Draw Program

[TCARPENTER1]

Anyone out there using the Draw Program feature for Pro/E (CreO) drawings?

I've done some looking and can't find much at all on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA
Todd

 

[mjcole]

Can't be any worse than Sketcher in any CAD program's drawing mode so far.
Both PTC and SolidWorks have sketcher in drawing mode with fewer options and worse UI than the Part mode couterparts.

Maybe they have it all as Right Click commands.

Michael

 

[TCARPENTER1]

Oops sorry - not the skether - this is similar to Pro/Program but works only in drawing mode. This is what I can't find much information on...

 

[HamsterNL]

Yes, we are using the Drawing Program.

Here's how we use it:

We create Drawing States to hide dimensions on our drawing. We use the Show/Erase option to Erase the dimensions we DON'T want to see. These Drawing States are then driven by the Drawing Program. The Drawing Program uses parameters from the part/assembly to determine which Drawing State needs to be "activated".

For example:
1) Create a part with a hole. Create an Input Parameter "SHOW_HOLE YES_NO" and use that parameter to suppress the hole.
2) Create a drawing of that part, add dimensions to the hole. Create a Drawing State "DRW_STATE_NO_HOLE
", use Show/Erase to erase the dimensions of the hole.

3) Now, create the following Drawing Program:
IF SHOW_HOLE == NO
SET STATE DRW_STATE_NO_HOLE
ENDIF

You should now be abel to regenerate the part, suppress the hole and the dimensions on the drawing will be erased by the Drawing State.

 

[TCARPENTER1]

Hi TeunHam,

Where did you find the available commands for the drawing program? Do you have a list of what's available? I'm going to try your example later, but I wasn't sure of the syntax of the drawing commands, and/or what's available...