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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
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
2D FEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Calculating Stress In Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Defining Loads and Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Calculating Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Evaluating and Refining Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Refining Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Recalculating Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Chapter 18
Designing and Calculating Cams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Designing and Calculating Cams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Starting Cam Designs and Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Defining Motion Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Calculating Strength for Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Exporting Cam Data and Viewing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Autodesk Inventor Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Chapter 19 Using Autodesk Inventor Link Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Linking Autodesk Inventor Part Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Shading and Rotating Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Inserting Drawing Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Creating Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Working with Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Exporting Drawing Views to AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Linking Autodesk Inventor Assembly Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Accessing Parts from the Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Accessing iProperties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Inserting Drawing Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Creating Parts Lists and Balloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Creating Breakout Section Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Modifying Breakout Section Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Removing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Updating Autodesk Inventor Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
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