[SOLVED]config.pro doesnt work

[john_erlandsson]

Hi!

I'm new to PROE and new to this forum.

Running proe wildfire 3.0 on Fedora 14

My config.pro file doesn't seem to load properly.

I added:
pro_unit_sys mmks
pro_unit_length unit_mm
pro_unit_mass unit_kilogram

to /home/john/config.pro

but when i create a new part it is always in inches.

I then tried to add a bogus line:
test hello

and started proe from the command line.

This gave me an error message saying:
/home/john/config.pro, linenum 5 : Keyword 'TEST' is not valid.

So I take it that proe reads my config.pro file, but doesn't save the values

any ideas?
Edited by: john_erlandsson

 

[machid]

! =============================================
! ** Templates
! =============================================
template_designasm E:\Configs_wf5\Templates\mmks_asm_design.asm
template_sheetmetalpart E:\Configs_wf5\Templates\mmks_part_sheetmetal.prt
template_solidpart E:\Configs_wf5\Templates\mmks_part_solid.prt
template_mfgmold E:\Configs_wf5\Templates\mold_template.mfg.1
template_mold_layout E:\Configs_wf5\Templates\mold_template.asm.1

 

[dgs]

Those options only take effect if you start a blank part from scratch. If you are using a template/start part, your new part will have the units of the template. Use the config.pro options that machid mentioned to tell Pro/E where your template parts are located.

You can check if Pro/E is loading yoru file by looking at tools -> options. It'll show the various config files that are loaded. You can also make changes there as well.

It's also possible that you have the syntax of those options wrong. I'm not familiar with them, so I cannot say for sure.

 

[john_erlandsson]

That did it!

Thank you.

//John