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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
Creating Screw Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Editing Screw Connections with Power Edit . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Working with Power View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Deleting with Power Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Inserting Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Inserting Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Turning Off Centerlines in Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Hiding Construction Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Simplifying Representations of Standard Parts . . . . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 10
Working with BOMs and Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Working with Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Inserting Part References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Editing Part References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Placing Balloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Creating Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Merging and Splitting Items In Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Collecting Balloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Sorting and Renumbering Items In Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . 227
Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Chapter 11
Creating Shafts with Standard Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Creating Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Configuring Snap Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Configuring Shaft Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Creating Cylindrical Shaft Sections and Gears . . . . . . . . . . 240
Inserting Spline Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Inserting Chamfers and Fillets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Inserting Shaft Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Creating Side Views of Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Inserting Threads on Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Editing Shafts and Inserting Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Replacing Shaft Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Inserting Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Engineering Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Chapter 12 Calculating Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Calculating Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Creating Shaft Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Specifying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
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