2009
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Overview
- 1 About AutoCAD Mechanical
- AutoCAD Mechanical Software Package
- Leveraging Legacy Data
- Starting AutoCAD Mechanical
- AutoCAD Mechanical Help
- Product Support and Training Resources
- Design Features in AutoCAD Mechanical
- Mechanical Structure
- Associative Design and Detailing
- External References for Mechanical Structure
- Associative 2D Hide
- Autodesk Inventor link
- 2D Design Productivity
- Engineering Calculations
- Machinery Systems Generators
- Intelligent Production Drawing and Detailing
- Detailing Productivity
- Annotations
- Standard Mechanical Content
- Standard Parts Tools
- Collaboration
- 2 Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical
- 1 About AutoCAD Mechanical
- Design and Annotation Tools
- 3 Working with Templates
- 4 Using Mechanical Structure
- 5 Designing Levers
- 6 Working with Model Space and Layouts
- 7 Dimensioning
- 8 Working with 2D Hide and 2D Steel Shapes
- 9 Working with Standard Parts
- Key Terms
- Working with Standard Parts
- Inserting Screw Connections
- Copying Screw Connections with Power Copy
- Creating Screw Templates
- Editing Screw Connections with Power Edit
- Working with Power View
- Deleting with Power Erase
- Inserting Holes
- Inserting Pins
- Turning Off Centerlines in Configurations
- Hiding Construction Lines
- Simplifying Representations of Standard Parts
- 10 Working with BOMs and Parts Lists
- 11 Creating Shafts with Standard Parts
- Key Terms
- Creating Shafts
- Configuring Snap Options
- Configuring Shaft Generators
- Creating Cylindrical Shaft Sections and Gears
- Inserting Spline Profiles
- Inserting Chamfers and Fillets
- Inserting Shaft Breaks
- Creating Side Views of Shafts
- Inserting Threads on Shafts
- Editing Shafts and Inserting Sections
- Replacing Shaft Sections
- Inserting Bearings
- Engineering Calculations
- Autodesk Inventor Link
- Index
DefinitionTerm
Power Dimensioning selects the type of linear dimension
(horizontal, vertical, or aligned), based on the selected point,
and the dimensions of the drawing can have a uniform style
using the distance snap.
Command for deleting. Use Power Erase when you delete part
reference numbers or dimensions that were created with
Power Dimensioning and Automatic Dimensioning.
Power Erase
A title block contains a series of attributes. Some already have
values. The pre-assigned values can be modified, and the va-
cant attributes can be completed with new values.
title block
The total amount by which a given dimension (nominal size)
may vary (for example, 20 0.1).
tolerance
Adding Dimensions to Drawings
AutoCAD Mechanical offers various dimensioning tools. Use automatic
dimensioning to add dimensions to a bushing, and then change these
dimensions.
To open a file
■ Open the file tut_bushing.dwg in the tutorials folder. On the command
line, enter OPEN.
NOTE The path to the folder containing tutorial files is;
■ Windows Vista
™
: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Autodesk\ACADM
2009\Acadm\Tutorial
■ Windows
®
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared
Documents\Autodesk\ACADM 2009\Acadm\Tutorial
The file contains a drawing of a bushing.
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