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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
Index
A
acceleration 353
angular dimensions 151
annotation views 53, 92
associative
hide 95
views 139
Autodesk Inventor link option 374
Autodesk Inventor linked models
base views 381, 399
breakout section views 402, 405
isometric views 407
multiple views 402
orthogonal views 384
shade and rotate 376, 393
update 412
Automatic Dimensioning dialog box 145
automatic dimensions 145
B
balloons 215, 221, 401
base layers 45, 125
base views
for assembly files 399
for part files 381
baseline dimensions 143
Beam Calculation dialog box 290
bearing calculations 247, 264
Belleville spring washers 309
Belt and Chain Length Calculation dialog
box 297
bending moments 269, 285
bills of material 215
blind holes 204
BOM databases 215, 222
border conditions in stress
calculations 342
break dimensions 153
breakout section views, assembly
files 402, 405
breaks in shafts 258
browser
mechanical 53
C
calculations on bearings 264
Cam Design and Calculation dialog
box 355, 358, 365, 368
cams 353
centerlines 143, 209
centroids 288
chains 306
calculations 295
length calculations 297
partitions 295
pitch diameters 295
roller 295
sprockets 295
chamfers 247, 257
Change Title Block Entry dialog
box 379, 398
command summary 13
components
external reference 84, 89, 91
externalize local 91
ghost 82
insert views of external 86
mechanical structure 53
mechanical structure folders 53
restructure 83
view 64
compression springs 309
construction lines 101, 105, 175, 210
Construction Lines dialog box 106
contact areas in screw calculations 332
contours
backgrounds and foregrounds 159,
175
Index | 413