Pro/MECHANICA 2000i Now Available on All SGI Systems

Pro/MECHANICA, PTC's family of functional simulation solutions used by design engineers to address the function of every part, assembly, and design, and to provide early insight into how a product will perform in the real world, is now available for use on the SGI UNIX workstations.

This release of the program includes the following key enhancements:

• New functionality allowing large deformation analysis and cyclic symmetry

• Significant improvements to motion's cam functionality for integrated mode

• Ease of use with simulation and assembly connection features, 2D analysis in Pro/ENGINEER, and failure criteria

• Robustness of structure solution time, independent mode graphics, and AutoGEM

• Integration and consolidation of product lines for the model tree, unit manager, consistent naming, and selection methods.

• Post-Processing for motion results and VRML support.

Many of these enhancements further integrate Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA functionality to offer a seamless and intuitive design environment.

Setting Up Pro/MECHANICA and Starting Modules

You currently need to setup the program before running it, as follows:

     setup  ~millem/pro-mechanica-test

You may then start up the various Pro/MECHANICA modules, as shown below.

To start the Pro/MECHANICA 2000i Motion analysis module:

     mmotion &  

To start the Pro/MECHANICA 2000i Structural analysis module:

     mstruct &

To start the Pro/MECHANICA 2000i Thermal analysis module:

     mtherm &

Accessing Pro/MECHANICA On-Line Help

You can access Pro/MECHANICA Online Help System by pulling down the Help menu in the Pro/MECHANICA window and selecting the Help Topics option.

Printing / Plotting Files

To print both shaded and non-shaded images of a model on all platforms, pull down the File menu and select the Print... option.

Printed drawings display a "For Educational use only" watermark. If you need a workaround to remove this watermark, please contact the Help Desk.

A Few Reminders

• Pro/MECHANICA 2000i or higher is not compatible with Pro/ENGINEER 20.0. Therefore, once you have moded a part, drawing or other file to Version 2000i or above, you won't be able to access it again in an older version of the program.

• Pro/MECHANICA 2000i supports Pro/INTRALINKTM, version 1.2.

• Models created in Mechanism Design 2000i can only be retrieved using Pro/MECHANICA MOTION 2000i.

Version 2000i of Pro/MECHANICA will become the system default on Tuesday, March 21, and you will no longer need to set it up.

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the consultants at the ACS Help Desk locations, call ext. 7777, or direct electronic mail to consult@rpi.edu.