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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
Placing Shaft Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Specifying Loads on Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Calculating and Inserting Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Calculating Strengths of Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Chapter 13
Calculating Moments of Inertia and Deflection Lines . . . . . . 275
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Performing Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Calculating Moments of Inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Calculating Deflection Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Chapter 14
Calculating Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Chain Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Performing Length Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Optimizing Chain Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Inserting Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Inserting Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Chapter 15
Calculating Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Calculating Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Starting Spring Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Specifying Spring Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Calculating and Selecting Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Inserting Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Creating Views of Springs with Power View . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Chapter 16
Calculating Screw Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Methods for Calculating Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Using Stand Alone Screw Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Selecting and Specifying Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Selecting and Specifying Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Selecting and Specifying Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Specifying Plate Geometry and Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Specifying Contact Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Specifying Loads and Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Specifying Settlement Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Specifying Tightening Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Creating and Inserting Result Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Chapter 17
Calculating Stress Using FEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
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