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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 file with predefined settings to use for new drawings. How-
ever, any drawing can be used as a template.
template
A title block contains a series of attributes. Some already have
values. The preassigned values can be modified, and the vacant
attributes can be completed with new values.
title block
A scaled view of the model defined in a layout.viewport
The scale of the base drawing relative to the model scale. Also,
the scale of dependent views relative to the base view.
view scale
Linking Autodesk Inventor Part Files
With Autodesk Inventor link support, you can create views of Autodesk
Inventor part files while maintaining full model to drawing associativity.
Note: You can perform the exercises in this chapter only if AutoCAD
Mechanical is installed with the Install Autodesk Inventor link option
enabled. Also, before you begin the exercises, download and install Visual
Basic for Applications (VBA) at http://autodesk.com/vba-download.
To link an Autodesk Inventor part file
1 Open the Inventor part file.
Ribbon
➤ New ➤ Inventor Link
File ➤ New Inventor Link
Menu
NEWCommand
2 In the Select template dialog box, select the template am_ansi.dwt, then
click Open.
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