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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
Placing Balloons
Create balloons from the part references in the drawing.
To place a balloon
1 Start the Balloon command. On the command line, enter AMBALLOON.
2 Respond to the prompt as follows:
Select part/assembly or [auTo/autoAll/set Bom/Collect/arrow
Inset/Manual/One/Renumber/rEorganize/annotation View]: Enter B
NOTE At this stage the drawing doesn’t contain a BOM database. As with
the AMPARTLIST command, the AMBALLOON command creates a BOM
database automatically. All part references are added to the database and
item numbers are created inside the database. However, unless specifically
instructed the commands create only the main BOM database. For the
purpose of this tutorial, you must create a BOM database to contain part
references held within the border; a border BOM. This is why you are
instructed to type B, to trigger the set BOM option of the AMBALLOON
command.
NOTE To create and edit a database manually, use the AMBOM command
Select border/annotation view or specify BOM to create/use
[Main/?] <MAIN>: Press ENTER
Select part/assembly or:
Select part/assembly or [auTo/autoAll/set Bom/Collect/arrow
Inset/Manual/One/Renumber/rEorganize/annotation View]: Enter A
Select pick object: Use a window to select all objects, press ENTER
NOTE Press ENTER to change the type of arrangement (horizontal, vertical,
angle or stand-alone).
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