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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
Index
A
acceleration 341
adjusting rings 14
aligned linear dimensions 27–28
angular dimensions 28, 142
annotation views 51, 90
associative 92, 132
hide 92
views 132
Autodesk Inventor link option 362
Autodesk Inventor linked models 364,
368, 370, 379, 384, 387, 390,
392, 397
base views 368, 384
breakout section views 387, 390
isometric views 392
multiple views 387
orthogonal views 370
shade and rotate 364, 379
update 397
Automatic Dimensioning dialog box 137
automatic dimensions 137
B
balloons 205, 211, 386
base layers 43, 119
base views 368, 384
for assembly files 384
for part files 368
baseline dimensions 135
Beam Calculation dialog box 279
bearing calculations 235, 252
bearings, plain 27
Belleville spring washers 15, 299
Belt and Chain Length Calculation dialog
box 287
belts 17
bending moments 33, 259, 275
bills of material 15, 205
blind holes 15, 38, 194
blind slots 15, 38
bolts 32
BOM databases 15, 205, 211
border conditions in stress
calculations 330
break dimensions 19, 144
breakout section views, assembly
files 387, 390
breaks in shafts 246
browser 51
mechanical 51
C
calculations on bearings 14, 252
Cam Design and Calculation dialog
box 343, 346, 353, 356
cams 341
centerholes 16
centerlines 135, 199
centroids 277
chains 17, 285, 287, 296
calculations 285
length calculations 287
partitions 285
pitch diameters 285
roller 285
sprockets 285
chamfers 235, 245
Change Title Block Entry dialog
box 366, 384
circlips 22
clevis pins 17
command summary 13
components 51–52, 62, 80–82, 84, 87,
89
external reference 82, 87, 89
externalize local 89
ghost 80
insert views of external 84
Index | 399