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Pro/Engineer: Inheritance feature tutorial
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Published on 19th Jul '12 23:36 Number of Views: 2895
Generally, when we use a cast component in an assembly, we are using the machined version of the component. Though the design of a machined component is sufficient for simple castings, the design for a cast component becomes necessary for some parts. In such cases, while designing in Pro/Engineer a designer would not only like to maintain the associativity between the cast and the machined versions, but would also like to design the CAST part in the context of MACHINED part.

The scope of this article is to highlight the use and benefits of Inheritance feature. The procedure below describes ONE of the methods using basic elements. However, the Inheritance method is the preferred one for such application.
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Published on 29th Nov '11 14:35 Number of Views: 3122
I was asked to make tutorial of design of DAFT PUNK helmet. Now i finished it and here it is, so you can make this helmet too. This tutorial do not cover electronics and assembly details, just how to model plastic parts of helmet. Model is free for download from this page. This tutorial do not cover electronics and assembly details, just how to model plastic parts of helmet. (Designed in Siemens NX6)

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Siemens NX, PMI (Product and manufacturing information) basic use tutorial

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This is one easy tutorial for tools that have very advanced usage. It is Mesh N-sided surface and Through Curves command. in this tutorial I will make one really simple part with this two tools, but they almost have no limits for creative usage.

We will start this tutorial with new document, and first we will make new sketch in it.

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