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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Part 1 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
- Part 2 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
- Part 3 Engineering Calculations
- Part 4 Autodesk Inventor Link
- Index
Note that CYLINDER:1 is an xref component in all instances of the
GRIPPER component.
Annotation Views
In some cases, externalizing to detail may be considered excessive. Mechanical
Structure provides for creating Annotation Views, an associative view of a
component purely for the purpose of detailing. Annotation views have no
effect on the BOM.
In the next exercise, you create an annotation view for the LEVER component.
To create an annotation view
1 In the Mechanical Browser, expand one of the Gripper components and
right-click LEVER:1
2 Select New ➤ Annotation View.
3 Respond to the prompts as follows:
Enter annotation view name <LEVER(AV1)>: Press ENTER
Select placement location
[Modelspace/existing Layout/ New layout] <existing Layout>:
Press ENTER
Enter existing layout name <Layout1>: Press ENTER
Enter scale or [Calculate] <1:2>: Press ENTER
--- Switch to Paperspace ---
Restoring cached viewports - Regenerating layout.
Create labels for all subviews [Yes/No] <No>: Press ENTER
Specify base point:
Select a point at the center of the A3 paper for the annotation views
Specify the insertion point or [change Base point/Rotate
90/select next View/Done] <Done>:
Select a point below and to the right of the point you clicked on previously
Specify rotation angle <0>: Press ENTER
Specify the insertion point or [change Base point/Rotate
90/select next View/Done] <Done>:
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