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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
Using Libraries to Insert Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configuring Snap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Creating Construction Lines (C-Lines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Creating additional C-Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Creating Contours and Applying Fillets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Trimming Projecting Edges on Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Applying Hatch Patterns to Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Dimensioning Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Creating and Dimensioning Detail Views . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Chapter 6
Working with Model Space and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Working with Model Space and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Creating Scale Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Creating Detail Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Generating New Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Inserting Holes Within Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Creating Subassemblies in New Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Chapter 7
Dimensioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Adding Dimensions to Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Adding Multiple Dimensions Simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Editing Dimensions with Power Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Breaking Dimension Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Inserting Drawing Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Inserting Fits Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 8
Working with 2D Hide and 2D Steel Shapes . . . . . . . . . . 151
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Working with 2D Hide and 2D Steel Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Opening the initial drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Defining 2D Hide Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Inserting 2D Steel Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Modifying Steel Shapes Using Power Commands . . . . . . . . . 159
Editing 2D Hide Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Copying and Moving 2D Hide Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Chapter 9
Working with Standard Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Working with Standard Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Inserting Screw Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Copying Screw Connections with Power Copy . . . . . . . . . . 176
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