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ME-430 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
Guide Block – 3-D Stress Analysis
Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA

By: Dr. Herli Surjanhata

PREPARING THE MODEL

Before beginning this problem, create a separate folder on your computer for this
job. Download the file and put it in this directory. Set Pro/E working directory to this
folder.

Open the guide block.
Click
to open guide_block.prt

Make sure the units is millimeter Newton Second by selecting
2
to move it
to Materials in
Model box.

Double STEEL or
click
to edit the
current material.
4
Be sure the Units are in millimeter-
Newton-second (mmNs) as shown in
the dialog box located on the left.

Click OK. 5Click on Thermal tab,
and the units are in
Applications -> Mechanica 7Make sure the units are
correct.

Click Continue.
Click OK to accept Structure Mode.
Select
to assign the selected material to


Apply the second
load of 890 N to
this surface.

9Click
. Click the inner cylindrical surface of the hole mentioned above.
Click OK.

Enter the information as shown below.
10Enter -890 N
force for Z-
component.

Click Preview.
Click OK to close the
Constraint dialog box.

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DEFINE AND RUN THE ANALYSIS

Mechanica's automated process for generating geometric elements on a model.
AutoGEM generates elements that comply with all element creation rules and that
provide accurate results when Mechanica analyzes your model.
To see how the geometric elements on a guide block,
Click
.