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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
M
Material dialog box 273
Material Properties dialog box 274
material properties for screws 326
Material Type dialog box 290
mechanical browser 53, 74
restructure 78
usage with Bill of Materials 76
mechanical options 46
mechanical structure 53–54
enable 55, 249
folders 53, 56
hide situations 95
mesh in stress calculations 345–346
model space 126, 132
module values in shafts 253
moments of inertia 285
motion diagrams for cams 353
movable supports 269, 286, 339, 343
movable supports on shafts 275
multi edit dimensions 143, 152
N
NC (numerical control) 353
Nominal Diameter dialog box 135
notches and stress calculations 269
numerical control (NC) 353
O
object snaps 104
objects
mechanical structure 54
occurrences
compared with instances 61
in mechanical structure 54
Options dialog box 46
orthogonal views for part files 384
P
Page Setup - Layout dialog box 378, 398
Page Setup Manager dialog box 377, 398
part information 217
Part Ref Attributes dialog box 218, 220,
226
part references 215, 217
partitions in chains 295
parts layers 45
Parts List dialog box 230
parts lists 227
defined 216
filters 243
merge rows 233
sort 238
split rows 234
pins 207
pitch diameters in chains 295
point forces 270, 286
Point Load dialog box 276
polylines 110
power commands 102, 167
Power Copy 176, 184, 309
Power Dimensioning 102, 126, 143
Power Dimensioning dialog box 118,
122, 137
Power Edit 176, 195, 309, 339, 348
Power Erase 144, 176, 201, 235
Power Recall 176
Power Snap Settings dialog box 105, 250
Power View 176, 198, 320
precision in dimensions 118
profiles in shafts 256
property class for screws 327
Pulleys and Sprockets dialog box 302
R
radial dimensions 390
radius reflection lines 248
reference dimensions 389
representations of standard parts 176,
211
resolution in cam calculations 353
restructure components 83
result blocks in screw calculations 338
roller chains 295
rotate tool 376, 393
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