

I turned down a job offer from NASA to acceptmy currentposition. But I have designed spacecraft components, medical devices, aircraft parts, telecommunications gear and much more.

Sorry firewild: I haven't built or designed any decks, although I am a regular at Home Depot.

And it seems that the dozen or more Pro/E usersat my current employer(many of whom have even more Pro/E experience than me) are of the same mindset: none of us use any of the sophisticated techniques described by srinivasaniyeri and superdutynick in our work here. I prefer to work with software that has functionality built into it, rather than spending endless hours of my own time to develop skills and techniques that should be built into the software. While there are those who say Pro/E can do anything it's competitors can do, someof themethodologies described here require advanced techniques that many users don't understand - or lack the time and patience to develop them. It's really all about productivity: ease of learning, ease of use and being able to get the most done in a given period - plus the ability to collaborate with your data.
