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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
Chapter 20 Designing and Calculating Cams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Designing and Calculating Cams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Starting Cam Designs and Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Defining Motion Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Calculating Strength for Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Exporting Cam Data and Viewing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Autodesk Inventor Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Chapter 21 Using Autodesk Inventor Link Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Linking Autodesk Inventor Part Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Shading and Rotating Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Inserting Drawing Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Creating Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Working with Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Exporting Drawing Views to AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Linking Autodesk Inventor Assembly Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Accessing Parts from the Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Accessing iProperties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Inserting Drawing Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Creating Parts Lists & Balloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Creating Breakout Section Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Modifying Breakout Section Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Removing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Updating Autodesk Inventor Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Appendix A
Layer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Layer Specification Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Appendix B
Title Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Attributes for Title Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Attribute Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Curly Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Message Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Appendix C
Accelerator and Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Accelerator Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
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