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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 a scale area (an area that has a scale
that is different to model space scale) in
model space.
AMSCAREA
Opens the structure catalog dialog box, which
gives you the ability to insert structure compo-
AMSCATALOG
nents to the current drawing as external refer-
ences and manage them.
Opens the structure catalog dialog boxAMSCATALOGOPEN
Closes the structure catalog dialog box.AMSCATALOGCLOSE
Views and edits the scale of scale areas or
viewports.
AMSCMONITOR
Copies the definitions of instanced folders,
components or views in the mechanical
structure environment.
AMSCOPYDEF
Creates components, component views, fold-
ers, and annotation views in drawings in the
mechanical structure environment.
AMSCREATE
Creates a screw or bolt.AMSCREW2D
Calculates factors of safety for parts of a screw
connection.
AMSCREWCALC
Opens the Screw Connection dialog box.AMSCREWCON2D
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