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Good Pro/E Wildfire 3.0 Book ?

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Good Pro/E Wildfire 3.0 Book ?

I am looking for a well written book to help me improve my Pro/E skills. I took a 1 semester course on Pro/E so I have a general undestanding of the basic fuctions but would like to have a decent referrence book that will take me further. Any recommendations? Thank you, Boris.
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It doesn't exist to my knowledge. If you do find a 'good' one let me know.

So how do people learn Pro/E and become profecient at it. Poking around and trying things will only get you so far...

Trial & Error, Mouse-in-a Maze, the guy in the cubicle next to you. These are the only good references I'm aware of. If you find a better one, let me know. This forum is also useful. 'just one Pro/E users opinion!

There are Wildfire 3.0 books available - just search on www.amazon.com for Pro/ENGINEER - Roger Toogood has written a few, plus others - I can't personally vouch for them as I've not seen them. There are many other ways to learn Pro/ENGINEER: http://www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/products/home.jsp?k=3303 http://www.ptc.com/community/resource_center/proengineer/ http://www.ptc.com/products/tutorials/index.htm http://www.ptc.com/community/express_archive/index.htm etc. The Knowledge Base is also a fantastic resource - the first place I look if I don't know the answer, and there's excellent suggested techniques etc: http://www.ptc.com/appserver/cs/search/search.jsp Other forums/websites: http://www.eng-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=554 http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/ http://www.proengineertips.com/ http://www.cdcweb.co.uk/index.php?page=tutorials_wildfire.php http://www.mcaduser.com/ http://www.proesite.com/ http://www.e-cognition.net/ There are other good sites - my apologies to those I've missed. In my early days of learning Pro/ENGINEER I read through the help manuals, and I think that's still a great idea: From Pro/ENGINEER: Help > Help Center > Fundamentals > Pro/ENGINEER Fundamentals Also Part Modeling, Assembly Design, etc will certainly improve your understanding.

From what I've seen Roger Toogood does work-books, very basic work books. What is needed is a comprehensive reference manual to look things up. I still utilize the old version 18 and 19 written manuals. These are the only reference manuals I'm aware of. They are still very relevant because the basic command structure hasn't changed much. If I were you, I'd look on ebay and try getting my hands on some of these old PTC manuals.

In a similar vein, I am looking to develop Pro/E skills, for I am motivated to do this in order to facillitate a career change and relocation to a differnt part of the US. I was proficient in AutoCAD 14, which I know is now obsolete, and it has been a while since I have actively performed CAD work on a day in, day out basis. Besides the aforementioned text references in this post, how strong a benchmark is the certification offered through Pro/E University? Has anyone had success in their career upon completion of the certification program? I would like to gather feedback before committing myself to paying the tuition costs out of pocket, because with a family to support I have rather meager resources at my disposal to further my own education.

Greg: I sympathize completely! My recommendation (for what it's worth) to learn Pro/E on little or no $. Would be: 1)Buy the student version. 2)Find out what references are available on ebay/amazon, etc. But one of those, maybe one of the Toogood workbooks also. 3) Familarize yourself with the basic commands, making simple parts, assemblies and drawings. Once you've done this, drop it like a 'hot-potato'. 4) Pick a real item to model and create assy's and dwg's. for example: Model your deck or your house, or the lawn mower. Do all the parts down the nails and screws,sheet-rock, etc. The point here is to do something real, don't waste anymore time with these book projects. From my experience, I find that I only really learn new software when I need to use it. At this point use the books only as a referance. I would't waste any time or $ (personal $) on these Pro/E courses, they're all very basic. If can model your own deck or house, you'll have surpassed the skill level you'll acheive from these courses. Once you have these items modeled and dwgs made you'll have somewhat of a portfolio to showcase your skills. From then on, I'd register with a freelance design website (www.cadground, etc)and try to get some freelance work that way. I think if you devoted yourself about 4hrs a day, for about 2months you could be a fairly proficient user. Anyway, just my opinions/suggestions. Best-of-luck! Steve

I would try Steve Smith of CADQUEST! http://www.cadquest.com/ 5535 Blakeslee Ave Harrisburg, PA 17111 USA Phone 717.565.1965 | Toll Free 888.922.5270 | Fax 717.564.9599 Selling textbooks to 27 countries!

Cadquest books are really good. I've gotten them at several places I've worked for the users and they have found them very helpful. They have good info and tutorials in them that will help in improving skills and performance.
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