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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
DescriptionCommand NameIcon
Draws a construction line through a specified
point that is a perpendicular to the direction
specified by another point or angle.
AMCONSTLOT2
Draws a construction line parallel to an exist-
ing line at a specified distance.
AMCONSTPAR
Draws a construction line parallel to an exist-
ing line and bisects the distance between the
AMCONSTPAR2
selected line and a specified point or a spe-
cified distance.
Switches between construction lines that ex-
tend to infinity in both directions or lines that
extend in one direction only.
AMCONSTSWI
Draws two parallel construction lines that are
tangential to a specified circle.
AMCONSTTAN
Draws two construction lines that are tangen-
tial to two specified circles.
AMCONSTTC
Draws a vertical construction line.AMCONSTVER
Draws a construction line through a point,
which extends to infinity in both directions.
AMCONSTXLINE
Draws a construction line starting from a point
and extends to infinity in one direction.
AMCONSTXRAY
Draws a construction line along the z axis.AMCONSTZ
Creates new content from scratch, the current
drawing, or by selecting a block definition in
the current drawing.
AMCONTENTADD
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