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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
DefinitionTerm
A folder nested under a component that contains the geometry
for a particular view of that component.
component view
folder
A description of a folder, component, or view that AutoCAD
Mechanical saves in the database, similar to a block definition.
definition
The graphical elements of a drawing that represent the shape
and size of a part or assembly.
elemental geometry
A unit of elemental geometry.free object (as used
in the Create Hide
Situation dialog box)
The graphical elements of a drawing that represent the shape
and size of a part or assembly.
geometry
Geometry that is included in a hide situation.hidden geometry
An iteration of a definition as it appears in mechanical structure.instance
Used variously to describe any item in mechanical structure,
whether a component, folder, or geometry.
object
Placement of a component, usually in multiple-level assemblies,
where a component is replicated as a result of multiple place-
ments of a single part or subassembly.
occurrence
Working with Mechanical Structure
Mechanical structure is a set of tools used to organize data for reuse. Structure
is graphically represented by a tree called the Mechanical Browser.
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