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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 Deleting a balloon in the drawing doesn't delete any data. Data is lost only
if you delete a part reference. You can add more than one balloon to a part
reference. For example, you can create a balloon with the same item number for
the same part in another view.
To add an additional leader
1 Select the remaining balloon 1.
2 Right-click to display the shortcut menu. Select Add Leader and respond
to the prompts as follows:
Select object to attach: Select the left bearing
Next point (or F for first point): Select a point inside the balloon 1
The leader is added and your drawing should look like the following:
Save your file.
Collecting Balloons
You can collect balloons to place balloons of related parts to one leader line.
For example, you can place the balloons of a screw and a nut to one common
leader line.
Use Zoom Window to zoom in the top view of the drawing.
View tab ➤ Navigate panel ➤ Zoom drop-down ➤
Window.
Ribbon
View ➤ Zoom ➤ Window
Menu
ZOOMCommand
To collect balloons
1 Start the AMBALLOON command.
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