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List of contents
Introduction to Creo Parametric 1. User Interface, View Controls and Model Structure 2. Creating a Simple Object (Part I) 3. Creating a Simple Object (Part II) 4. Revolved Protrusions, Mirror Copies, Model Analysis 5. Modeling Utilities 6. Datum Planes and Sketcher Tools 7. Patterns and Copies 8. Engineering Drawings 9. Assembly Fundamentals 10. Assembly Operations 11. Sweeps and Blends Appendix: Creo Parametric Customization Index
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Roger Toogood
Summary
The eleven lessons in this tutorial introduce you to the design capabilities of Creo Parametric 4.0. The tutorial covers the major concepts and frequently used commands required to advance from a novice to an intermediate user level. Major topics include part and assembly creation, and creation of engineering drawings. Also illustrated are the major functions that make Creo Parametric a parametric solid modeler.
Although the commands are presented in a click-by-click manner, an effort has been made, in addition to showing/illustrating the command usage, to explain why certain commands are being used and the relation of feature selection and construction to the overall part design philosophy. Simply knowing where commands can be found is only half the battle. As is pointed out numerous times in the text, creating useful and effective models of parts and assemblies requires advance planning and forethought.
Moreover, since error recovery is an important skill, considerable time is spent exploring the created models. In fact, some errors are intentionally induced so that users will become comfortable with the “debugging” phase of model creation.
At the end of each lesson is a short quiz reviewing the new topics covered in that chapter. Following the quiz are several simple "exercise" parts that can be created using new commands taught in that lesson. In addition to these an ongoing project throughout the book is also included. This project consists of several parts that are introduced with the early lessons and finally assembled at the end.
