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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
Chapter 2 Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Design and Annotation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 3 Working with Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Working with Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting Mechanical Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Specifying Drawing Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Saving Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting Default Standards Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4
Using Mechanical Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Working with Mechanical Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Creating Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Modifying Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Nesting Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Instance vs. Occurrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Selection Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Components and Component Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Creating Part Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Creating Assembly Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Modifying Assembly Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using Folders with Component Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Mechanical Browser Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Mechanical Browser and BOMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Browser Restructure and Ghost Components . . . . . . . . . . . 76
External Reference Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Inserting External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Editing External Components In-place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Localizing and Externalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Annotation Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Associative Hide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Basics of AMSHIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using AMSHIDE in Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chapter 5
Designing Levers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Extending Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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