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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Part I Overview
- 01 About AutoCAD Mechanical
- AutoCAD Mechanical Software Package
- Leveraging Legacy Data
- Starting AutoCAD Mechanical
- Accessing AutoCAD Mechanical Commands
- 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 Companion Support
- 2D Design Productivity
- Engineering Calculations
- Machinery Systems Generators
- Intelligent Production Drawing and Detailing
- Detailing Productivity
- Annotations
- Standard Mechanical Content
- Standard Parts Tools
- Collaboration
- 02 Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical
- 03 New and Revised Commands
- 01 About AutoCAD Mechanical
- Part II Design and Annotation Tools
- 04 Working with Templates
- 05 Using Mechanical Structure
- 06 Working with Layers and Layer Groups
- 07 Designing Levers
- 08 Working with Model Space and Layouts
- 09 Dimensioning
- 10 Working with 2D Hide and 2D Steel Shapes
- 11 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
- 12 Working with BOMs and Parts Lists
- 13 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
- 14 Calculating Shafts
- Part III Engineering Calculations
- Part IV Autodesk Inventor Link
- Appendix A Layer Specifications
- Appendix B Title Block Attributes
- Appendix C Accelerator and Shortcut Keys
- Index
Calculating Moments of Inertia and Deflection Lines . . . . . . . . . 318
Calculating Moments of Inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Calculating Deflection Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Chapter 16
Calculating Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Chain Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Performing Length Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Optimizing Chain Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Inserting Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Inserting Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Chapter 17
Calculating Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Calculating Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Starting Spring Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Specifying Spring Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Calculating and Selecting Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Inserting Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Creating Views of Springs with Power View . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Chapter 18
Calculating Screw Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Methods for Calculating Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Using Stand Alone Screw Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Selecting and Specifying Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Selecting and Specifying Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Selecting and Specifying Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Specifying Plate Geometry and Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Specifying Contact Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Specifying Loads and Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Specifying Settlement Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Specifying Tightening Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Creating and Inserting Result Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Chapter 19
Calculating Stress Using FEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
2D FEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Calculating Stress In Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Defining Loads and Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Calculating Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Evaluating and Refining Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Refining Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Recalculating Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
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