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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
To edit an xref component in place
1 In the Mechanical Browser, double-click Gripper ➤ Front to activate it.
Notice that locks appear on all instances of the gripper in the Mechanical
Browser. This indicates that the source file containing the gripper is now
locked and no one else can modify it.
2 Start the Chamfer command.
Ribbon
Content Edit tab ➤ Modify panel ➤ Chamfer.
Modify ➤ Chamfer
Menu
AMCHAM2DCommand
3 Respond to the prompts as shown:
Select first object or [Polyline/Setup/Dimension]: <Setup>
Press ENTER
4 In the Chamfer dialog box, select 10 as the first and second chamfer
lengths, and click OK
5 Respond to the prompts as shown:
Select first object or [Polyline/Setup/Dimension]: <Setup>
Select the left vertical line of the gripper lever (1)
Select second object or <Return for polyline>:
Select the lower horizontal line of the gripper lever (2)
Select object to create original length: Press ESC
6 In the Mechanical Browser, double-click a vacant area to reset activation.
Note that although the xref component view is no longer the active edit
target, the gripper continues to be locked.
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