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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
Creating Shaft Contours
Before you can perform any calculations on a shaft, you have to create the
shaft contour.
To create a shaft contour
1 Start the Shaft Calculator.
2 Content tab ➤ Calculation panel drop-down ➤
Shaft Calculation.
Ribbon
Content ➤ Calculations ➤ Shaft Calculation...
Menu
AMSHAFTCALCCommand
3 Respond to the prompts as follows:
Select contour or [Create contour/Strength] <Create>:
Enter C, press ENTER
Select objects: Select the complete shaft
Select objects: Press ENTER
4 In the AutoCAD Question dialog box, click Yes.
5 Respond to the prompts as follows:
Specify contour position: Press ENTER
NOTE The calculation routine recognizes hollow shafts and uses the contour
for the calculation.
After you create the shaft contour, the Shaft Calculation dialog box is
displayed so that you can select the boundary conditions, the material,
and the representation of the calculation results.
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