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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
Using Autodesk Inventor
Link Support
In this chapter, you learn how to enable AutoCAD
®
Mechanical to create views and
documentation for Autodesk
®
Inventor
™
assemblies and parts.
Key Terms
DefinitionTerm
A type of dimension associated with an Autodesk Inventor part
model. Parametric dimensions control the size and positions
parametric dimensions
of geometry. If the dimension value is changed, the size and
position of the geometry adjusts to reflect the new value.
Parametric dimensions can be changed only from Autodesk
Inventor.
A command useful for generating linear, radial, and diameter
dimensions, which minimizes the number of individual actions
power dimensioning
while generating a dimension. Power dimensioning automati-
cally selects the type of linear dimension (horizontal, vertical,
or aligned), based on the selected point.
A type of dimension that indicates the size and position of ge-
ometry. Reference dimensions do not control the geometry
reference dimensions
size or position, but follow them instead. The type of dimen-
sions created with power dimensioning commands are refer-
ence dimensions.
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