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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
DefinitionTerm
A feature that makes it possible to store parts such as blocks
and drawings in a library. For every inserted part, an icon can
library
be created. The icon is put in the display section on the right
side of the dialog box along with an assigned name.
A collective term for the Power Copy, Power Recall, Power
Edit, Power Dimensioning, Power Erase, and Power View
commands.
power command
Power Dimensioning is a very useful tool for generating linear,
radial and diameter dimensions, which minimizes the number
Power Dimensioning
of the individual actions required while generating a dimen-
sion. Power Dimensioning selects the type of linear dimension
(horizontal, vertical, or aligned), based on the selected point,
and the dimensions of the drawing can have a uniform style
using the distance snap.
Extending Designs
First, you start a new drawing template with ISO standard. Then you load the
initial drawing using the Library.
To open a template
1 Open a new drawing.
Ribbon
➤ New ➤ Drawing
File ➤ New
Menu
NEWCommand
The Select template dialog box opens.
2 In the Select template dialog box, select the template am_iso.dwt.
This opens a new drawing template. Now you insert the drawing from
the library.
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