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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
N
NC (numerical control) 341
Nominal Diameter dialog box 129
notches and stress calculations 260
numerical control (NC) 341
nuts 26
O
o-rings 33
object snap modes 29
object snaps 102
objects 52
mechanical structure 52
occurrences 52, 59
compared with instances 59
in mechanical structure 52
Options dialog box 44
orthogonal views for part files 370
outer shaft contours 33
P
Page Setup - Layout dialog box 365, 384
Page Setup Manager dialog box 365, 384
parallel keys 34
part information 207
Part Ref Attributes dialog box 207, 210,
214
part references 27, 205, 207
partitions in chains 285
parts layers 24, 43
Parts List dialog box 219
parts lists 26, 206, 216, 223, 227, 231,
385
defined 206
filters 231
merge rows 223
sort 227
split rows 223
pins 197
pitch diameters in chains 285
plain bearings 27
plain rivets 27
plugs 27, 33
point forces 260, 276
Point Load dialog box 266
polylines 107
power commands 100, 159
Power Copy 168, 176, 299
Power Dimensioning 100, 120, 135
Power Dimensioning dialog box 113,
117, 130
Power Edit 168, 186, 300, 327, 336
Power Erase 136, 168, 192, 224
Power Recall 168
Power Snap Settings dialog box 102, 238
Power View 168, 189, 309
precision in dimensions 113
profiles in shafts 244
property class for screws 315
pulleys 17, 35
Pulleys and Sprockets dialog box 291
R
radial dimensions 376
radius dimensions 28
radius reflection lines 236
rectangles 30
reference dimensions 375
reference points 30
relative points 30
representations of standard parts 35,
168, 201
resolution in cam calculations 342
restructure components 81
result blocks in screw calculations 326
retaining rings 22
revision lists 31
rivets 18, 27
countersunk 18
plain 27
roller bearings 31
roller chains 285
rotate tool 364, 379
rotated linear dimensions 28
S
Save Drawing As dialog box 46
Index | 403