Pro/Web.link
Pro/Web.Link is a cheap and easy way to integrate web functionality into Pro/ENGINEER. One of the limitations is that it only works with the browser built into Pro/ENGINEER. I’ve found it useful for opening parts as part of tutorials that I write for our internal help site.
Here’s a quick start guide to getting the example pages to run.
You will need to modify your config.pro settings as well as your Internet Explorer security.
First, add “web_enable_javascript on” to your config.pro.
Second, change the Internet Explorer security settings for the “Local intranet”.
Set “Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe” to “Enable”
Set “Active scripting” to “Enable”
Finally, try loading the example html from $LOADPOINT\weblink\weblinkexamples\html.
Error messages:
You can only run Pro/Web.link pages from inside Pro/E’s browser
You haven’t updated your config.pro to “web_enabled_javascript on”
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I think you’ve undersold Pro/Weblink’s capabilities. It’s a quick easy way of making useful customizations to Pro/E without having to buy Pro/Toolkit.
Here are some examples of Pro/Weblink applications that I’ve successfully implemented:
1. Parameter check utility: checking all parts and assemblies in session to ensure that they have the company standard parameteres, and that the correct ones are designated. For those that have errors, a “fix me” button will then add any missing parameters and fix intralink designations.
2. I’ve got start parts for various raw material stocks that we use. A Weblink app then sets the created raw stocks part with the desired x-section parameters. For instance, one I-beam start part can be set to any of the available I beam sizes with a single pull down menu.
3. Preparing DXF files and exporting them into the correct subfolder for use in the CNC burn tables.
4. A page that Queries to look up stock materials.
5. [In development,] an app that automatically does the part number assignment.
Lastly, exporting powerpoint slide decks as MHT files and putting them into weblink pages works very well. So I’ve put links to all our Design related corporate standard help documents onto the Pro/Weblink home page.
Cheers,
Ken
Ken,
Thanks for sharing your experiences with Pro/Web.link. I think others might be encouraged by your success.
I strongly agree that Pro/Web.link is a great way to access the Pro/E Toolkit. I hope to show more ideas for Pro/Web.link in the future.
David
Hi again – good wee topic here – thanks for the suggestions + ideas for Pro/Weblink – I’ll be having a go too…
Cheers
Edwin
ps – the config.pro option is ‘web_enable_javascript’ – I tried ‘web_enabled_javascript’ with no joy…
Edwin,
I really like Pro/Weblink for my help site at work. It lets me pop models into the user’s session so they can interrogate the models and techniques I’m trying to describe.
Thanks for the correction. It’s great to know that someone has followed up with one of my posts!
Hi, I am an enthusiast of proweblink, I have created a website with some weblink samples. Most of these were created while working at a large engineering company. If anyone is interested in sharing knowledge or code.
My main tasks were automated pdf ceation and a dxf creation (using
material properties to orient the model for dxf export).
regards
Mirek
Mirek,
Care to post your URL?
Hi,
wow, this thread is dead for two years. Let’s try to revive it.
I just started with Web.Link. I already made some small apps, like changing parameters, creating pdf from drawing (using RUNMACRO()), etc.
But I am still struggling with the API itself.
I did not found a way yet to export a file as STEP. There is this pfcModel.Export() Method, but I have problems to get all parameters right (“Type Mismatch”).
Maybe, someone has a clue.
Cheers
Mat
Check the front page lately?