, Bend, Twist and Sculpt can be fixed to existing geometry. The Warp feature can change while the overall intent of the design is maintained.
Product What's NewForeshortened Radial Dimensions in 2D
When a radius on a drawing is large, it is difficult to show an internal radial dimension. In 2D drawings, an internal radial dimension can appear as foreshortened.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location In a drawing, click the Annotation tab and then click the icon for Z-
Radius Dimension.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
When creating a foreshortened radial dimension, the resulting structure is Z shaped with drag handles for the placement of the different line segments and the virtual center of the arc. You can attach the virtual center to existing entities, or it can be free-floating. You can toggle the symbol for the virtual center between a cross, a filled circle, or none.
Product What's NewGeometric Tolerances Can Reference Set Datums in Inheritance Features
You can use set datum planes and axes contained in an inheritance feature for referencing within a geometric tolerance.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location For 3D, click Insert > Annotations > Geometric Tolerance. For 2D, click
the Annotate tab. On the Insert panel, click the Geometric Tolerance
icon.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
When setting the datum references for a geometric tolerance (GTOL), you can select inheritance feature set datums from the graphics window or the Model Tree. After identifying the set datum, it appears in the Datum list on the GTOL user interface. This is consistent with the referencing of a part set-datum in an assembly.
When inheritance features with set datums are added to a model, and the model contains datums with the same name, then the added datums are renamed within the context of the model.
Preselection highlights the boundary box of models in a graphics representation. This makes it easier to see and select graphics representation models. You can store placement references in the assembly, resulting in component placement updates in the absence of component geometry. This enhances the use of light weight graphics representations by minimizing the need to retrieve geometry representations of components whose placements are impacted by a design change. You can store placement references for selected components using a shortcut command. You can also store placement references while placing or redefining components. Set the configuration option auto_backup_new_placemnt_refs to automatically create a component reference backup. Avoid On Demand retrieval of Geometry representations by clearing the Retrieve backed up references check box.
Product What's NewImport Data Doctor Diagnostics Wizard
The Diagnostics wizard extends the Troubleshooter dialog box with a series of new error, warning, and informational geometry checks unique to the Import Data Doctor (IDD) environment.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Import Data Doctor
User Interface Location In Import Data Doctor, click Info > Geometry Checks. From the
In the Import Data Doctor (IDD) environment, the Troubleshooter is asynchronous. You specify which geometry checks to perform and in some instances you also specify threshold values. The analyses and diagnostics are performed or updated when the Troubleshooter starts, settings are modified, or imported geometry is changed in the IDD environment. The diagnostics correspond to the active geometry in the following ways:
● The Troubleshooter analyzes the imported geometry and the list of resulting geometry checks appears in the Troubleshooter dialog box.
● When you select an item in the Troubleshooter dialog box, the corresponding geometry highlights and there is a zoomed-in view of the problem. A description of the problem and suggestions on how to resolve it are provided.
● You can right-click the identified problem in the Troubleshooter dialog box to select the problem geometry.
You can perform the following diagnostics:
1. Bad surfaces (concave domain or boundaries with parallel or almost parallel boundaries) (error)2. Bad two-sided edges (error)3. Bad wireframe curves (error)4. Poorly tessellated edges (warning)5. Small loops of one-sided edges (warning)6. Short one-sided edges (warning)
7. Bad vertices (warning)8. Unsatisfied wireframe(info)9. Unsatisfied tangency (info)
10. Gaps not added to wireframe (info).11. Almost tangent edges (info)12. Small surfaces (info)13. Narrow surfaces (info)14. Diagnostics 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 13 require that you specify some distance. Default values
based on model accuracy are provided.
The Troubleshooter in Import Data Doctor helps you to focus on important geometry issues. Repair time is significantly reduced by providing immediate visual and instructional feedback for repairing the geometry check.
Product What's NewImport Data Doctor Match Tool
The Match tool is a new Repair mode tool that replaces poor quality n-sided imported surfaces with good quality n-sided surfaces.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Import Data Doctor
User Interface Location In Import Data Doctor, click Repair mode, select surfaces or wireframe,
and click Edit > Match.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The user interface and workflow for the Match tool is similar to that of the Repair tool. The Repair tool requires that surfaces with more than 4 sides be replaced by multiple 4-sided patches before they can be repaired. With the Match tool, you can replace poor quality n-sided surfaces with good quality n-sided surfaces in imported geometry without the need to split the surface in 4-sided patches.
The Match tool simplifies repair of surfaces with more than four sides by eliminating the requirement to split n-sided surfaces into multiple 4-sided surfaces. This shortens the repair process for n-sided surface patches.
Product What's NewImport Data Doctor Workflow and Selection Improvements
Multiple enhancements to Import Data Doctor modes, selection, filters, and features help streamline, simplify, and shorten the data repair process.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Import Data Doctor
User Interface Location After selecting an imported feature, right-click and select Edit
Definition > Geometry > Import Data Doctor.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Consistency between Repair and Modify modes has increased. Repair mode includes the commands Move Vertex, Extrapolate, and Modify Curve/Surface. Selection filters include the topological conditions satisfied wireframe, unsatisfied wireframe, and unsatisfied tangency options. Using shortcut menus, you can select a parent and switch between modes. All object-action commands in active mode are on the shortcut menu. You can select objects by crossing the boundaries of selection boxes and by selecting within the box. The active component or surface sets limits the scope of edit operations that act on vertices, edges and UV curves for the following actions: Move Vertex, Modify, Replace, Split Crv/Wfm, and Merge Crv/Wfm.
Import Data Doctor features include many improvements:
● Merging multiple segments in a single operation using the Merge Curve/Wireframe tool.● Optional tangency repair using the Repair and Match tools. ● Availability of most recently used value lists when searching for slivers and gaps. ● Acceptance of edges of other surfaces or 3D curves as input when replacing one-sided edges.
This results in the automatic projection of these edges or 3D curves onto the surface.● Repair command accepts Wireframe curves as input.
Improvements simplify the data repair workflow reducing time to repair data.
You can import DXF files into Sketcher. When the option to create sketch groups on import is set to yes, importing a DXF file creates a single group, regular, or draft.
DXF files in the working directory or in the Sketcher shape directory appear in the sketcher palette and are available for preview and import from the palette.
Product What's NewImproved Movement and Appearance of Angular Dimensions
The appearance and movement of angular dimensions in 3D and 2D are improved.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The appearance of angular dimensions is improved in 3D and 2D. The dimension leader arc is fully broken around the dimension so there is no overlap. The witness lines break around overlapping dimension text, even if additional text is used in the dimension properties. These enhancements also apply to linear dimensions.
You can use the Move Text command in 2D and 3D with linear dimensions. The Move Text command keeps the witness line and a leader arc position fixed and repositions the dimension text.
Product What's NewInclude Dimensions in Draft Groups
You can include dimensions in 2D drawings in draft groups.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location Click Edit > Group > Draft Group.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Just as you can with draft entities, you can add or remove all types of dimensions from groups. When dimensions are in a group, they move with the group as much as possible. For example, dimensions with references that are not in the group, move only their text.
You can create layer visibility states from the View Manager, and you can toggle the display of all layer-assigned content.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click View > View Manager and click the Layers tab.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can create layer visibility states from the View Manager and retrieve the states from the Layer Tree or the View Manager. You can assign a layer state to a Combined state or All state during definition, with a corresponding retrieval when the Combined state is selected.
Layer states set and restore the layer visibility status within parts, and within assemblies at the assembly and component levels. Layers are used to more efficiently organize annotation content.
When you save a model you also save the state of all the layers. Layer states do not interfere with this functionality.
You can import holes as light weight features to improve the import and system performance for boards with a large number of holes. A circle curve and axis is placed on the bottom of the board to describe the size and location. At any time you can select the hole, right-click, and toggle to select a regular hole or a light weight hole.
You can mirror flat and flange walls in Sheetmetal.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Sheetmetal Design and Manufacturing
User Interface Location Click Edit > Mirror.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Designing symmetric parts in Sheetmetal is easier with the ability to mirror flange and flat walls. You need to specify a plane and select walls to be mirrored. The mirrored walls are created with dependant sections.
Product What's NewModel Properties Consolidation and Enhancements
The definition of model properties is consolidated.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Fundamentals & Pro/PROGRAM
User Interface Location Click File > Properties.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Model properties, such as materials, units, and accuracy, are located on a common Model Properties dialog box. This new dialog box also contains information on relations and parameters used in the model.
Product What's NewModel Tree for the Accessory Window
You can select references in the Model Tree and control layers in the Layer Tree that are specific to the Accessory window.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
In a docked Accessory window, the main Model Tree or Layer Tree is split. The lower half contains information specific to the Accessory window. The undocked Accessory window contains a separate Model Tree or Layer Tree specific to the Accessory window.
Product What's NewModel Tree Improvements in Drawings
The appearance of the Model Tree in Drawings is updated and commands from shortcut menus are available. There is better interaction between the Model Tree, the drawing, and the Drawing Tree.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location The Model Tree with the Drawing Tree is on the left of the graphics
window.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
In Drawings, the Model Tree has the following improvements:
● Slider bar for simultaneous adjustment of the Drawing and Model Trees.● Quick collapse and expansion with horizontal and vertical scroll bars.● Quick access to drawing models and available representations.● A glyph indicating which model annotations are shown in the drawing.● Removal of the Use Model in Tree command.●
Addition of the Active Model View command for any given view. When set, the Model Tree reflects the selected view, and any views that reflect the active model are highlighted.
Product What's NewMozilla or Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER Browser
You can choose between Mozilla and Internet Explorer for the Pro/ENGINEER embedded browser.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Fundamentals & Pro/PROGRAM
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can specify to use the default Internet Explorer browser in the Pro/ENGINEER browser or a new Mozilla-based browser. In some cases, the Mozilla-based browser performs better, particularly when running embedded Windchill applications.
You can use the enhanced tool for the following combinations:
● Reinforced weld definition where fillet and groove welds are combined into one symbol● Both sides welds for symmetrical and unsymmetrical weld definition● Similar welds for combining multiple welds to be documented with a single symbol and leader
New and enhanced capabilities for Fillet Weld include the following:
● Dashboard user interface● Real time geometry preview during definition● Support for weld sets● Enhanced weld geometry robustness● Drag handles for leg length, pitch, offsets, and so on● Support for symmetric or staggered welds
You can specifically select weld types such as the ability to weld all around doubler and gusset plates.
Some new and enhanced capabilities for Groove Weld definition follow:
● Dashboard user interface● Real-time geometry preview during definition● Support for weld sets● More robust weld geometry ● Drag handles for leg length, pitch, offsets, and so on● Intermittent (skipped) groove weld support
Some of the new and enhanced capabilities for Spot weld definition follow:
● Dashboard user interface ● Real time geometry preview during definition● Simplified selection supporting point, point feature, and point pattern selection
User Interface Location Click Insert > Model Datum > Coordinate System.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Coordinate systems can now be placed on a surface after you specify only 2 references. The coordinate system is created with the origin on the surface and the first axis normal to the selected surface.
Product What's NewOpen Generic Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can open the generic of an instance from a shortcut menu. It is easy to identify an instance in the Model Tree when its generic name is appended.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Right-click the instance and select Open Generic from the shortcut
menu.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Right-click an instance in the Model Tree or the graphics window and select Open Generic from the shortcut menu. The command opens the top-most generic of that instance. The configuration option modeltree_show_generic_of_instance controls the display of the generic name extension to the instance name in the Model Tree.
Parameters are more visible and it is easier to understand how to use them correctly. New system-level parameters are created for geometric tolerances.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click Tools > Parameters.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can run a conflict report between the parameter definition in the object and the parameter definition in the external file. If the parameter type of the two is consistent, you can choose Update Restriction Definition to update your nonrestricted parameters with restrictions. This guarantees the definition in the model matches one of the acceptable predetermined values for the parameter.
You can see and export a list of all parameters within the chosen scope. In the Parameter dialog box, use a new filter option to see and act on all subfeature parameters, from the selected object level and below. You can create and store custom parameter filters.
All extensible values from a geometric tolerance (GTOL) automatically create system-level parameters. As a result, you can set and alter the GTOL through parameter setting, or through toolkit interaction.
While editing parameters, you can regenerate the model when the Parameters dialog box is open.
You can get a true preview of how your drawing will print or plot before committing to printing or exporting.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location Click the Publish tab and select the type of output. Click Settings and
then click Preview.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can save paper by first confirming your prints using the Preview functionality. When you preview a print, the following attributes defined in the current printer configuration are considered:
● Line weight and style● Line priority● Color● Pen tables● Scale and sheet position
During a preview, the graphics window is redrawn to represent the output type selected, such as Print/Plot, DXF, IGES. When set to Print/Plot, a white-background paper-space appears, representing margins and the resulting drawing plot. In Preview mode, you can pan and zoom in the graphics window.
The previous Print and Printer Configuration dialog boxes are merged, renamed Settings, and are located in the Publish tab.
True Type fonts are correctly handled during printing. The string and font definition are passed from Pro/ENGINEER instead of rasterizing the output.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location In a drawing, click the Publish tab and then click Print.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
When True Type and Open Type fonts are used with the Windows printer driver or postscript driver, the resulting quality of the output is improved and the plot files are smaller.
A new configuration controls this during output.
The supported device list is externalized in an XML file so local administrators or PTC can add additional devices (along with their device settings) in the future. Several obsolete pen-plotters are removed from this list, and a generic HP-GL device type is added.
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor
The Pro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor is an import-only processor you can use to read parts and assemblies for Autodesk Inventor 2009 and earlier.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Interface
User Interface Location Click File > Open and then in the Type list, select Inventor Part (*.ipt)
or Inventor Assembly (*.iam).
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
This interface is in the base package of Pro/ENGINEER. It requires an installation and licensing of Autodesk Inventor 2008 or 2009 on the same computer as Pro/ENGINEER. With Autodesk Inventor 2008 installed, you cannot open Autodesk Inventor 2009 files. You can import into Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 earlier releases of Autodesk Inventor files that are upward compatible with the configured Autodesk Inventor version.
Pro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor supports import of exact geometry, datums (planes, axes and points), curves, colors, and layers. Batch import of Inventor files is supported using Distributed Pro/BATCH.
Pro/ENGINEER Interface for Inventor has the following benefits:
● Data exchange is simplified by eliminating the need for Autodesk Inventor users to generate a non-native format.
● Quality of imported data is improved.● Color and layer support provides additional clarity and control of data organization.● Distributed Pro/BATCH support provides better use of resources with automated bulk import
Product What's NewPro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks
The Pro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks is an import-only ATB-enabled processor, which can read parts and assemblies from SolidWorks 2008.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Interface
User Interface Location Click File > Open and then select (*.sldprt) or SolidWorks Assembly (*.
sldasm).
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
This interface is included in the base package of Pro/ENGINEER. It requires an installation of SolidWorks 2007 or 2008 or the freely available SolidWorks Explorer 2007 or 2008, on the same machine as Pro/ENGINEER. It does not require a SolidWorks license. If SolidWorks 2007 is the latest installed version, you cannot open SolidWorks 2008 files.You can import into Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0, earlier releases of SolidWorks files that are upward compatible with the configured SolidWorks version.
Pro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks is an ATB-enabled processor and supports import of exact geometry, density, curves, and colors. Batch import of SolidWorks files is supported using Distributed Pro/BATCH.
The benefits of Pro/ENGINEER Interface for SolidWorks are:
● Data exchange is simplified by eliminating the need for SolidWorks users to generate a nonnative format.
● Quality of imported data is improved.● With ATB technology you can check for incremental changes and easily apply geometry updates.● With ATB technology you maintain the highest possible associativity between imported geometry
and downstream features.● With Distributed Pro/BATCH support, there is automatic bulk import processing without manual
Product What's NewQuick Retrieval of Rule-Based Simplified Representations
You can optionally evaluate rules when retrieving a simplified representation. Retrieving the simplified representation as it was last evaluated can sometimes result in faster retrieval.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Click the Evaluate Rules check box in the Open Rep dialog box.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
If the configuration option auto_evaluate_simprep_rules is set to yes, the newly created simplified representation is always updated on retrieval or regeneration. Click the Auto Evaluate Model Rules check box to override the default setting during retrieval.
You can output flat-to-screen content when using QuickPrint. The position of the content in the output is based on the relative x-position and y-position of the content in the graphics window.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click File > QuickPrint and then select the Print Flat to Screen
Annotations check box.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
From the QuickPrint dialog box, you can select to print the currently-visible, flat-to-screen annotation content. The position of the output is derived from the ratio of the x-position and y-position of the annotation to the overall x-width and y-width of the graphics window.
There is dynamic regeneration of features when dimensions are dragged on the model.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Right-click the feature and select Edit > Dynamic Edit.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can use the Dynamic Edit command to edit features and immediately see the impact of dimensional changes on the model geometry. You can drag section entities and see models update. Use the 3D drag handles on the section to move the entire section, if it is not otherwise constrained.
A transparent floor command is added to real-time rendering.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Rendering
User Interface Location Click View > Realtime Rendering > Transparent Floor, or click the
toolbar icon.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The new Realtime Rendering command, Transparent Floor, generates a soft shadow and reflection on an artificial floor located at the lowest part of the geometry. You can control the orientation of this floor.
If Pro/ENGINEER exits unexpectedly, recovery of in-work models is improved.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Fundamentals & Pro/PROGRAM
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
If Pro/ENGINEER exits unexpectedly, the model in session and the last used configuration are automatically backed up. When Pro/ENGINEER restarts, you can select the model you want automatically loaded back into session.
Product What's NewReference Model Cross-Sectional Edges for Annotations
You can reference the temporary edges of a cross section, as they appear in the model, for annotation attachment.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click View > View Manager and then click the Xsec tab.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
When a section is created in the model, you can use the temporary edges that appear when the section is visible for annotation attachment. Edges are available when the section appears, regardless of whether the section is active. When the active or inactive section is not visible, referenced annotations are not visible.
Product What's NewRepeat Command and the Shortcut Menu
You can quickly repeat a component placement using the Repeat command from a shortcut menu. During a repeated sequence, you can change the number of variable constraints. Select the constraints in the Model Tree, right-click and select Repeat.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Right-click the component and select Repeat from the shortcut menu.
Right-click the constraints to vary in Model Tree and select Repeat from
the shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Repeat command on the Edit menu is also available on a shortcut menu. For greater flexibility, you can change the number of variable assembly references during a sequence using the Repeat command. You can repeatedly place a component by selecting one or more references from the component placement folder in the Model Tree, and by selecting Repeat from the shortcut menu. The selected references are the variable assembly references. However, within the component placement environment any reference can be varied, providing greater flexibility.
Product What's NewRestrictions Removed from Assembly Restructuring
You can restructure Simplified Representations of assemblies and components that could previously not be restructured.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can restructure the following components:
● The first component of an assembly.● Components intersected by assembly features.● Components in a Simplified Representation of an assembly. To evaluate and resolve reference
changes, some excluded components may be retrieved during the restructure operation.
Product What's NewRetrieval Performance of Simplified Representations with Instances
Enhanced Instance dependency retrieval is extended to simplified representations. Retrieving simplified representations with Family Table instances is faster.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Retrieving simplified representations of assemblies with family tables and family table components is faster for a number of reasons:
● Less regeneration. Regeneration of intermediate generics of nested family tables is not required.● Fewer models being retrieved. Components exploded by the family table are not retrieved during
Product What's NewRounds with Continuous Curvature
There is support for the creation of rounds with continuous curvature.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Insert > Round > Sets > C2 Continuous or D1XD2 C2.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The following enhancements have been made to Rounds:
● You can create Rounds with curvature continuity along their boundaries.● Curvature continuous rounds can be constant or variable.● A shape factor adjusts the curvature influence.● You can define constant curvature of continuous rounds with different leg lengths on each side.
Product What's NewScene Definition Is Easier to Use
There are usability improvements to the scene definition.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Rendering
User Interface Location Click View > Model Setup > Scene Editor.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The Room, Light, and Effects dialog boxes are consolidated into the Scene Editor dialog box. Multiple tabs are consolidated, improving the definition and usability of these options.
User Interface Location Drawing sheet tabs appear at the bottom of the graphics window in
Drawing, Format, Layout, and Diagram modes.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Drawing sheets appear as tabs across the bottom of the graphics window. Right-click a tab to select commands such as New Sheet, Rename, Update Sheets, Setup, and Delete, from a shortcut menu. Move or Copy and Select All are added commands.
You can dock or undock the Accessory window. The docked Accessory window (default) stays in the main window so it is not hidden behind other windows. You can easily restore a minimized Accessory window by clicking a glyph.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Accessory window is easy to use for the following tasks:
● Component placement● Data Sharing ● Sheetmetal form features
While the docked Accessory window can be repositioned and resized, it remains within the main window, ensuring it is not hidden behind other windows. A minimized Accessory window appears as a glyph that you can click to open the window. Using the configuration option accessory_window_display, you can undock the Accessory window. If the component to be displayed in the undocked Accessory window is opened in a main window, a new Accessory window opens.
You can use the window's menu or the task bar to locate a undocked accessory window.
User Interface Location Select a component or components and then drag to new location. /
Right-click one or more components and select Move to New
Subassembly from the shortcut menu. Specify a name, choose a
template, and specify assembly constraints. / Select components to
restructure and click Edit > Restructure. Select the components to
restructure and select the target assembly.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can restructure assemblies completely without menus or the Restructure dialog box with the following enhancements:
● Drag-and-drop restructuring.● Restructuring multiple components at a time.● The Move to New Subassembly command on a shortcut menu for on-the-fly creation of a new
target assembly. The component selected before selecting this command, determines the Model Tree placement of the new target assembly.
The Restructure dialog box supports both the object-action and action-object workflows.
Product What's NewSimplified Representation New Default Rule
When you create a new Simplified Representation, components are excluded by default.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The default Simp Rep rule is changed from Master Rep to Exclude. This simplifies large assembly management in the following ways:
● Eliminating unintentional retrieval of a new representation where all parts are set to Master Rep.● Not forcing preview of all components in the component chooser.
You can change the default rule of a new simplified representation by selecting the top assembly in the Component Chooser and changing its status to Master.
Use extended preview and information to easily create or select the correct simplified representation.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location In the Open Rep dialog box, place the pointer on a user-defined
representation. Alternatively, in the Simp Rep tab of the View Manager,
click Display and select Show Preview. Right-click a simplified
representation in the View Manager and select Redefine from the
shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Opening or switching to a simplified representation is easier:
● Descriptions are provided in the Open Rep tooltip.● A preview is provided in the View Manager.
The Redefine command is added to the Simplified Representation shortcut menu in the View Manager. Using the dynamic preview and selection tools in the Component Chooser, you can easily define and edit simplified representations without loading models into memory. The configuration option new_wf5_simp_rep_ui is set to Yes by default.
Product What's NewSimplified Toggle between Lightweight and Surface Welds
You can toggle between lightweight and surface welds more easily.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Welding
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Lightweight weld trajectories are derived from the placement information of surface welds. You can easily toggle between lightweight and surface representations of welds.
Product What's NewSingle Arrow Option for Auxiliary Views
When creating an auxiliary view, you can select a single arrow to appear in the parent view.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location In the View Properties for the auxiliary view, under View Type select
Single.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To better support worldwide drawing standards, an option is available for auxiliary view arrows. When showing the projection line on the parent view, you can select no arrows, a single arrow, or double arrows.
Detail setup options control the format of the auxiliary view note and the position of the projection arrows relative to the selected reference during creation.
You can use sketched points for pattern definition.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Insert > Pattern.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The Point Pattern pattern type is added. When defining a point pattern, select a sketched datum point feature and the features to be patterned are applied to all the locations in the point feature. You can then reference pattern additional features following this point, and exclude unwanted instances.
Sketcher constraints and workflows are more flexible. There are shortcut menus, object-action workflow, and a consolidated user interface. A new constraint type equal dimension is introduced.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Sketcher
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can use either of these workflows for creating constraints:
● Object-action-Select the entities, right-click, and select available constraints from the shortcut menu. Available constraints depend on the entities selected.
● Action-object-Select the constraints first and then select the entity.
While sketching and dragging sketched entities, new key sequences and selected items speed up the creation of constraints. During sketching, use consecutive right-clicks to toggle through locking, disabling, or enabling the constraint. Press and hold down SHIFT to disable all constraints. During dragging, press and hold down SHIFT to enable the offering and accept constraints.
You can apply the new constraint type, equal dimension, to any dimensions of the same type. Applied in the same way as equal length or diameters, an E constraint (E for equal dimension) appears.
You can create new entity types in Sketcher, providing flexibility and speed in feature creation.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Sketcher
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can create the following Sketcher entity types:
● Slanted ellipse created by either establishing the major axis endpoints or by defining the center and one end of the major axis
● Slanted rectangle● Parallelogram● Chamfer with or without intersecting construction lines
In addition to using or offsetting an existing model edge in a sketch, you can thicken an edge resulting in two parallel entities a stated distance apart and a stated distance from the reference.
Use commands from shortcut menus to quickly access sketcher options and references.
Several new dimension enhancements in Sketcher improve usability and flexibility.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Sketcher
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
With enhanced Sketcher dimensioning, you can do the following:
● Create a total included angle about an axis of revolution● Create an arc length dimension, with appropriate symbols● Toggle between a diameter, radius, and linear diameter dimension● Create a linear dimension tangent to two arcs in a specified direction● Toggle between a reference and driving dimension● Create a new perimeter dimension for a loop or chain● Create any type of dimension (Normal, Perimeter, Reference, or Baseline) by clicking the
Product What's NewSketcher Points and Coordinate Systems Improvements
Sketcher points, centerlines, and coordinate systems are consolidated to simplify their application, and make them more intuitive and flexible.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Sketcher
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Construction points are used only within the sketch. Depending on how the sketch is used, geometry points can produce a datum point or axes in the resulting model. Geometry points can create axes during extrusion, therefore, axis points are eliminated. Geometry points are saved with the section, improving reuse of common designs, such as the palette.
There is a single workflow for centerline creation and you can toggle between geometry and construction. Use construction centerlines only within the sketch. Depending on how the sketch is used, geometry centerlines can produce datum axes in the model. For consistency in revolved features, you can use only geometry centerlines as axes of revolution.
A new CSYS coordinate system is introduced, and the existing horizontal-vertical (HV) CSYS inside sketches is updated. You can create a new rotatable geometry CSYS (rotatable around the z-axis only; the x-axes and y-axes remain in the sketch plane) within a sketch resulting in a true CSYS within the resulting model. The existing HV CSYS, available only within in a sketch is updated so it defaults to HV and can be rotated.
Snapping one constraint at a time simplifies dragging and snapping operations.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Assembly
User Interface Location Click Tools > Assembly Settings > Drag Preferences. In the Drag
Preferences dialog box, click the Snap to single constraint check box.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
When placing a component, you can investigate placement options by dragging it and seeing it snap to matching references. This is useful when pasting a component with predefined constraints. Snapping requires one or more constraints and the selection of the Active Snapping option. You can now snap one constraint at a time or snap all constraints at the same time. Snapping one constraint at a time simplifies dragging and snapping by allowing you to progressively place the component. By unselecting the Snap to single constraint checkbox in the Drag Preference dialog box, you can snap all constraints at once. You can also change the drag preference using the configuration option snap_single_constraint.
Product What's NewStore and Retrieve PDF Configuration Files
PDF generation from drawings is simplified because you can store and retrieve configuration files.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location In a drawing, click the Publish tab.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
PDF generation from a drawing is an exporting operation. You can save to an XML-based PDF configuration file from the PDF settings dialog box. Settings in the configuration file do not need to be reestablished for every output, making it easier to store and retrieve drawings.
Set the configuration option intf_profile_dir to specify a default profile folder. The profile folder stores imported or exported configuration files.
Product What's NewSurface Finish Enhancements in 3D
You can apply surface finishes annotation elements to more objects and there are new movement options.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click Insert > Annotations > Annotation Feature and then click Surface
Finish.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
You can drag surface finishes with an entity or normal attachment within the extents of their attachment reference. If the reference is planar, you can drag the surface finish accompanied by the automatic creation of extension lines.
You can attach surface finishes to assembly-level quilts. As with notes attached to surface features, surface finishes propagate through user-defined features and you can see them in drawings.
The configuration option merge_type is added for merging surfaces.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Edit > Merge.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The configuration option merge_type sets the default merge calculation in a Surface Merge feature. Set the configuration option to intersect (the default) or to join.
You can create target areas (supplemental geometry) in 3D for annotation referencing.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Drawings
User Interface Location Click Insert > Cosmetic > Designated Area.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
There are a few ways to create target areas. The area created must divide the model by specifying a closed-loop chain that resides on the model, a sketch plane, or a quilt.
After establishing the target area, you can apply different appearances and assign parameters to it and you can run queries to identify them. Annotations can reference a target area truly as a different reference, even though it may be coincident with another surface.
The most common use for target areas for annotations is to establish a surface finish for the target area that is different from the surface finish assigned to the rest of the surfaces.
Toroidal bend functionality and usability is improved.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Insert > Advanced > Toroidal Bend.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Toroidal bend functionality is on a dashboard. Enhancements include the ability to specify an additional reference curve to smooth out the resulting bent shape.
Adding rib features to molded and cast parts is easier.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Insert > Rib > Trajectory.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
It is easier to add ribs to plastic parts with the new trajectory rib tool. After you sketch the planned view locations for the ribs on the model, ribs are created automatically. Intersecting sections are supported. The resulting ribs are extended from section endpoints to the part boundaries automatically. The rib feature supports round and draft definition as part of the rib definition. You can externalize rounds created as part of the rib feature into a separate feature.
Product What's NewUDF Placement by On-Surfaces Coordinate System
You can place UDFs using the on-surface coordinate systems.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Insert > User-Defined Feature.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can place user-defined features (UDFs) for common engineering features, such as bosses and pockets, using the new on-surface coordinate system as a reference. When placing the UDF, you are prompted for a surface on which to place the feature and for two-dimensional references.
Product What's NewUDF Placement, Preview, and Modification Enhancements
It is easier to position and modify UDFs.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Insert > User-Defined Feature.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
When placing user-defined features (UDFs) using the new on surface coordinate system, you can do the following:
● Preview the UDF geometry as it is being placed on the model● See an immediate display of changes in variable dimensions● Specify additional rotations about the placement coordinate system
Import log files for 3D data exchange are now in an XML format. They are rendered in the Pro/ENGINEER browser and can be interactively interrogated.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 3D Interface
User Interface Location Click File > Open and open a supported format file. Click Info > Data
Exchange > Import Log File.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
During import operations, import logs of data exchange are written in an XML format (*.xml). For most import operations, you can select one of the following options:
● none - No log file (default)● short - Header information, errors, and warnings sections only● long - All recorded log information
Set the configuration option intf3d_generate_log_file to short, long, or no, to change the default log file.
If a log file is not generated during import, the log information is stored in the Pro/ENGINEER model for the session. You can generate a log file after import is complete. Subsequent imports into the same model overwrite this temporary information. Logging information is not saved in the model and is discarded when you exit Pro/ENGINEER.
You can view and dynamically interact with import logs in the Pro/ENGINEER browser. The XML content is transformed and appears in HTML with icons to identify import successes, errors, and warnings. You can dynamically expand or collapse sections of the log and sort by columns within the sections of the log. At any time you can save the display of log file to a static HTML file visible in a standalone browser.
Logging options in the import user interface and logging information stored for the Pro/ENGINEER
session provide a higher level of workflow flexibility and forgiveness while streamlining the import process. Log files conform to industry standard XML format and enable dynamic interrogation of the information. The HTML display draws attention to import errors and warnings, directs you to areas of concern, and shortens the log analysis process.
Product What's NewUV Pattern Type
There is greater control over placing pattern instances on curved surfaces and quilts.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Part Modeling
User Interface Location Click Edit > Pattern.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The new UV distribution is added to patterns. It uses wrapping functions to distribute instances on a surface according to the surface's UV. You have finer control over placing instances on the following curved surfaces:
There are general enhancements to the Warp feature.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Surfacing - WARP
User Interface Location Click Insert > Warp.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The jack inside Warp operates like the jack inside Style, resulting in improved control over placement and manipulation operations. The internal mechanism for Warp references uses intent objects and alternate reference controls, resulting in more robust handling of references in a Warp feature.
Weld symbols are created as Annotation Elements during weld definition.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Welding
User Interface Location Click Applications > Welding.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
Weld symbols are created as 3D Annotation Elements belonging to the weld feature during definition. This is similar to how hole annotations are created and appear on the model. The weld symbols are placed on the current active annotation plane.
You can preview the symbols as you define welds, and you can add information such as parameters or notes to the automatically created symbols.
You can set up weld preferences for all supported weld types. You can save preferences to apply to new welds as they are defined. Setting these preferences reduces the need for your input. Information you can capture include the following preferences:
● Creation defaults for the supported weld types● Intermittent options● Default appearance● User-defined feature parameters● Material, consumable, and process defaults
Weld symbols used in 3D annotations have been enhanced:
● Automatic resizing of the weld symbol based on symbol content● An associative link from symbol back to parent feature● The ability to modify welds by modifying the symbol
Product What's NewWitness Line Improvements in 2D Drawings
Dimension witness lines in 2D drawings are improved to provide automatic clipping for created dimensions.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area 2D Drawings
User Interface Location Right-click a dimension and select Properties from the shortcut menu.
Select the Enable intersection witness lines check box.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
As dimensions are created and moved in drawings for model views, the witness lines are automatically trimmed to the model edges they reference, even if they were originally overlapping. This saves time when cleaning the appearance of drawings, when created dimensions are used.
For dimensions created using intersection points, you can create intersection witness lines to convey the point of intersection. They can be resized, turned off at the same time or individually, and they assume the properties, such as the color, of the dimension.
User Interface Location Click Styling > Curve Edit.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The following enhancement have been added for curves:
● When dragging a curve, the natural length of its tangent is maintained. This generates smoother curves that are scalable and is the default for all new curves. For curves before Wildfire 5.0, you can manually change from Fix Length to Relax length.
● When editing a curve, right-click and select Delete from the shortcut menu to delete multiple points on the curve.
● Incrementally move a curve point in a given direction or use the arrow keys.
User Interface Location Click Styling > Curve Edit or Styling > Surface Connect. On the
dashboard, click Tangent. Alternatively, right-click a Draft Tangent for
a shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
When creating a draft connection inside Style, you can apply a connection to multiple curve endpoints at the same time. You can also apply a draft connection to a surface, and the parent curves automatically update. If there is a draft connection for the curves, you are prompted for the correct draft plane used for those curves. Most recently used values are supported for the draft angle.
User Interface Location Click the Surface Display or Curve Display icons on the Style toolbar.
Click Styling > Preferences.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The following improvements have been made to the Style feature:
● You can hide or unhide the visibility of all curves or surfaces for that feature.● All options in the Style Preferences dialog box are also available as configuration options.● Intent planes can be referenced in the Style feature.
User Interface Location Click Styling > Surface or the Surface icon on the dashboard. Then,
click N Sided on the dashboard.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The following new capability has been added for creating surfaces:
● You can create a surface from more than 4 boundary curves. ● This surface can have positional, normal, or tangent constraints.● Three-sided surfaces can be built as an n-sided surface. This removes singularities generated
from a 3-sided patch.● Control the surface shape through a Shape Control parameter.
User Interface Location Use the Style toolbar, or click Styling > Surface Edit.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
With the enhancements to Surface Edit you can:
● Snap the alignment extent when aligning a surface boundary.● Merge or replace knots from the neighboring surface during an align operation.● Display the knots of any surface using the new Surface Knots analysis. ● Add a Normal and a Normal Position constraint to a boundary.● Hide the base surface or display it as a point cloud. Controls are provided for the density of the
Based on SNOOK tables, this is an analysis of the manikin carrying an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Ergonomics Analysis > Carrying.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Use the SNOOK Carrying Analyses to analyze many facets of manual tasks that contain carrying movements. Using data derived from the internationaaly accepted SNOOK tables, this analysis:
● Considers multiple variables such as object weight, carrying distance, task frequency and action duration
● Provides a review of % age of population that can fulfill the task, as an accommodation percentage
● Creates a Summarized Report of the carrying task
Use the Carrying analysis to help you to optimize manual tasks for your target population and therefore design better, and more widely accepted, products and workplaces.
Product What's NewLifting and Lowering Analysis: NIOSH 91
Using data derived from the NIOSH 91 tables, this is an analysis of the manikin lifting and lowering an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency, grasp quality, and duration.
Use the NIOSH 91 Lifting and Lowering Analyses to analyze many facets of manual tasks that contain lifting and lowering movements. Based on internationally accepted data and using data from the NIOSH 91 tables, this lifting and lower analysis:
● Considers multiple variables such as object weight, lifting distance, lowering distance, task frequency and action duration
● Provides a review of %'age of population that can fulfill the task, as an accommodation percentage
● Creates a Summarized Report of the lifting and lowering tasks● Uses an Initial Posture and Final Posture to determine the effort associated with performing the
lifting and lowering task
Use the NIOSH 91 Lifting and Lowering Analysis to help optimize manual tasks for a target population and therefore design better, and more widely accepted, products and workplaces.
Product What's NewLifting and Lowering Analysis: SNOOK
Provides an analysis of the manikin lifting and lowering an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration. This analysis uses data derived from the SNOOK tables.
Use the SNOOK Lifting and Lowering Analyses to analyze many facets of manual tasks that contain lifting and lowering movements. Using data derived from the internationally accepted SNOOK tables, this analysis:
● Considers multiple variables such as object weight, lifting distance, lowering distance, task frequency and action duration
● Provides a review of %'age of population that can fulfill the task, as an accommodation percentage
● Creates a Summarized Report of the lifting or the lowering task ● Uses an Initial Posture and Final Posture to determine the effort associated with performing the
lifting or the lowering task
Use the Lifting Analysis to help you to optimize manual tasks for a target population and therefore design better, and more widely accepted, products and workplaces.
Product What's NewPushing and Pulling Analysis: SNOOK
Using data provided from SNOOK equations, this analysis provides an analysis of the manikin pushing and pulling an object based on variables such as weight, distance, frequency and duration.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Ergonomics Analysis > Pushing/Pulling.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Based on internationally accepted data, the SNOOK Pushing and Pulling Analyses analyzes many facets of manual tasks that contain two-handed pushing and pulling movements. Using data derived from the SNOOK tables, this analysis
● Considers multiple variables such as object weight, pushing and pulling distance, task frequency and action duration
● Provides a review of %'age of population that can fulfill the task, as an accommodation percentage
● Provides a recommendation for maximum load during a specific task● Creates a Summarized Report of the pushing and pulling task
Use SNOOK Pushing and Pulling Analysis to help optimize manual tasks for a target population and therefore design better, and more widely accepted, products and workplaces.
The Rapid Upper Limb Assessment equations (RULA) provides an analysis of the manikin's upper limbs based on variables such as weight, distance and frequency.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Ergonomics Analysis > RULA.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Use the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) Analysis to analyze many facets of manikin posture based on a combination of automatically detected variables and user data. Using data derived from the RULA equations, this analysis:
● Considers multiple variables such as object weight, lifting distance, lowering distance, task frequency and action duration
● Gives you the option of adding task-specific variables such as whether the manikin is externally supported, if the manikin's arms are working across the midline of the body during a task, and whether the manikin's feet are balanced and well supported.
● Creates a Summarized Report of the task ● Provides a quantified set of results noting whether the task and posture are acceptable, should
be investigated further, should be investigated further but changed soon, or should be investigated further but changed immediately
With the RULA Analysis you can optimize manikin posture in the context of a manual task and therefore design better, and more widely accepted, products and workplaces.
Apply a posture, selected and extracted from a library, to the manikin.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Apply Posture.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Use the Apply Posture functionality to update your selected manikin with different posture, selected from a library. An image of the manikin posture is provided to make selection easier. You can base the updated posture on the whole body or to a localized component of the body. Postures can be added to the default posture libraries and you can create customized libraries. Posturing the manikin is a major and often time consuming component of the digital human modeling process. Selecting from a library and then applying the selected posture reduces the time taken to construct and analyze manikin-related scenarios.
Use the Edit Placement functionality to change the default placement interfaces of the manikin between sitting, standing, location, and orientation.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Right-click the manikin and select Edit Placement from the shortcut
menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Use the Edit Placement command to adjust the global position and orientation of the manikin within the scene. With three clicks, you can:
● Choose between a sitting or standing default as a generic manikin posture.● Identify the manikin's position in the scene by selecting a location on a planar or non-planar
surface.● Select the global orientation of the manikin according to a specific plane.
Use Edit Placement to quickly adjust the global positioning of the manikin for both fine tuning and gross positioning activities.
The Insert Manikin command inserts a digital human model into Pro/ENGINEER. The manikin you insert is based on a specific percentile value, gender, and nationality.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Insert > Manikin.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Each manikin is a detailed and accurate digital representation of a person that you can manipulate in real time and which can interact with the Pro/ENGINEER model. You can:
● Insert male and female manikins● Insert manikins based on 5th, 50th, and 95th percentile anthropometry data● Insert manikins from a range of global populations● Place the manikin in the correct position and orientation within the Pro/ENGINEER scene
Inserting a manikin facilitates a human centric approach to design, optimizing product usability and ensuring conformance to safety and health guidelines for products and workplaces.
Use the Manikin Center of Gravity functionality to see the manikin's center of gravity based on the mass properties of the manikin and any object associated to the manikin
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Ergonomics Analysis > Center of Gravity.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The Manikin Center of Gravity (CofG) functionality displays the manikin's CofG as a coordinate systems (CSYS). The center of gravity calculation is based on posture, accessories, and any item that the manikin is carrying. The centers of mass for each manikin segment are preset. If anything in the manikin scenario changes, the manikin CofG is recalculated. You can save the manikin CofG as a feature. The relationship between the manikin's posture and the load it can bear is calculated to help you evaluate and then optimize for manual carrying tasks.
Product What's NewManikin Manipulation - 1D Along Manikin Axis
You can manipulate a manikin segment in 1D along any selected manikin axis, maintaining segment orientation.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Manipulate > 1D Along Manikin Axis.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
1D along Manikin Axis is complementary to 1D Along Segment Axis. You can use 1D along Manikin Axis to manipulate a manikin segment in 1D along a selected axis. You can move a segment using any axis available on the manikin. With 1D Along Manikin Axis functionality you can.
● Rapidly select a specific axis and drag the associated manikin segment along the selected axis.● Maintain the segment orientation.● Access a large number of manikin axes to facilitate detailed posturing.● Move a segment in any direction as defined by its own axes.● See the selected axis.
Use the 1D Along Manikin Axis functionality you can further fine-tune the manikin for accurate posturing and motion.
Product What's NewManikin Manipulation - 1D Along Segment Axis
You can manipulate a Manikin segment in 1D along the selected segment axis, maintaining segment orientation.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Manipulate > 1D Along Segment Axis.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
1D Along Segment Axis is a manikin-specific manipulation you can use to:
● Rapidly select a specific axis and drag the associated manikin segment along the selected axis.● Maintain the segment orientation.● Switch from one segment axis to another without reselecting the segment. ● Move a segment in any direction, as defined by its own axes.● See the selected axis in the Graphics window.
Use the 1D Along Segment Axis functionality to further fine-tune the manikin for accurate posturing and motion.
Product What's NewManikin Manipulation - 2D Body Drag
You can manipulate a manikin segment in 2D, perpendicular to the view plane and maintain segment orientation
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Manipulate > 2D Body Drag.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
2D Body Drag complements 2D Point Drag in that it permits the selection and manipulation of a manikin segment in a plane perpendicular to the screen. You can maintain the orientation of the selected segment during manipulation. 2D Body Drag functionality:
● Provides an automatic motion that controls manikin manipulation for more realistic motion● Supports the selection of any manikin segment to perform a free form manipulation in a plane
perpendicular to the screen● Removes the unwanted third plane motion (absence of depth displacement)● Supports a manikin segment following a point dragged in space, and maintains the orientation of
the segment throughout the movement.● Supports the manipulation of any manikin body segment using inverse kinematics
With 2D Body Drag functionality you can efficiently manipulate the manikin to achieve the posture you want.
Product What's NewManikin Manipulation - 2D Point Drag
There is free form manipulation of a manikin segment in 2D, perpendicular to the view plane.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Manipulate > 2D Point Drag.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
2D Point Drag is a manikin-specific manipulation that:
● Provides an automatic motion that controls manikin manipulation for more realistic motion● Lets you select any manikin segment to perform a free form manipulation in a plane
perpendicular to the screen● Removes the unwanted third plane motion (absence of depth displacement)● Supports a manikin segment following a point dragged in space, including the readjustment of
its orientation● Supports the manipulation of any manikin body segment using inverse kinematics
With the 2D Point Drag functionality, you can efficiently manipulate the manikin to achieve the manikin posture you want.
Product What's NewManikin Manipulation - Look At Command
Use the Look At command to instruct a selected manikin to look at a specific object in the scene.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Look At.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To instruct a selected manikin to look at a target on an object in the scene use the Look At command. You do not have to manually amend the head posture of the manikin to simulate a look at activity. The Look At functionality supports:
● An intuitive process: Select Look At, Select the manikin to look at, Select target for the Look At activity.
● Creating a constraint to save in a snapshot● Head movement and Eye movement (if head is locked or constrained in position)● Fine-tuning final posture with post-Look At manipulation
The Manikin Look At command provides a process for creating a posture that simulates the change in head posture and eye position when the manikin is required to look at an object in the scene. Looking at certain facets of a product is a common and often repeated scenario, that you can easily replicate. Used in conjunction with the Manikin Vision Window, Look At functionality is integral in efficiently analyzing visual components of a design.
The Reach command instructs a selected manikin to reach for a specific object in the scene.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Reach.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
To instruct a selected manikin to reach for a specific object in the scene use the Reach command. You are not required to manually amend the posture of the manikin to simulate a reach activity. The Reach Command supports:
● Reaching for a target with hands, feet, or finger tips● Creating a constraint to save in a snapshot● Point Only, Point with Orientation, and Fully Constrained reach types● An intuitive process: Select Reach, Select body component to perform reach, Select point to be
reached● Fine tuning final posture with post-reach manipulation
The Manikin Reach command reduces the time required to create an accurate reach posture for the manikin. Reaching is a common and often repeated scenario you can easily replicate.
Use Rotate to manipulate the manikin segment by rotating around the selected segment axis.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Manipulate > Rotate.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Rotate is a manikin-specific manipulation for manipulating a manikin segment around its axis to adjust the segment orientation. You select a specific manikin segment axis and drag the associated manikin segment around the selected axis. All rotation movements stay within the overall range of motion for each segment. Use the Rotate functionality to further fine-tune the manikin for accurate posturing and motion.
Use Reach Envelopes functionality to see volumetric envelopes that represent the left and right reach areas of the manikin.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Reach Envelopes.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Use Reach Envelope functionality to create volumetric envelopes that represent the left and right reach areas of the manikin. Reach Envelopes are different for each manikin and you can save the Reach Envelope as a manikin feature. When you create Reach Envelopes, the following displays in the Graphics window:
● A graphical representation of the effective reach area for both the left and right hands● The envelope for each arm in a different color for optimized viewing● The envelope semi-transparently so that you can view through the reach envelopes● Manikin-specific reach envelopes based on anthropometry and joint ranges of motion
Use Reach Envelopes to place important control interfaces within a spatial area that corresponds to the reach zones of your product's target audience.
Use the Vision Cones command to see a series of cone envelopes representing different ranges of human vision. A series of cone envelopes representing different ranges of human vision are displayed.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Vision Cones.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The Vision Cones command toggles the display of vision cones on and off. With Vision Cones on, the following displays in the Graphics window:
● Overall (ambinocular) field of view, defined by the manikin's head position and orientation.● Binocular vision of the manikin, defined as the overlap between the individual vision of the left
and right eyes, and defined by the manikin's head position and orientation.● Optimal vision of the manikin, representing the zone in which to locate important control and
instrumentation items, and defined by eye movement within the overall peripheral field.● Accurate vision of the manikin, designated as an area within the optimal field of view, and best
suited for reading tasks. This is defined by eye movement within the optimal field.● Each vision cone type in a different color for optimized viewing.
Use vision cones to better understand the types of human vision and how to locate key product components or workplace items for visual comfort, safety, and regulatory requirements
In the Manikin Vision Window, you can see what the human being, represented by the manikin, would see.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Vision Window.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The Manikin Vision Window changes your view to one that represents the manikin's field of view. The Graphics window is set to Perspective Mode and the position and angle settings in the Graphics window reflect the manikin's field of vision. You can place yourself in a user's position to better understand how a product looks from the perspective of the target audience.
Use the Replace functionality to replace an in-session manikin with an alternative manikin of different size, gender, or nationality.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Right-click the manikin and select Replace from the shortcut menu.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Use the Replace command to test several manikins against a single design scenario. After you place a manikin into a specific scenario and evaluate it in context, use the Replace command to validate the same scenario with other manikins. You can also:
● Automatically maintain the current posture of the manikin and apply it to the new manikin● Reuse more than 1000 tags on the manikin to optimize the reconnection process● Preserve and apply all existing snapshots● Preserve and apply all existing task constraints● Adjust the posture of the new manikin to conform to task constraints● Maintain all existing analyses by updating the results
Testing the same scenario with manikins of different nationality, gender and size, helps you to design products that meet the needs of a large target population.
The Save Posture Command saves the posture currently applied to a manikin to a library
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Human Modeling
User Interface Location Click Manikin > Save Posture.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Use the Save Posture functionality to save a current manikin posture into a Manikin Posture Library. The Save Posture functionality:
● Captures a manikin posture which in turn is saved in a library● Saves both Macro and Micro manikin postures, which cover whole body and local body postures● Creates an image of the manikin posture to optimize subsequent posture selection ● Saves the manikin posture information in a unique Manikin Posture Definition (mpd) format
Posturing the manikin can be a time consuming component of the digital human modeling process. Saving and reusing task-specific postures for the manikin reduces the time it takes to construct and analyze manikin-related scenarios.
You can route closed belts around pulleys in a mechanism, for use in drag and all kinematic and dynamic analysis types.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Mechanism Design & Dynamics
User Interface Location Click Insert > Belts.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can route a closed Belt that connects rotational pulleys. With this new connection you can do the following:
● Use geometry references, or enter user-defined pulley diameters and adjust with drag handles● Use current or user-defined belt length● Use self-adjusting tensioner pulleys based on belt length● Create a part with associative belt trajectory curve● Apply stiffness of belt (for dynamic analysis)● Measure belt tension (dynamic analysis)● Measure belt slip (dynamic analysis)
Belt connections simulate routed rotational coupling of pulleys, and can be used to simulate the kinematic effect of closed chains. .
There are torsion springs with user-selectable endpoints, representing the attachment points for the torque arms of a torsion spring.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Mechanism Design & Dynamics
User Interface Location Click Insert > Springs.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can select user-defined attachment points for the torsion arms of a simulated torsion spring. Some of the capabilities are:
● Defining current angle without having to define joint axis settings● Selecting points or planes as torque arm attachments● Applying current angle as unstretched angle to create a neutral spring at the current
configuration
You can create more realistic torsion spring properties with attachment points similar to an actual installation.
Product What's NewReaction Measures on Ball and Bearing Joints
Reaction measures can be expressed in the X,Y,Z coordinates of the involved bodies.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Mechanism Design & Dynamics
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Measures. Select Create New Measure > Connection
Reaction. Select a ball or bearing connection.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can create measures that extract load reactions on ball and bearing joints, based on body coordinate systems of the connected bodies.
● For ball joints you can measure X,Y,Z and total reaction forces● For bearing joints you can measure X, Y, Z, total, radial, radial X, radial Y and axial forces
Product What's NewSpur, Bevel, Worm and Rack and Pinion Gear Types
There are new gear types with entry fields for gear teeth manufacturing angles. The impact of manufacturing angles on gear loads are considered in the reaction load calculation
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Mechanism Design & Dynamics
User Interface Location Click Insert > Gears. Select Spur, Bevel, Worm or Rack & Pinion.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
The new Spur, Bevel, Worm and Rack & Pinion gear types provide an enhanced workflow for fast and accurate gear connections. Some of the capabilities of these gears are:
● Automatic calculation of pitch diameter and pitch circle location of the driven gear● Automatic calculation of bevel angles for bevel gears● Pressure and helix angle gear properties● Screw angle and number of worm spirals for Worm gear● Reaction loads between gears calculated based on the torque transferred between the gears and
the teeth manufacturing angles (Dynamic Analysis)● Gear teeth loads shown as animated vectors where pitch diameters meet (Dynamic Analysis)● Symbolic 3D preview of gear diameters and helix angle
With greater fidelity in defining gear interaction properties, these enhancements increase your productivity and provide more accurate results when working with gear-enabled mechanisms.
Product Functional Area Piping (Spec Driven & Non-Spec Driven)
User Interface Location
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
Shortcut menus reduce mouse clicks and improve accessibility to commands. You can use shortcut menus to route and manipulate pipelines in the graphics window.
The Surface modify command in Restyle is easier to use and more powerful.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Reverse Engineering
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Surfacing - Restyle
User Interface Location Click Insert > Restyle.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The Surface Modify command is redesigned to be consistent with the Style Surface Edit command. You can perform the following operations:
● Use mesh selection● Add or remove segments● Preserve boundary conditions● Incrementally tap the control mesh using the arrow keys● Work with the improved controls for dragging
Product What's NewDigital Rights Management Improvements
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is improved with a more flexible and efficient application of security policies and in providing a better awareness of protection for recipients.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Rights Management Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Digital Rights Management
User Interface Location Click File > Security.
Processes and Initiatives
Benefits and Description
The Apply Policy dialog box includes new options. When applying a security policy, the publisher can perform the following operations:
● Generate or choose not to generate a new key on the policy server● Change which policy is protecting the object● Protect or secure originally unprotected components of an assembly● Assign a server key to the entire assembly or to individual components● Immediately view and alter the members of a policy, and their rights
A save operation provides a minor save of the object, so the same server key controls it and its previous iteration. Recipients are made more aware of their session restrictions:
● A DRM lock in the status bar● An Offline Synchronization indicator, which establishes whether they can safely take their Pro/
Product What's NewAnalyzing Effects of Changed Nominal Dimensions
Edit nominal dimensions in the Tolerance Analysis Powered by CETOL Technology dialog box, to analyze the effects of changes.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Tolerance Analysis
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Tolerance Study and then click the Add button.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can change the nominal values of dimensions and analyze the effect on the goal. You may not be able to change tolerances because they are inherent properties of the manufacturing process. In these cases, you must change the nominal dimensions to achieve the overall tolerancing goal.
Product What's NewEnhanced Workflow in Tolerance Analysis
You can delete and substitute components and dimensions in an existing analysis.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Tolerance Analysis
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Tolerance Study. Delete dimensions or components in
an existing Tolerance study.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can delete components and create voids in the tree view of Tolerance Analysis. To close the voids, select alternate component and dimension paths until the void is filled. You do not have to roll back the analysis from the bottom up if something in the middle of the loop needs replacing.
Product What's NewTolerance Analysis Measurement Saved as a Feature
You can save a Tolerance Analysis measurement as a feature with the feature parameters representing Tolerance Analysis results.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Tolerance Analysis
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Tolerance Study. Select Feature as result type.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can define a Tolerance Analysis and choose if you want to save it as a Saved Analysis or as a feature. By saving the analysis as a feature, you can place the analysis in the Model Tree and extract and monitor resulting parameters.
You can create annotation dimension on the fly if there are no existing dimensions or annotations.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Simulation - Tolerance Analysis
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Tolerance Study.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can create annotation dimensions as needed from within the Tolerance Analysis tool. This is useful if there are no parametric dimensions from which to build or continue building the Tolerance Analysis loop.
You can create placeholder components to simulate dimension properties that are not accounted for in the CAD model.
Product Information
Product Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension
PTC Support Release Wildfire 5.0
Product Functional Area Other Functional Areas
User Interface Location Click Analysis > Tolerance Study.
Processes and Initiatives Detailed Design
Benefits and Description
You can create virtual components representing objects or properties that claim space and have dimensions but are not modeled as 3D elements in the model. With virtual components, you can include the effects of ceramic coating, paint, or simply a component of known size that is not yet placed in the assembly. You can create user-defined annotation dimensions that define the size of the Virtual component.
