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Creating Shafts with
Standard Parts
In this tutorial, you work with the automated shaft generator and standard parts in AutoCAD
®
Mechanical to create and edit a shaft, and insert bearings. The standard parts you use are
automatically structured in the mechanical browser.
Key Terms
DefinitionTerm
Calculates limiting value, dynamic and static load rating, dynamic and static
equivalent load, and fatigue life in revolutions and hours.
bearing calculation
A beveled surface between two faces or surfaces.chamfer
Calculation required for a revolving bearing. The result is the Adjusted Rating
Life. This is the life associated with 90% reliability with contemporary, commonly
dynamic calculation
used material, and under conventional operating conditions. With the number
of revolutions you get the life in working hours.
The act of determining the size of a standard part with the cursor while inserting
it into a side view. The standard part is displayed dynamically on the screen and
dynamic dragging
can be dragged to the next possible size and length. The values (sizes) are taken
from the Standard parts database.
A curved transition from one part face or surface to another. The transition cuts
off the outside edge or fills in the inside edge.
fillet
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