How to Create a Mechanism in Pro Engineer

How to Create a Mechanism in Pro Engineer

Start a new assemblyAdd Base and make it the Default

Add Component: SliderConstraint: Make the plane through the center of the slider lined up with the plane in the dovetail slot.Constraint: Make the bottom surface of the slider aligned with the bottom surface of the dovetail slot.Add the second slider in the same way as the first.

Add the part you created that will attach to the sliders.Constraint: Select Pin from the bottom left pull up menu and click on the hole cylinder and the slider peg. Constraint: Select the under side surface of the part you made and the top surface of the slider (this is the translational surface)You have attached the object to one slider at this point.

Click placement and new setAttach the other hole to the peg by pulling up the bottom left menu and selecting cylinder this time.Select the hole cylinder and the peg cylinder.Lets add a servo motor to the assembly!

Pull down the Applications menu and select Mechanism.

Click Define Servo Motors:On your drawing, click the connection axis between the slider and the part you made.A menu will pop up. Under Specs, select velocity. Under Magnitude in the A blank, type 30 and apply.

Click Define Analysis.Click Run and OK

Click replay previously run analysis

20. play current result set

Play and watch.When you are completely finished with the assembly and mechanism features, press Capture.Save to desired folder to show to class.