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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
Using AMSHIDE in Assemblies
In this section, you create a hide situation on an assembly and save it to the
appropriate position in the mechanical structure.
To open the sample files
■ Open the file Tut_Robot_Arm.dwg in the tutorials folder.
None.Ribbon
File ➤ Open...
Menu
OPENCommand
NOTE The path to the tutorials folder is;
■ Windows Vista: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Autodesk\ACADM
2010\Acadm\Tutorial
■ Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared
Documents\Autodesk\ACADM 2010\Acadm\Tutorial
The drawing contains an assembly of a robotic arm, and has external
references to the gripper assembly you created during the exercise for
external references.
To create a hide situation between the gripper and the axis of the robotic
arm
1 Start the Associative Hide command.
Ribbon
Home tab ➤ Draw Tools panel ➤ Hide Situation
drop-down ➤ Create.
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