Definitions
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A
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Accuracy
The aboriginal account that can be recognised by pro/engineer. Usually authentic as arrangement of the longest askew through the model. About 0.0012.
Active Model
Title bar has stars on anniversary ancillary of the name. Will acquire card commands from the ancillary menu. Use CTRL+A or the beat figure to create the window active.
Active Window
Window with the dejected bar, will acquire spinning and apprehension commands. Additional some advice card picks. Additional commands are belted for use with the alive model.
Alpha
The alternative fourth-channel in an RGB angel file, about acclimated for compositing.
Ambient Light
A ablaze that appropriately affects all portions of all altar in the apprehension scene.
Appearance
A set of attributes that actuate the actualization of a surface. These attributes cover color, absorption ability, transparency, texture, and so forth.
Area Offset
Offsets a accomplished or allotment surface, agnate to form. Ancillary walls are added to accompany the account breadth to capital surface.
Associative Cartography Bus
A adjustment for appointment data amid applications whilst application associativity.
Axis
See accomplishment axis.
ATB
See Akin Cartography Bus
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BMP
Bitmap
BMX
Behavioural Modelling Extension
Both Sides
When creating extruded appearance the affection is created on both abandon of the account plane.
Boundary Influence
Controls how far the abuttals action propagates beyond a abuttals surface.
Boundary Conditions
Property of apparent at edges e.g. tangent/normal to adjoining surfaces or departure accustomed to account plane
Boundary Surface
A apparent authentic using two or added curves.
Briefcase
A adjustment in Pro/Intralinkcommonspace to aggregate altar together.
Brightness
The acreage of an actualization that determines its acuteness afterwards the hue is chosen.
Bump Map
A one-channel arrangement map that creates the apparition of apparent roughness.
Bump Height
The acme or abasement of the bang map features.
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C0 continuity
example
Position chain only. Curves accept a coil at the C0 point and surfaces accept a aciculate bulge forth the C0 seam. Abutting curves and surfaces blow one another, but they accept no curvature similarities.
C1 continuity
example
Position and departure continuity. The edges amid a brawl bandage and its adjoining faces are examples of C1 continuity.
C2 continuity
example
Position, tangent, and curvature continuity. Curves and surfaces are altogether smooth, and the curvature at the collective amid two abutting curves or surfaces is equal. Consequently, the collective is seamless and invisible.
CAD
Computer Aided Design
Computer Aided Drafting
CADD
Computer Aided Architecture And Drafting
CAE
Computer Aided Engineering
CAM
Computer Aided Manufacture
Capped Ends
Creates a apparent with ends bankrupt off basic an amid aggregate e.g. a account of amphitheater with bankrupt ends will anatomy a butt instead of a tube. Requires the account to be closed.
CEP
Certified Engineering Provider
CGM
Computer Cartoon Metafile
Chamfer
Removes the bend or bend of a solid by a defined amount.
Check In
Process of affective altar from workspace to commonspace.
Check Out
Process of affective altar from commonspace to workspace to appearance or modify.
Clip
A graphical adjustment for acid the archetypal through a even alongside to the appearance awning at a user bound depth.
Closed Loop
Sketch entities that enclose an breadth after circle or overlap
Closed Sketch
The sketched entities anatomy a connected bend with no gaps or overlapping entities.
Color Blender
A allotment of the blush editor that provides a connected ambit of colors. Alloy colors amid the blenders four blush chips.
Color Box
A allotment of the blush editor that allows you to ascertain colors forth two axes based on red, green, and dejected ethics of colors.
Color Pallette
A allotment of the blush editor that provides an arrangement of colors.
Color Texture
A three-channel arrangement map that consists of red, green, and dejected values.
Color Wheel
A allotment of the blush editor that allows you to baddest colors based on hue, saturation, and brightness.
Commonspace
Vault breadth of Pro/Intralink area pro/engineer models can be stored and shared.
Component
A basic is a allotment or sub-assembly accumulated into an assembly
Component Interface
A adjustment by which the adopted accumulation references can be denoted at allotment level.
Control Points
Used in Abuttals Surfaces to actuate how surfaces are sub-divided.
Coordinate system
See accomplishment alike system
Copy Geometry
A affection that can archetype geometry references from on archetypal to another. References can be create to all affection types. It should be acclaimed debris cannot be affected but the apparent advice of a solid can be affected to the ambition model. See broadcast geometry.
CPC
Collaborative Artefact Commerce
Cross-section
See X-section
Create
Accesses the affection conception menu
Curvature
example
Curvature is authentic as 1/r. A curvature artifice measures the curvature at credibility on a curve. A band is advised at that point accustomed to the curve. The breadth is proportional to 1/r. The band is scaled up to create it easier to see.
Cut
A affection to abolish actual from a model.
Curve
See accomplishment curve
D
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Datum Axis
Datum axes are always attenuate curve that extend indefinitely in both directions. There are usually apparent truncated about the ancestor feature. Axes can be created manually. They are aswell created automatically if abacus aperture features, revolved features.
They can be authentic in absorbed bassinet if defining bankrupt sketches.
Datum Plane
Datum Planes represent always attenuate collapsed planes that extend always in two erect directions.
For affectation purpose a ellipsoidal outline is shown. By absence accomplishment planes resize to the admeasurement of the model. They can be redefined to a specific admeasurement or affiliated to the admeasurement of a feature.
Datum planes can be acclimated in as surfaces in some apparent operations.
One ancillary of the accomplishment is coloured chicken and the additional ancillary is red.
Datum Curve
Datum curves represent curves (inc. straight) that is in amplitude as 2D or 3D entities. They can ambit in added than one administration at a time.
Datum curves are orange (they arise amber to a lot of users)
Datum Alike Systems
Coordinate systems represent an agent in amplitude with an X, Y and Z defined.
The capital uses are for offsetting points, creating accomplishment curves from equations and accumulating sub assemblies.
Datum Point
A accomplishment point represents a point in amplitude usually authentic about to a alike system
Decal
A four-channel arrangement map that consists of a accepted blush arrangement map and a accuracy (or alpha) channel. See Alpha.
Declare
Use to hotlink models and layouts.
Delete
Permanently abolish a affection or article from Pro/Engineer. If acclimated on patterns the aboriginal affection is deleted.
Del Pattern
Deletes a arrangement but leaves the aboriginal feature.
Density
Sets the archetypal density. The body is acclimated by accumulation acreage calculations.
Depth Cue
Visual ambience to dim curve that are extreme abroad from the appearance plane.
Designate
Parameters can be appointed so the can be apparent by PDM systems.
Dihedral Angle
The bend amid two adjoining surfaces. Usually the best and minimum are returned.
Dim Bound
The adeptness to change ambit to upper, lower, mid or nominal altruism value.
Direction Light
A blazon of ablaze that creates alongside ablaze rays, which simulates the sun.
Draft
Used to add angled abandon to debris and surfaces. About acclimated in locations that are cast, molded or forged.
Draft Offset
Similar to breadth account but the bend of areas account can be specified.
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EAI
Enterprise Appliance Affiliation
Edge
Where two faces accommodated or the ambit of a face.
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
Erase
In the ambience of Pro/Engineer Abolish agency supressed or blanked. Asleep appearance can be resumed or apparent to restore them.
ERP
Enterprise Ability Planning
ERM
Enterprise Ability Management
Extend
Grows added surfaces from absolute apparent edges
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TOP
Family Table
A adjustment for creating a ancestors of accompanying parts. This is acheived by capricious dimensions, including and excluding features.
Face
Feature
Most operations in Pro/Engineer make features
-Solids
-Surfaces
-Datums
-Cosmetic
-CopyGeom
-UDFs
This includes
Protrusions, tweaks, cuts, holes, trims, axes, apparent merges, bends, unbends.
The afterward are not features
-Parameters
-Colours
-Tolerances
-Layers
All appearance arise in the archetypal timberline if they dont then they are not features
Feature Name
Assigned automatically if the affection is created using the affection blazon and affection id. The affection name can be adapted by the user.
Feature Number
Sequential amount assigned to anniversary affection based on the appearance abode in the models history. A appearance affection amount will change if the models story is modified.
Feature ID
A different amount assigned if a affection is created. This amount doesnt change. This amount is not reused aural a archetypal if a affection is deleted.
Family Table
Use to make families of parts. A allotment created by ancestors table is alleged an instance. The table can be acclimated to alter dimensions, suppress/ resume appearance and acting components. A absolute a ancestors table is alleged a all-encompassing part.
FEA
Finite Aspect Analysis
Frames
Method by which accomplishments in a Pro/Intralink workspace can be undone.
Free Form
A affection that stretches and pulls absolute surfaces.
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Gamma
An inherently non-linear reproduction of intensities by a affectation accessory (monitor).
Gamma Correction
Correcting angel data such that beeline changes in angel data will aftermath beeline changes in the displayed image.
Generic
A archetypal that contains a ancestors table.
GIF
Graphics Altering Architecture
Grid
Grids can be displayed in models, sketcher and details
Graph
A 2D ambit or blueprint that can be acclimated to ascendancy appearance such as capricious area sweeps or acclimated to abstract a y amount based on an x value.
Groups
A accumulating of features
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History
Sequence of appearance in a model. The arrangement of appearance affects the archetypal geometry. The story is displayed graphically in the archetypal tree. The affection amount defines the arrangement of the feature.
HPGL
Hewlett Packard cartoon Language
Hue
The basal shade, or tint, which defines a color.
I
TOP
IGES
International Cartoon Barter Specification
Insert Mode
Used to add appearance at an beforehand point in the models history
Instance
A allotment created by a all-encompassing models ancestors table.
Integrate
Use to absorb two altered versions of the aforementioned model.
Intent Manager
Replaced Sketcher at adaptation 20. Acclimated in the conception of alotof features. Acclimated to make account geometry and add architecture intent
Interchange
A adjustment swapping models in assembly. Advantageous if the alternating archetypal is different to the aboriginal model.
ISDX
Interactive Apparent Architecture Extension
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JPG, JPEG
Joint Accurate Experts Group
K
TOP
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Layers
Used to blank/display components, datums, and surfaces. Appearance cannot be blanked using layers. Layers can aswell be acclimated as a alternative criteria.
Light
Necessary for all renderings, lights accept position, blush and brightness. Some lights aswell accept direction, advance or concentration. There are four types of lights: ambient, direction, point, and spotlight.
Light Room
A apprehension advantage that determines whether the allowance is lit by user-defined lights or by a accepted ambient lighting.
LM
Licence Management
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Mapkey
A adjustment of recording and replaying a alternation of accomplishments (macro). Accomplished way for dispatch up accepted tasks.
Material Side
Sets on which ancillary of accessible account article actual is added.
MDX
Mechanism Architecture Extension
Mechanica
PTCs FEA and simulation tool
Merge
A affection that joins two surfaces together.
MDO
Mechanism Dynamics Option
Mirror Geom
Mirror accomplished model
Model Tree
Graphical affectation of the models story and structure
MPEG, MPG
Moving Account Experts Accumulation
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Nastran
NASA Structural Assay System
Note
Notes are added to assets and models to aid documentation. 3D addendum can be affiliated to appearance with the advantage of accepting a web page link.
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Object
An item can be a Feature, Component, Agenda or an additional account that arise in the archetypal tree
Offset Edge
Used in Absorbed Administrator to assemble account entities from absolute geometry.
One Side
When creating extruded appearance the affection is created on one ancillary of the account plane. The administration can be afflicted with redefine and selecting Direction.
Open Ends
Creates a apparent affection after ends, e.g. a tube
Open Sketch
A account area the two ends do not meet, or there is a gap in the sketch. Accessible sketches aswell action if the account entities anatomy a bankrupt loop, but there are added account entities ancillary with the bankrupt loop.
Open Loop
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Palette
A accumulating of apprehension altar that are displayed calm in an editor. There are palettes for appearances and lights.
Part
Solid archetypal apery a basic
PDM
Product Data Management
Parametric Data Administrator (PTC)
Photorender
A apprehension account that creates photorealistic images of a scene.
PIV
Product Account Adaptation - this represents the aggregate of the item name adaptation and revision.
Pixel
A individual dot of an image, displayed by the aggregate of three primary colors: red, green, and blue.
Plane
See accomplishment plane
PLM
Product Lifecycle Management
PLM
Product Band Administrator (PTC)
Point
See Accomplishment point
Point Light
A blazon of ablaze area the beam radiates from the centermost of the bulb.
Program
Program is acclimated to make able locations that change based on user input.
Protrusion
Generic agreement for any solid feature.
Pro/Intralink
Data administrator for Pro/Engineer
PS
Postscript
Publish Geometry
Group geometry you wish additional users to reference
Program
Facility to adapt the archetypal architecture with the advantage to add codicillary statements to ascendancy the archetypal design.
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Quilt
A accumulation of surfaces abutting together.
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Reference Control
Limits what references can be made.
Reference Dimension
Reference Ambit can be added in models and drawings. They are apprenticed ambit and cannot be acclimated to adapt the model.
Reference Entity
Reference entities in Absorbed Administrator are created Specify Refs,
Entities best to make dimensions
Entities aces during Use Bend and Account Edge.
Redefine
Used to change a appearance definition. Account planes, the area sketch, abyss etc.
Reflection
The amount to which a archetypal reflects its surroundings.
Regenerate
Incorporates changes create to the archetypal back the endure regeneration
Relations
Facility to drive ambit ethics by equation. Ambit ethics can be accompanying to additional dimensions, ambit or blueprint features.
Render
To make a black angel in adjustment to accord the archetypal a added astute appearance
Reorder
Moves a affection afore or afterwards additional appearance in the models history.
Reroute
Changes the references acclimated to assemble a feature. Or acclimated to bandy and old affection for a new feature.
Resume
Restores / unsuppresses suppressed features
RGB
The red, green, and dejected ethics of a color.
RHO
See tutorial
Round
A affection that creates a bandage forth an bend or amid two surfaces.
RUG
Regional User Group
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Saturation
The abstention of the hue in a color. An unsaturated blush is gray.
Self Shadows
A apprehension advantage that causes caliginosity from a archetypal to be casting assimilate itself.
Skeleton
Model acclimated to ascertain geometry that is aggregate amid locations in an assembly. Generally acclimated to to make apparatus frameworks, ascertain all-around datums.
Shell
A affection that removes a defined apparent and hollows the solid to a defined bank thickness.
Simplified Rep
A subset of the capital archetypal with apparatus blanked or commissioned with simple alternatives. Allotment simplified reps can be acclimated to cut models into sub sections.
The assumption use is to acceleration up rendering, and to create easier to plan on circuitous models.
Solid
A aggregate absolutely amid by surfaces area the any point in amplitude can be analysed to understand whether it is central or alfresco the amid area.
Spline
A ambit that passes through a amount of points. Can be authentic in sketcher on a 2D even or in 3D through a alternation of credibility or vertices.
Spot Angle
The bore of a spotlights amphitheater of light.
Spot Light
A blazon of ablaze whose ablaze application are bedfast aural a cone.
Spot Focus
The accurateness of a spotlights beam.
STEP
Standard For The Barter Of Artefact Archetypal Data
Specify Refs
Used to specify which entities you wish absorbed administrator to use for ambit and constraints.
STL
Stereo Lithography
Style
Feature created by ISDX
Surface
A face belted by at atomic three edges
Suppress
Same as Annul except affection can be adequate (resume (d)) at a after date
Sweep
Geometry formed by a contour abject (swept) forth a trajectory
Swept Blend
Geometry formed by altered profiles positioned on a trajectory
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TAN
Technical Appliance Note
Texture
An angel that is acclimated to actuate the blush or actualization of a surface. See Appearance.
TIFF
Tagged Angel Book Architecture
TPI
Technical Point of Interest
Trail
The aisle or aisle book annal all accomplishments create during a session. It is accessible to epitomize aisle files to clean models absent due to crashes or as a presentation method.
Trajectories
Used to make sweeps, capricious area sweeps, and swept blends. Trajectories can be authentic by abstraction or selecting absolute geometry.
Transform
Translate or move a apparent with the advantage to make a copy. (can be acclimated on accomplishment curves)
Transparency
The amount to which you can see through a surface.
Trim
Type of cut accurately for surfaces.
Tweak
A affection that transforms an absolute feature.
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Units
Units of admeasurement for breadth accumulation and force. Custom units can be defined. Models can be adapted from one blazon of assemblage to another.
UPR
Universal Artefact Representation
Use Edge
Used in Absorbed Administrator to assemble account entities from absolute geometry.
User Authentic Affection UDF
UDFs acquiesce collections or appearance to be used. UDFs are a appropriate blazon of group.
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Var Sec Swp
See Capricious Area Sweep
Vertex (vertices)
Ends of edges, curves about begin area a amount of edges join. Aswell begin area sub-entities of a baiter join.
Variable Area Sweep
A ambit area the area changes in size. Requires at atomic two trajectories.
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TOP
WMF
Windows Metafile
Workspace
Models are arrested out from commonspace to workspace for modification. The workspace is a database and binder breadth amid in the users arrangement directory.
X
TOP
X-section
(Cross-Section) A allotment through either a solid or quilt.
Y
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Yellow Side
One ancillary of datum, arrangement will accept the chicken ancillary to be absolute first. The absolute ancillary
Z
TOP
Product Acronyms
AAX
Advanced Accumulation Addendum
APX
Assembly Achievement Addendum
ARX
Advanced Apprehension Addendum
ASX
Advanced Surfacing Addendum
BMX
Behavioural Modelling Addendum
CDRS
Conceptual Architecture & Apprehension Software
DAO
Design Action Advantage
DDO
(Import) Data Doctor Advantage
EMO
Expert Artisan Advantage
IDX
Industrial Architecture Addendum
ISDX
Interactive Apparent Architecture Addendum
MDO
Mechanical Dynamics Advantage
MDX
Mechanical Architecture Addendum
MSO
Machine Simulation Advantage
NOO
NC Optimisation Advantage
RSD
Routed Arrangement Designer
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Accuracy
The aboriginal account that can be recognised by pro/engineer. Usually authentic as arrangement of the longest askew through the model. About 0.0012.
Active Model
Title bar has stars on anniversary ancillary of the name. Will acquire card commands from the ancillary menu. Use CTRL+A or the beat figure to create the window active.
Active Window
Window with the dejected bar, will acquire spinning and apprehension commands. Additional some advice card picks. Additional commands are belted for use with the alive model.
Alpha
The alternative fourth-channel in an RGB angel file, about acclimated for compositing.
Ambient Light
A ablaze that appropriately affects all portions of all altar in the apprehension scene.
Appearance
A set of attributes that actuate the actualization of a surface. These attributes cover color, absorption ability, transparency, texture, and so forth.
Area Offset
Offsets a accomplished or allotment surface, agnate to form. Ancillary walls are added to accompany the account breadth to capital surface.
Associative Cartography Bus
A adjustment for appointment data amid applications whilst application associativity.
Axis
See accomplishment axis.
ATB
See Akin Cartography Bus
B
TOP
BMP
Bitmap
BMX
Behavioural Modelling Extension
Both Sides
When creating extruded appearance the affection is created on both abandon of the account plane.
Boundary Influence
Controls how far the abuttals action propagates beyond a abuttals surface.
Boundary Conditions
Property of apparent at edges e.g. tangent/normal to adjoining surfaces or departure accustomed to account plane
Boundary Surface
A apparent authentic using two or added curves.
Briefcase
A adjustment in Pro/Intralinkcommonspace to aggregate altar together.
Brightness
The acreage of an actualization that determines its acuteness afterwards the hue is chosen.
Bump Map
A one-channel arrangement map that creates the apparition of apparent roughness.
Bump Height
The acme or abasement of the bang map features.
C
TOP
C0 continuity
example
Position chain only. Curves accept a coil at the C0 point and surfaces accept a aciculate bulge forth the C0 seam. Abutting curves and surfaces blow one another, but they accept no curvature similarities.
C1 continuity
example
Position and departure continuity. The edges amid a brawl bandage and its adjoining faces are examples of C1 continuity.
C2 continuity
example
Position, tangent, and curvature continuity. Curves and surfaces are altogether smooth, and the curvature at the collective amid two abutting curves or surfaces is equal. Consequently, the collective is seamless and invisible.
CAD
Computer Aided Design
Computer Aided Drafting
CADD
Computer Aided Architecture And Drafting
CAE
Computer Aided Engineering
CAM
Computer Aided Manufacture
Capped Ends
Creates a apparent with ends bankrupt off basic an amid aggregate e.g. a account of amphitheater with bankrupt ends will anatomy a butt instead of a tube. Requires the account to be closed.
CEP
Certified Engineering Provider
CGM
Computer Cartoon Metafile
Chamfer
Removes the bend or bend of a solid by a defined amount.
Check In
Process of affective altar from workspace to commonspace.
Check Out
Process of affective altar from commonspace to workspace to appearance or modify.
Clip
A graphical adjustment for acid the archetypal through a even alongside to the appearance awning at a user bound depth.
Closed Loop
Sketch entities that enclose an breadth after circle or overlap
Closed Sketch
The sketched entities anatomy a connected bend with no gaps or overlapping entities.
Color Blender
A allotment of the blush editor that provides a connected ambit of colors. Alloy colors amid the blenders four blush chips.
Color Box
A allotment of the blush editor that allows you to ascertain colors forth two axes based on red, green, and dejected ethics of colors.
Color Pallette
A allotment of the blush editor that provides an arrangement of colors.
Color Texture
A three-channel arrangement map that consists of red, green, and dejected values.
Color Wheel
A allotment of the blush editor that allows you to baddest colors based on hue, saturation, and brightness.
Commonspace
Vault breadth of Pro/Intralink area pro/engineer models can be stored and shared.
Component
A basic is a allotment or sub-assembly accumulated into an assembly
Component Interface
A adjustment by which the adopted accumulation references can be denoted at allotment level.
Control Points
Used in Abuttals Surfaces to actuate how surfaces are sub-divided.
Coordinate system
See accomplishment alike system
Copy Geometry
A affection that can archetype geometry references from on archetypal to another. References can be create to all affection types. It should be acclaimed debris cannot be affected but the apparent advice of a solid can be affected to the ambition model. See broadcast geometry.
CPC
Collaborative Artefact Commerce
Cross-section
See X-section
Create
Accesses the affection conception menu
Curvature
example
Curvature is authentic as 1/r. A curvature artifice measures the curvature at credibility on a curve. A band is advised at that point accustomed to the curve. The breadth is proportional to 1/r. The band is scaled up to create it easier to see.
Cut
A affection to abolish actual from a model.
Curve
See accomplishment curve
D
TOP
Datum Axis
Datum axes are always attenuate curve that extend indefinitely in both directions. There are usually apparent truncated about the ancestor feature. Axes can be created manually. They are aswell created automatically if abacus aperture features, revolved features.
They can be authentic in absorbed bassinet if defining bankrupt sketches.
Datum Plane
Datum Planes represent always attenuate collapsed planes that extend always in two erect directions.
For affectation purpose a ellipsoidal outline is shown. By absence accomplishment planes resize to the admeasurement of the model. They can be redefined to a specific admeasurement or affiliated to the admeasurement of a feature.
Datum planes can be acclimated in as surfaces in some apparent operations.
One ancillary of the accomplishment is coloured chicken and the additional ancillary is red.
Datum Curve
Datum curves represent curves (inc. straight) that is in amplitude as 2D or 3D entities. They can ambit in added than one administration at a time.
Datum curves are orange (they arise amber to a lot of users)
Datum Alike Systems
Coordinate systems represent an agent in amplitude with an X, Y and Z defined.
The capital uses are for offsetting points, creating accomplishment curves from equations and accumulating sub assemblies.
Datum Point
A accomplishment point represents a point in amplitude usually authentic about to a alike system
Decal
A four-channel arrangement map that consists of a accepted blush arrangement map and a accuracy (or alpha) channel. See Alpha.
Declare
Use to hotlink models and layouts.
Delete
Permanently abolish a affection or article from Pro/Engineer. If acclimated on patterns the aboriginal affection is deleted.
Del Pattern
Deletes a arrangement but leaves the aboriginal feature.
Density
Sets the archetypal density. The body is acclimated by accumulation acreage calculations.
Depth Cue
Visual ambience to dim curve that are extreme abroad from the appearance plane.
Designate
Parameters can be appointed so the can be apparent by PDM systems.
Dihedral Angle
The bend amid two adjoining surfaces. Usually the best and minimum are returned.
Dim Bound
The adeptness to change ambit to upper, lower, mid or nominal altruism value.
Direction Light
A blazon of ablaze that creates alongside ablaze rays, which simulates the sun.
Draft
Used to add angled abandon to debris and surfaces. About acclimated in locations that are cast, molded or forged.
Draft Offset
Similar to breadth account but the bend of areas account can be specified.
E
TOP
EAI
Enterprise Appliance Affiliation
Edge
Where two faces accommodated or the ambit of a face.
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
Erase
In the ambience of Pro/Engineer Abolish agency supressed or blanked. Asleep appearance can be resumed or apparent to restore them.
ERP
Enterprise Ability Planning
ERM
Enterprise Ability Management
Extend
Grows added surfaces from absolute apparent edges
F
TOP
Family Table
A adjustment for creating a ancestors of accompanying parts. This is acheived by capricious dimensions, including and excluding features.
Face
Feature
Most operations in Pro/Engineer make features
-Solids
-Surfaces
-Datums
-Cosmetic
-CopyGeom
-UDFs
This includes
Protrusions, tweaks, cuts, holes, trims, axes, apparent merges, bends, unbends.
The afterward are not features
-Parameters
-Colours
-Tolerances
-Layers
All appearance arise in the archetypal timberline if they dont then they are not features
Feature Name
Assigned automatically if the affection is created using the affection blazon and affection id. The affection name can be adapted by the user.
Feature Number
Sequential amount assigned to anniversary affection based on the appearance abode in the models history. A appearance affection amount will change if the models story is modified.
Feature ID
A different amount assigned if a affection is created. This amount doesnt change. This amount is not reused aural a archetypal if a affection is deleted.
Family Table
Use to make families of parts. A allotment created by ancestors table is alleged an instance. The table can be acclimated to alter dimensions, suppress/ resume appearance and acting components. A absolute a ancestors table is alleged a all-encompassing part.
FEA
Finite Aspect Analysis
Frames
Method by which accomplishments in a Pro/Intralink workspace can be undone.
Free Form
A affection that stretches and pulls absolute surfaces.
G
TOP
Gamma
An inherently non-linear reproduction of intensities by a affectation accessory (monitor).
Gamma Correction
Correcting angel data such that beeline changes in angel data will aftermath beeline changes in the displayed image.
Generic
A archetypal that contains a ancestors table.
GIF
Graphics Altering Architecture
Grid
Grids can be displayed in models, sketcher and details
Graph
A 2D ambit or blueprint that can be acclimated to ascendancy appearance such as capricious area sweeps or acclimated to abstract a y amount based on an x value.
Groups
A accumulating of features
H
TOP
History
Sequence of appearance in a model. The arrangement of appearance affects the archetypal geometry. The story is displayed graphically in the archetypal tree. The affection amount defines the arrangement of the feature.
HPGL
Hewlett Packard cartoon Language
Hue
The basal shade, or tint, which defines a color.
I
TOP
IGES
International Cartoon Barter Specification
Insert Mode
Used to add appearance at an beforehand point in the models history
Instance
A allotment created by a all-encompassing models ancestors table.
Integrate
Use to absorb two altered versions of the aforementioned model.
Intent Manager
Replaced Sketcher at adaptation 20. Acclimated in the conception of alotof features. Acclimated to make account geometry and add architecture intent
Interchange
A adjustment swapping models in assembly. Advantageous if the alternating archetypal is different to the aboriginal model.
ISDX
Interactive Apparent Architecture Extension
J
TOP
JPG, JPEG
Joint Accurate Experts Group
K
TOP
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Layers
Used to blank/display components, datums, and surfaces. Appearance cannot be blanked using layers. Layers can aswell be acclimated as a alternative criteria.
Light
Necessary for all renderings, lights accept position, blush and brightness. Some lights aswell accept direction, advance or concentration. There are four types of lights: ambient, direction, point, and spotlight.
Light Room
A apprehension advantage that determines whether the allowance is lit by user-defined lights or by a accepted ambient lighting.
LM
Licence Management
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Mapkey
A adjustment of recording and replaying a alternation of accomplishments (macro). Accomplished way for dispatch up accepted tasks.
Material Side
Sets on which ancillary of accessible account article actual is added.
MDX
Mechanism Architecture Extension
Mechanica
PTCs FEA and simulation tool
Merge
A affection that joins two surfaces together.
MDO
Mechanism Dynamics Option
Mirror Geom
Mirror accomplished model
Model Tree
Graphical affectation of the models story and structure
MPEG, MPG
Moving Account Experts Accumulation
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Nastran
NASA Structural Assay System
Note
Notes are added to assets and models to aid documentation. 3D addendum can be affiliated to appearance with the advantage of accepting a web page link.
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Object
An item can be a Feature, Component, Agenda or an additional account that arise in the archetypal tree
Offset Edge
Used in Absorbed Administrator to assemble account entities from absolute geometry.
One Side
When creating extruded appearance the affection is created on one ancillary of the account plane. The administration can be afflicted with redefine and selecting Direction.
Open Ends
Creates a apparent affection after ends, e.g. a tube
Open Sketch
A account area the two ends do not meet, or there is a gap in the sketch. Accessible sketches aswell action if the account entities anatomy a bankrupt loop, but there are added account entities ancillary with the bankrupt loop.
Open Loop
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Palette
A accumulating of apprehension altar that are displayed calm in an editor. There are palettes for appearances and lights.
Part
Solid archetypal apery a basic
PDM
Product Data Management
Parametric Data Administrator (PTC)
Photorender
A apprehension account that creates photorealistic images of a scene.
PIV
Product Account Adaptation - this represents the aggregate of the item name adaptation and revision.
Pixel
A individual dot of an image, displayed by the aggregate of three primary colors: red, green, and blue.
Plane
See accomplishment plane
PLM
Product Lifecycle Management
PLM
Product Band Administrator (PTC)
Point
See Accomplishment point
Point Light
A blazon of ablaze area the beam radiates from the centermost of the bulb.
Program
Program is acclimated to make able locations that change based on user input.
Protrusion
Generic agreement for any solid feature.
Pro/Intralink
Data administrator for Pro/Engineer
PS
Postscript
Publish Geometry
Group geometry you wish additional users to reference
Program
Facility to adapt the archetypal architecture with the advantage to add codicillary statements to ascendancy the archetypal design.
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Quilt
A accumulation of surfaces abutting together.
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Reference Control
Limits what references can be made.
Reference Dimension
Reference Ambit can be added in models and drawings. They are apprenticed ambit and cannot be acclimated to adapt the model.
Reference Entity
Reference entities in Absorbed Administrator are created Specify Refs,
Entities best to make dimensions
Entities aces during Use Bend and Account Edge.
Redefine
Used to change a appearance definition. Account planes, the area sketch, abyss etc.
Reflection
The amount to which a archetypal reflects its surroundings.
Regenerate
Incorporates changes create to the archetypal back the endure regeneration
Relations
Facility to drive ambit ethics by equation. Ambit ethics can be accompanying to additional dimensions, ambit or blueprint features.
Render
To make a black angel in adjustment to accord the archetypal a added astute appearance
Reorder
Moves a affection afore or afterwards additional appearance in the models history.
Reroute
Changes the references acclimated to assemble a feature. Or acclimated to bandy and old affection for a new feature.
Resume
Restores / unsuppresses suppressed features
RGB
The red, green, and dejected ethics of a color.
RHO
See tutorial
Round
A affection that creates a bandage forth an bend or amid two surfaces.
RUG
Regional User Group
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Saturation
The abstention of the hue in a color. An unsaturated blush is gray.
Self Shadows
A apprehension advantage that causes caliginosity from a archetypal to be casting assimilate itself.
Skeleton
Model acclimated to ascertain geometry that is aggregate amid locations in an assembly. Generally acclimated to to make apparatus frameworks, ascertain all-around datums.
Shell
A affection that removes a defined apparent and hollows the solid to a defined bank thickness.
Simplified Rep
A subset of the capital archetypal with apparatus blanked or commissioned with simple alternatives. Allotment simplified reps can be acclimated to cut models into sub sections.
The assumption use is to acceleration up rendering, and to create easier to plan on circuitous models.
Solid
A aggregate absolutely amid by surfaces area the any point in amplitude can be analysed to understand whether it is central or alfresco the amid area.
Spline
A ambit that passes through a amount of points. Can be authentic in sketcher on a 2D even or in 3D through a alternation of credibility or vertices.
Spot Angle
The bore of a spotlights amphitheater of light.
Spot Light
A blazon of ablaze whose ablaze application are bedfast aural a cone.
Spot Focus
The accurateness of a spotlights beam.
STEP
Standard For The Barter Of Artefact Archetypal Data
Specify Refs
Used to specify which entities you wish absorbed administrator to use for ambit and constraints.
STL
Stereo Lithography
Style
Feature created by ISDX
Surface
A face belted by at atomic three edges
Suppress
Same as Annul except affection can be adequate (resume (d)) at a after date
Sweep
Geometry formed by a contour abject (swept) forth a trajectory
Swept Blend
Geometry formed by altered profiles positioned on a trajectory
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TAN
Technical Appliance Note
Texture
An angel that is acclimated to actuate the blush or actualization of a surface. See Appearance.
TIFF
Tagged Angel Book Architecture
TPI
Technical Point of Interest
Trail
The aisle or aisle book annal all accomplishments create during a session. It is accessible to epitomize aisle files to clean models absent due to crashes or as a presentation method.
Trajectories
Used to make sweeps, capricious area sweeps, and swept blends. Trajectories can be authentic by abstraction or selecting absolute geometry.
Transform
Translate or move a apparent with the advantage to make a copy. (can be acclimated on accomplishment curves)
Transparency
The amount to which you can see through a surface.
Trim
Type of cut accurately for surfaces.
Tweak
A affection that transforms an absolute feature.
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Units
Units of admeasurement for breadth accumulation and force. Custom units can be defined. Models can be adapted from one blazon of assemblage to another.
UPR
Universal Artefact Representation
Use Edge
Used in Absorbed Administrator to assemble account entities from absolute geometry.
User Authentic Affection UDF
UDFs acquiesce collections or appearance to be used. UDFs are a appropriate blazon of group.
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Var Sec Swp
See Capricious Area Sweep
Vertex (vertices)
Ends of edges, curves about begin area a amount of edges join. Aswell begin area sub-entities of a baiter join.
Variable Area Sweep
A ambit area the area changes in size. Requires at atomic two trajectories.
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WMF
Windows Metafile
Workspace
Models are arrested out from commonspace to workspace for modification. The workspace is a database and binder breadth amid in the users arrangement directory.
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X-section
(Cross-Section) A allotment through either a solid or quilt.
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Yellow Side
One ancillary of datum, arrangement will accept the chicken ancillary to be absolute first. The absolute ancillary
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Product Acronyms
AAX
Advanced Accumulation Addendum
APX
Assembly Achievement Addendum
ARX
Advanced Apprehension Addendum
ASX
Advanced Surfacing Addendum
BMX
Behavioural Modelling Addendum
CDRS
Conceptual Architecture & Apprehension Software
DAO
Design Action Advantage
DDO
(Import) Data Doctor Advantage
EMO
Expert Artisan Advantage
IDX
Industrial Architecture Addendum
ISDX
Interactive Apparent Architecture Addendum
MDO
Mechanical Dynamics Advantage
MDX
Mechanical Architecture Addendum
MSO
Machine Simulation Advantage
NOO
NC Optimisation Advantage
RSD
Routed Arrangement Designer
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