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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
Creates an angular dimension showing the
angle between three points or the angle be-
AMPOWERDIM_ANG
tween two lines, or the angle an arc subtends
on its center.
Creates an create an arc length dimension for
arcs.
AMPOWERDIM_ARCLEN
Creates a linear or angular dimension from
the baseline of an existing dimension.
AMPOWERDIM_BAS
Creates a linear, angular, or arc length dimen-
sion from the second extension line of an ex-
isting dimension.
AMPOWERDIM_CHAIN
Creates diameter dimensions for arcs and cir-
cles.
AMPOWERDIM_DIA
Creates horizontal linear dimensions.AMPOWERDIM_HOR
Creates radius dimension with a jog at a con-
venient location and the origin of the dimen-
sion at any location you wish.
AMPOWERDIM_JOG
Creates radius dimensions for arcs and circles.AMPOWERDIM_RAD
Creates rotated linear dimensions.AMPOWERDIM_ROT
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