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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
Screw Assembly Templates 182
Screw Calculation 313
Screw Connection New Part Front
View 186
Screw Diameter Estimation 183
Select a Blind Hole 195
Select a Cylindrical Pin 197
Select a Nut 316
Select a Row 314
Select a Screw 171, 314
Select Graph 268, 282
Select Part Size 199, 288
Select Template 100, 236, 362, 379
Set Value 221, 229
Shaft Calculation 262
Shaft Generator 239
Sort 227
Standard Parts Database 35
Switch Representation of Standard
Parts 202
Template Description 47
Torque 267
Type of Follower 344
View 125, 132
diameter dimensions 28
dimensions 19, 27–29, 112–113, 135,
137, 142–144, 367, 372, 375–376
aligned 27–28
angular 142
automatic 137
baseline 135
breaks 19, 144
contours 112
deviations 113
diameter 28
horizontal linear 28
jogged radius 28
multi edit 135, 143
parametric 367, 372
radial 376
radius 28
reference 375
rotated 28
vertical linear 29
distance snaps 99
distributed loads 275, 327
drawing borders 38, 144, 364, 383
Drawing Borders with Title Block dialog
box 145, 364, 383
drawing views 364, 367, 377, 383–384
export to AutoCAD 377
insert drawing borders 364, 383
drawings 44, 46–48, 135
borders 135
default templates 48
layers 44
limits 44, 46
new 47
templates 44, 46
drill bushings 20
durability calculations 328
dynamic calculations 235
dynamic dragging 167, 235, 299
E
edge symbols 20
Edit Attributes dialog box 145
Export Drawing Views dialog box 377
export drawing views to AutoCAD 377
extension springs 21, 299
external reference components 82, 87,
89
external threads 21
F
fatigue factors 259
FEA (Finite Element Analysis) 327
FEA 2D Calculation dialog box 330
FEA 2D Isolines (Isoareas) dialog box 333
FEA Configuration dialog box 330
feature control frame symbols 21
feature identifier symbols 21
Fillet Radius dialog box 108
fillets 22, 108, 235
filters for parts lists 231, 233
finite element analysis (FEA) 327
fits 22, 135, 143
fits lists 147
fixed supports 259, 275, 327, 331
fixed supports on shafts 264
Index | 401