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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
DescriptionCommand NameIcon
Switches between the top-down and bottom-
up geometry selection modes.
AMSSMODE
Displays the Content Manager.AMSTDPLIBEDIT
NOTE This command is superseded by the
AMCONTENTMANAGER command.
Defines how selected parts and features from
the content library are represented in the
drawing.
AMSTDPREP
Inserts a steel shape from the content library.AMSTLSHAP2D
Imports dimension styles from another draw-
ing.
AMSTYLEI
Changes the text style to italics.AMSTYLEITAL
Changes the text style to italics.AMSTYLEITAL
Sets the current text style to SIMPLEX.AMSTYLESIMP
Sets the current text style to SIMPLEX.AMSTYLESIMP
Sets the current text style to STANDARD.AMSTYLESTAND
Sets the current text style to USER1.AMSTYLETEXT
Creates a surface texture symbol and attaches
it to an object in the drawing area.
AMSURFSYM
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