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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop®
- Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® Tutorials
- Using the Tutorials
- Creating Parametric Sketches
- Constraining Sketches
- Creating Sketched Features
- Key Terms
- Basic Concepts of Sketched Features
- Creating Extruded Features
- Editing Extruded Features
- Creating Loft Features
- Editing Loft Features
- Creating Revolved Features
- Editing Revolved Features
- Creating Face Splits
- Editing Face Splits
- Creating Sweep Features
- Editing Sweep Features
- Creating Bend Features
- Editing Bend Features
- Creating Work Features
- Creating Placed Features
- Key Terms
- Basic Concepts of Placed Features
- Creating Hole Features
- Creating Thread Features
- Editing Hole Features
- Editing Thread Features
- Creating Face Drafts
- Editing Face Drafts
- Creating Fillet Features
- Editing Fillet Features
- Creating Chamfer Features
- Editing Chamfer Features
- Creating Shell Features
- Editing Shell Features
- Creating Surface Cut Features
- Editing Surface Cut Features
- Creating Pattern Features
- Editing Pattern Features
- Editing Array Features
- Creating Copied Features
- Editing Copied Features
- Creating Combined Features
- Editing Combined Features
- Creating Part Splits
- Editing Part Splits
- Using Design Variables
- Creating Parts
- Creating Drawing Views
- Creating Shells
- Creating Table Driven Parts
- Assembling Parts
- Combining Parts
- Assembling Complex Models
- Key Terms
- Basic Concepts of Complex Assemblies
- Starting the Assembly Process
- Creating Local and External Parts
- Applying Assembly Constraints
- Creating New Parts
- Creating Subassemblies
- Completing Assemblies
- Editing Mechanical Desktop Parts
- Reloading External References
- Reviewing Assembly Models
- Creating Bills of Material
- Finishing Drawings for Plotting
- Creating and Editing Surfaces
- Combining Parts and Surfaces
- Surfacing Wireframe Models
- Key Terms
- Basic Concepts of Surfacing Wireframe Models
- Surfacing Wireframe Models
- Creating Trimmed Planar Surfaces
- Joining Surfaces on Complex Shapes
- Creating Swept and Projected Surfaces
- Creating Complex Swept Surfaces
- Using Projection to Create Surfaces
- Using Advanced Surfacing Techniques
- Viewing Completed Surfaced Models
- Working with Standard Parts
- Creating Shafts
- Calculating Stress on 3D Parts
- Toolbar Icons
- Desktop Tools
- Part Modeling
- Part Modeling ‰ New Part
- Part Modeling ‰ New Sketch Plane
- Part Modeling ‰ 2D Sketching
- Part Modeling ‰ 2D Constraints
- Part Modeling ‰ Profile a Sketch
- Part Modeling ‰ Sketched Features
- Part Modeling ‰ Placed Features
- Part Modeling ‰ Work Features
- Part Modeling ‰ Power Dimensioning
- Part Modeling ‰ Edit Feature
- Part Modeling ‰ Update Part
- Part Modeling ‰ Part Visibility
- Part Modeling ‰ Options
- Toolbody Modeling
- Assembly Modeling
- Surface Modeling
- Surface Modeling ‰ AutoSurf Options
- Surface Modeling ‰ Swept Surface
- Surface Modeling ‰ Loft U Surface
- Surface Modeling ‰ Blended Surface
- Surface Modeling ‰ Flow Wires
- Surface Modeling ‰ Object Visibility
- Surface Modeling ‰ Surface Display
- Surface Modeling ‰ Stitches Surfaces
- Surface Modeling ‰ Grip Point Placement
- Surface Modeling ‰ Lengthen Surface
- Surface Modeling ‰ Extract Surface Loop
- Surface Modeling ‰ Edit Augmented Line
- Surface Modeling ‰ Wire Direction
- Scene
- Drawing Layout
- Mechanical View
- Index
Making the Transition from AutoCAD | 5
Making the Transition from AutoCAD
Mechanical Desktop 6 is built on AutoCAD 2002 and uses many of the tools
you may already be familiar with. Because Mechanical Desktop is a parametric
modeling program, exercise care in using standard AutoCAD commands.
In the sketching stage, you can use any AutoCAD command to create the
geometry for your sketch. You can use AutoCAD drawing and editing tools
to edit sketch geometry after it has been consumed by a feature.
In general, follow these rules:
■ Use Mechanical Desktop dimensions. AutoCAD dimensions are not
parametric and cannot control the size, shape, or position of Mechanical
Desktop parts and features.
■ Use sketch planes and work planes to control the UCS orientation. Using
the AutoCAD
UCS command does not associate the current plane with
your part.
■ Do not use the command EXPLODE. Exploding a part deletes the part
definition from a Mechanical Desktop drawing.
■ Use the Assembly Catalog or the Browser to insert external part files into
drawings and externalize part files. Using the AutoCAD
INSERT, WBLOCK,
XREF, and XBIND commands could corrupt Mechanical Desktop data.
■ Use the Mechanical Desktop drawing view commands to create drawing
views. The AutoCAD
MVIEW command does not create associative views
of your parts.
Migrating Files from Previous Releases
In Mechanical Desktop 6, you can add more than one part to a part file for
creating combined parts. The first part becomes the part definition, while all
other parts become unconsumed toolbodies. You combine toolbodies with
each other and the first part to create a complex part.
To migrate parts from a part file that contains more than one part and was
created before Mechanical Desktop Release 2, you need to follow specific
procedures. See "Running the Desktop File Migration Utility" in the Autodesk
Mechanical Products Installation Guide on the product CD.
The File Migration Tool (FMT) is a component of Mechanical Desktop
Migration Assistance, an independent Visual Basic (not VBA) application
located on your product CD. The FMT migrates multiple files from previous
releases of Mechanical Desktop to the current format. You can install
Mechanical Desktop Migration Assistance during or after the installation of
your Autodesk mechanical product.