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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
■ When geometry is hidden, AutoCAD Mechanical knows it is a component
in the mechanical structure, and provides a tooltip with the name and
view of the component.
Autodesk Inventor Companion Support
Autodesk
®
Inventor
™
companion support redefines the meaning of 3D to 2D
interoperability. Use the companion functionality to:
■ Access and associatively document native 3D part models without the
presence of Autodesk Inventor.
■ Visualize part models, examine and use part properties such as material,
name, and number.
■ Associatively document part models using precision hidden-line removed
projections, dimensions, and annotations.
■ Link to the native Autodesk Inventor part models automatically notifies
you of changes and enables updating of views and annotations to keep
your drawing up-to-date.
2D Design Productivity
These features increase productivity and reduce the number of steps needed
to complete mechanical designs:
■ AutoCAD Mechanical provides an intelligent, customizable layer
management system that puts objects on the appropriate layers
automatically.
■ Entities that are not on the current layer group, or entities that are on a
locked layer group can be displayed in a different color to reduce screen
clutter.
■ 2D hidden-line calculations are based on defined foreground and
background objects. You can choose hidden line representation types.
■ Auto detailing creates detailed drawings of individual components from
an assembly drawing.
■ One set of power commands is used to create, update, and edit objects.
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