Master Modeling Technique

This Pro-Engineer Advanced Tutorial teaches the Master Modeling Technique for easier creation of multiple plastic parts that require proper alignment and ease of change.

Often times when creating a complex product (as this Pro-Engineer Advanced Tutorial introduces), the designer will create the parts using complex surface geometry. As a result, they create several parts that contain numerous features involving different surfacing techniques. The end result is that they have several parts that all must mate together perfectly. This in itself is not necessarily difficult to do. However, when the design changes, they must go back to each individual part and change the geometry. After each part is changed, they go back to the final assembly and verify that everything mates up correctly, which can prove to be very difficult at times. Some examples of this type of situation include products like, cellular phones, remote controls, and other plastic parts that must mate up correctly.

The solution to this problem is what many Pro-Engineer Advanced Users call the Master Modeling Technique (MMT). Rather than have multiple parts with different feature configurations, why not have one single model (master model) that drives the overall design of the product? By doing this, when any design changes are initiated, the user only has to update one model. Once they change the master, all of the other parts update accordingly. By completing this Pro-Engineer Advanced Tutorial, you should be confident in your skills utilizing the Master Modeling Technique.

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