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692 | Chapter 23 Creating Shafts
Using the Shaft Generator
You use the 3D Shaft Generator dialog box to select a type of shaft segment,
such as a cylinder or a cone, and then you define that segment. The shaft
generator creates the segment automatically and adds it to the previous
segment.
Getting Started
In order to work through this tutorial chapter, the ISO standard system has
to be installed at your system.
Moreover, you need to set your measurement units to metric. This can easily
be done by selecting an appropriate drawing template. Open the drawing
template acadiso.dwt.
To open a drawing template
1 Open a new template.
Menu File New
Command
NEW
The AutoCAD Mechanical Today window is displayed.
2 In the AutoCAD Mechanical Today window, in the section My Drawings,
change to the tab Create Drawings, and select the template acadiso.dwt.
Now, you are working with the selected template.