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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
Opens the Screw Assembly Templates dialog
box.
AMSCREWMACRO2D
Generates scripts.AMSCRIPT
Creates a sealing ring for use under a plug.AMSEALRING2D
Inserts a seal or O-ring with the appropriate
groove in a shaft.
AMSEALS2D
Creates cutting plane lines.AMSECTIONLINE
Directly manipulates the contents of an active
folder or view in the mechanical structure en-
vironment.
AMSEDIT
Sets up a drawing.AMSETUPDWG
Moves a structure component from the cur-
rent drawing to a new drawing file and con-
verts it to an external reference component.
AMSEXTERNALIZE
Creates rotationally symmetric shaft parts and
inner and outer shaft contours.
AMSHAFT2D
Calculates deflection line, bending moment,
torsion moment, supporting force, torque ro-
AMSHAFTCALC
tation angle, equivalent tension, and the
safety factor of shafts.
Creates a zigzag line, a free-hand line, or loop
to represent a shaft end.
AMSHAFTEND
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