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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
Converts infopoints, position numbers, and
parts lists (on a drawing) from Genius 13/Ge-
nius 14 to AutoCAD Mechanical 6 format.
AMMIGRATEBB
Converts all symbols from Genius 13/14 to
AutoCAD Mechanical 6 format.
AMMIGRATESYM
Switches between model and drawing modes.AMMODE
Moves dimensions on drawings while main-
taining their association to the drawing view
geometry.
AMMOVEDIM
Moves a drawing view to another location in
the drawing or to another layout while in
Drawing mode.
AMMOVEVIEW
Describes holes, fits, and standard parts, and
creates associative notes to the drawing with
a leader.
AMNOTE
Creates a nut.AMNUT2D
Creates new objects at specified distances from
an existing object or through a specified point.
AMOFFSET
Sets configurations. Merged with AutoCAD
command OPTIONS.
AMOPTIONS
Creates and places a parts list in a drawing.AMPARTLIST
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