Thank you Kevin! "From the list box, select any one of the surfaces listed. The edge around the entire surface will highlight, and the center of the ellipse is shown." Eureka, bingo, ka-ching ... ! 😄 Sometimes one can't notice something, even if it hits one in the face 
I'm sure all of you had a situation like this ... middle of the night, you've been working all day and you really need to finish something, but you're stuck and feel like there is no way out. Your going through the last thing you've been working on, all over again, but it's just not there, Google is no help at all, the brain just freezes! Thanks again!
I'm sure all of you had a situation like this ... middle of the night, you've been working all day and you really need to finish something, but you're stuck and feel like there is no way out. Your going through the last thing you've been working on, all over again, but it's just not there, Google is no help at all, the brain just freezes! Thanks again!
Oh, I see, a really simple detail that I missed or is missing from the book. A Ctrl here, Shift their, may be a combination - the intimate details of Pro/E Something a guy learns to use intuitively after countless hours of working with the software. Again, kudos to you Kevin!
Something a guy learns to use intuitively after countless hours of working with the software. Again, kudos to you Kevin!
Houston we have the ellipse center 
Yeah, our models seem to be the same: 
Again, thanks a bunch Kevin!
Yeah, our models seem to be the same: Again, thanks a bunch Kevin!
Another problem, now with "Add Hole and Rounds to Brace Feature" under "Add the Antenna Brace" (pages 94-95) Adding a hole is a simple operation, but an important problem arouse! Everything went OK up to this point in the tutorial: 
Adding an antenna brace was not a problem, but inserting a hole into it became one. See, I'm doing as it says: "1.To add a hole centered on the brace axis, select the brace axis and click Insert > Hole. A preview hole is placed in line with the axis. (Be sure axes are displayed. To simplify selecting the axis, use Pick from List or set the filter to Datums.) Set the diameter to 3.25. 2.Open the Placement panel. It should show the hole type as coaxial, with the brace axis as the primary reference. .. " But this is what I get in the Placement panel: 
" (continues) .. Click in the secondary reference collector to activate it, and select the circular surface of the brace as the secondary reference. This positions the hole at the upper surface of the brace." If I dear select the circular surface of the brace as a secondary reference, collector jumps to it (the surface) as primary and to type Liner. 
After this I am forced to select two datum plains to offset from and I do successfully by entering the right dimentions (even though it's not by the book). This of course is another way to reference the hole, but it just NOT the proper way! I need to create a coaxial hole, not only here but in other parts of the tutorial, where I won't be able to get myself out of the situation this way (wrong way, obviously)! How do I create a coaxial hole in this situation? Any help appreciated. Thanks!
Adding an antenna brace was not a problem, but inserting a hole into it became one. See, I'm doing as it says: "1.To add a hole centered on the brace axis, select the brace axis and click Insert > Hole. A preview hole is placed in line with the axis. (Be sure axes are displayed. To simplify selecting the axis, use Pick from List or set the filter to Datums.) Set the diameter to 3.25. 2.Open the Placement panel. It should show the hole type as coaxial, with the brace axis as the primary reference. .. " But this is what I get in the Placement panel: " (continues) .. Click in the secondary reference collector to activate it, and select the circular surface of the brace as the secondary reference. This positions the hole at the upper surface of the brace." If I dear select the circular surface of the brace as a secondary reference, collector jumps to it (the surface) as primary and to type Liner. After this I am forced to select two datum plains to offset from and I do successfully by entering the right dimentions (even though it's not by the book). This of course is another way to reference the hole, but it just NOT the proper way! I need to create a coaxial hole, not only here but in other parts of the tutorial, where I won't be able to get myself out of the situation this way (wrong way, obviously)! How do I create a coaxial hole in this situation? Any help appreciated. Thanks!
I'm right at the end of the last part for the call phone (page 121 in the Getting Started tutorial for Wildfire 4.0). Again, I'm having a problem inserting a hole. The book says: 1. Use the Hole tool to insert the coaxial holes in each post. The holes use the pin axis as the first reference and the pin surface as the second reference. They are standard M2.2X.45 holes with ISO threading. Screw depth is 5.25. So I do, but I get an error from Pro/E (as you can see in the picture below), and unlike Windows and BIOS error codes (a joke:-), I can't seem to find a solution to it! 
What Am I missing here? 
Any help greatly appreciated! Hopefully I won't be bothering with stupid questions any time sooner.
What Am I missing here? Any help greatly appreciated! Hopefully I won't be bothering with stupid questions any time sooner.
Option is NOT loaded. I mast have entered it wrongly (though highly unlikely as I triple-checked it) or the application does not recognize "enable_absolute_accuracy yes" option, as I can't find any other "config.pro" to edit! Should I create one for Pro/E in the destination directory you tell me? 
I haven't tried suppressing everything in the model tree, because quite frankly, I don't know how to do it Did PTC miss something in the Getting Started tutorial, as I should not be doing all of this since I'm just "getting started", right?! Thanks Kevin! P.S. To board administrators: there is an FTP error if I try uploading an image!
I haven't tried suppressing everything in the model tree, because quite frankly, I don't know how to do it Did PTC miss something in the Getting Started tutorial, as I should not be doing all of this since I'm just "getting started", right?! Thanks Kevin! P.S. To board administrators: there is an FTP error if I try uploading an image!
Entering the option from Tools > Options worked! Here is the list of actions I performed after enabling absolute accuracy: 
Right after selecting ACCURACY in Menu Manager Pro/E asked for relative part accuracy value (but the Absolute option was also there). 
I pushed 'Esc' and selected Absolute, then Select Model under ABS ACCURACY (couldn't select Enter value having no abs value at hand): 
Application output: 
Even after this I got the same error massage from Pro/E. I must have one twisted model, but is it? I mean, just take a look at the model tree: 
Except for may be a minor issue (highlighted on the model tree) where I was unable to Apply Round Edges exactly as the book said (page 108) - I had to apply rounds separately to upper and lower edges of the "upper extrusion", and the cover edge, instead of using New Sets (as exemplified on pages 87, 91, 96 and 104) that resulted in error(s) - do you see any serious problem here? Thank you for your help and patience Kevin!
Right after selecting ACCURACY in Menu Manager Pro/E asked for relative part accuracy value (but the Absolute option was also there). I pushed 'Esc' and selected Absolute, then Select Model under ABS ACCURACY (couldn't select Enter value having no abs value at hand): Application output: Even after this I got the same error massage from Pro/E. I must have one twisted model, but is it? I mean, just take a look at the model tree: Except for may be a minor issue (highlighted on the model tree) where I was unable to Apply Round Edges exactly as the book said (page 108) - I had to apply rounds separately to upper and lower edges of the "upper extrusion", and the cover edge, instead of using New Sets (as exemplified on pages 87, 91, 96 and 104) that resulted in error(s) - do you see any serious problem here? Thank you for your help and patience Kevin!
Great! I zipped the file, but the problems with uploading files to this board still remains (even though .zip is supported and archive size is nowhere near the 2 MB limit), so I'll have to either IM (Skype, Yahoo!, MSN, ICQ, AIM... what ever suites you), or email it to you. There are other ways, but they mostly involve exchanging links anywhay, and/or entering CAPTCHAs... so why bother, when we have, say, trusted email that's been serving our file sharing needs for more than three decades now I temporarily enabled showing my email address in my account, thus you can email me directly and tell me your preferred way (be that same email or IM) and I'll get back to you. It's better not to leave open email and IM credentials on boards and forums, for obvious security reasons, plus we have tons of mail bots constantly sniffing for this exact information. Especially since this particular board is dated 2006, for goodness sake!
I temporarily enabled showing my email address in my account, thus you can email me directly and tell me your preferred way (be that same email or IM) and I'll get back to you. It's better not to leave open email and IM credentials on boards and forums, for obvious security reasons, plus we have tons of mail bots constantly sniffing for this exact information. Especially since this particular board is dated 2006, for goodness sake!
