We are a tool & die outfit recently upgraded to Pro/E. We are trying to go all out with Pro/E from Design to Mfg. When we were using AutoCAD, all the machined faces like milling or grinding or saw cut are represented with decimal places on our drawing dimensions. More the decimal places are higher the precision would be, that type of thing. And then there will be 'Notes' too to identify what type of operation that we want to do on the steel.
Now, in the Pro/E world, since we want to go 'paperless', the Mfg wants us designers to 'color code' the corresponding surfaces to identify a particular type of operation. I don't think that's feasible to open every single component of your die assembly and color code it. 3D notes are there, but then it also is going to be a time consuming process.
Are there people here who came across a typical situation? Is there any other ways you can define a surface to be milled or ground? Is there like a common practice thing that we failed to learn? Or is it all just left to the Mfg guys' discretion?
Any comments and help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Now, in the Pro/E world, since we want to go 'paperless', the Mfg wants us designers to 'color code' the corresponding surfaces to identify a particular type of operation. I don't think that's feasible to open every single component of your die assembly and color code it. 3D notes are there, but then it also is going to be a time consuming process.
Are there people here who came across a typical situation? Is there any other ways you can define a surface to be milled or ground? Is there like a common practice thing that we failed to learn? Or is it all just left to the Mfg guys' discretion?
Any comments and help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.