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A Pro/DESKTOP Tutorial (Module 12)
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Putting it together

[Figure 3]
Fig 3.

[Figure 4]
Fig 4.


  1. Open Pro/DESKTOP
  2. From the File menu select New
  3. Choose Design
  4. Select OK
  5. Maximise the screens
  6. From the Tools menu choose Options
  7. In the Options dialogue box change the Model Units to Metres.
  8. From the Tools menu choose Component browser.
  9. From the Assembly menu choose Add Component. (Navigate as in any normal windows environment to locate the design files.)
  10. In the Component Part dialogue box choose the FUSELAGE to insert the design into the new design sheet. (The design area might appear to go black. This is because of the scale that the aeroplane is drawn in.)
  11. Right click the mouse button in the drawing area. Choose View, Autoscale. (The whole fuselage should appear in the drawing area.)
  12. From the View menu choose Plan
  13. From the Assembly menu choose Add Component add the NOSECONE
  14. The workplane of the NOSECONE joins the workplane of the FUSELAGE

To add the TAILCONE

[Figure 5]
Fig 5.

[Figure 6]  [Figure 7]  [Figure 8]
Figs 6, 7 & 8.


  1. Right-click the mouse button in the drawing area, choose View, Autoscale to see the whole drawing
  2. Choose the Select Lines [Select Lines button] tool. (This brings up the green workplane arrow.)
  3. Right-click, View, Zoom in on the rear of the plane
  4. From the Workplane menu choose Reposition Axes.
  5. Position cross hair at the back of the plane central to the fuselage, select to fix the position
  6. From the Assembly menu choose Add Component add TAILCONE
  7. Right-click the mouse button in the drawing area, choose View, Autoscale
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