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This tutorial will walk through the steps necessary to assemble together assemblies using

Pro|ENGINEER. Three main assemblies (Base_Plate_Assy, Specimen_Assy, and

Weight_Assy) as shown below are to be put together forming the beam bending test

setup. Each assembly is made of parts, which are also included at the MAE244 website

(www2.cemr.wvu.edu/~kang/mae244). However, there is no need to use these parts, as

only the three assembly files are needed to form the whole setup.

Left click to

download the

assembly and part

files

Left click to save the

zip file into the hard

drive

Create a new

directory or pick one

in your hard drive

Save the file in the

newly created /

located directory

Here, the file has

been placed in the

new directory

‘Unzip’ the file in

the new directory

Here are all the files

once the file is

unzipped

Start Pro|Engineer

WILDFIRE

Left click on this bar

to hide the web page

This is much better

☺

Click on File->Set

Working Directory

Select the directory

where the files were

unzipped at

A) Click on this

Create a new object

button

B) Type any name

you want

C) Click on OK

A) Type in the lab

description and your

name

B) Click on OK

Click on Insert ->

Component ->

Assemble

Select this file

A) Click on this

preview button to

view the assembly

before opening it

B) Then click on

Open

This is the base plate

assembly Click this OK button

so we can open the

other assembly

Click on Insert ->

Component ->

Assemble to open

the next assembly

A) Select this file

B) Then click on

Open

Now the base plate and

specimen (beam)

assemblies are ready to

be put together

However, all these lines

are cluttering our

workspace so we want

to hide some of them

Click on View ->

Display Settings ->

Datum Display to

hide some of them

A) Make the

following changes

B) Click on OK

This is much better

☺☺

A) Click on this

Zoom In button

B) Select

approximately this

area to zoom in

This is easier to

work with

☺

Click on the bottom

of this assembly

Rotate the view

(hold the middle

mouse button while

moving the mouse)

Click on the top of

this assembly

Now the bottom of the

specimen assembly is

flushed with the top of

the base plate assembly

All we have to do next is

to line up the holes and

that’s it

A) Click on this

Zoom In button

B) Select

approximately this

area to zoom in

Click to select this

axis line

Click to select this

axis line

Now the base plate

and specimen

assemblies are

assembled together

Click this OK button

so we can open the

other assembly

Click on this button

to fit the assembly

on the screen

Click on Insert ->

Component ->

Assemble to open

the next assembly

A) Select this file

B) Then click on

Open

A) Click on this

Zoom In button

B) Select

approximately this

area to zoom in

Rotate the view

(hold the middle

mouse button while

moving the mouse)

Click on this bottom

surface

Rotate the view

(hold the middle

mouse button while

moving the mouse)

Click on this top

surface

Now the bottom of the

pointer is flushed with

the top of the beam

While pushing down

[Shift], click and hold the

middle mouse button

while dragging the mouse

to move the assembly to

the middle

Click to select this

axis line

Then click to select

this axis line

Now everything is

assembled together

☺☺☺

Click on this button

to fit the assembly

on the screen

Feel free to zoom in/out

and rotate the view as

desired

Lets get rid of these axes

tags

A) Make the

following changes

Now everything is

assembled together and

you’re ready to go.

If you want, you may add the

bolts here. Just load up the

‘bottom_bolt.prt.1’ file and

assemble (you don’t have to

do this if you don’t want to).