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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
DescriptionCommand NameToolbut-
ton
Edits existing unstructured hide situations.AM2DHIDEDIT
Creates an adjusting ring on a shaft.AMADJRINGS2D
Creates a file in which the current layer struc-
ture of the drawing is written.
AMANALYSEDWG
Creates, deletes, adds, and moves annotations
associated with drawing views.
AMANNOTE
Suits an existing hatch to a changed contour.AMASSOHATCH
Displays or attaches non attached symbols.AMATTACHSYM
Automatically creates construction lines on
selected drawing elements.
AMAUTOCLINES
Creates an external detail drawing (xref) of
selected elements from an assembly drawing.
AMAUTODETAIL
Creates chain, baseline, ordinate in both axes,
shaft, or symmetric dimensions.
AMAUTODIM
Creates and places a balloon.AMBALLOON
Performs calculation on bearings.AMBEARCALC
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