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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
Chapter 2 Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Design and Annotation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 3 Working with Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Working with Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting Mechanical Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Specifying Drawing Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Saving Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting Default Standards Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 4
Using Mechanical Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Working with Mechanical Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Creating Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Modifying Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Nesting Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Instance vs. Occurrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selection Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Components and Component Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Creating Part Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Creating Assembly Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Modifying Assembly Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using Folders with Component Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Mechanical Browser Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Mechanical Browser and BOMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Browser Restructure and Ghost Components . . . . . . . . . . . 78
External Reference Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Inserting External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Editing External Components In-place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Localizing and Externalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Annotation Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Associative Hide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Basics of AMSHIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using AMSHIDE in Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 5
Designing Levers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Extending Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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