Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations waross on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by Doohickie

  1. Doohickie

    How easy is Pro/E?

    I did some further googling and found the PTC's Getting Started Guide for Pro/E 2001 online... almost 200 pages in pdf. That will get me acquainted. As of right now, I haven't heard anything on my job situation, whether my current position is going to continue or go bye-bye; the word is we'll...
  2. Doohickie

    How easy is Pro/E?

    My manager said the version of Pro/E they have is "2001". That sounds different from the 2.0 format. Is that an antique or what?
  3. Doohickie

    How easy is Pro/E?

    Okay thanks. If I switch over to the job with Pro/E I'll be in another office and don't have easy access to the Pro/E computers right now, so I have no clue which version they're using. I understand that it's best to learn the same version I'll be using at work, but if I can get close for...
  4. Doohickie

    How easy is Pro/E?

    cadcamguy: That package is called Pro/E Wildfire; what does "Wildfire" mean?
  5. Doohickie

    How easy is Pro/E?

    Thanks for the resources; I'll take a look. Whether or not I will need to use Pro/E in the short run is up in the air right now but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to get more familiar with it. I'll also have to see if my home PC has enough power to run the Personal Edition. Thanks a lot...
  6. Doohickie

    How easy is Pro/E?

    When I was a newly minted engineer in the 80s and into the 90s, I did a lot of design work on CADAM, and to a lesser extent on CATIA and AutoCAD. I have a natural aptitude for picturing things in my mind and transferring them into a CAD program. The last five to ten years, I've moved over to...

Part and Inventory Search