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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
parametric 380, 386
radial 390
reference 389
distance snaps 101
distributed loads 285, 339
drawing borders 154, 376, 397
Drawing Borders with Title Block dialog
box 154, 377, 398
drawing views 380, 399
export to AutoCAD 391
insert drawing borders 376, 397
drawings
borders 143
default templates 51
layers 46
limits 46–47
new 50
templates 45, 48
durability calculations 340
dynamic calculations 247
dynamic dragging 175, 247, 309
E
Edit Attributes dialog box 155
Export Drawing Views dialog box 391
export drawing views to AutoCAD 391
extension springs 309
external reference components 84, 89,
91
F
fatigue factors 269
FEA (Finite Element Analysis) 339
FEA 2D Calculation dialog box 342
FEA 2D Isolines (Isoareas) dialog box 345
FEA Configuration dialog box 342
Fillet Radius dialog box 112
fillets 112, 247
filters for parts lists 243, 245
finite element analysis (FEA) 339
fits 143, 152
fits lists 156
fixed supports 269, 285, 339, 343
fixed supports on shafts 275
folders
instances of 58
mechanical structure 53, 73
modify 56
G
Gear dialog box 276
gears 248, 269
geometry in structure 54
ghost components 82
H
hatch patterns 116
hidden lines 159
hide situations
associative 95
in mechanical structure 95
holes
add notes 388
blind 204
countersunk 175
I
instances
compared to occurrences 61
in mechanical structure 54
isoareas in calculations 345
isolines in stress calculations 345
L
Layer Control dialog box 139
layer groups 45, 125
layouts 125–126
leaders 227, 236
length calculations for chains 297
libraries for storage 102
lines
deflection 269, 289
List of Filters dialog box 243
load calculations 269, 285, 333, 339
Index | 415