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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
Index
A
acceleration 388
adjusting rings 16
angular dimensions 30, 177
annotation views 66, 104
associative 106, 166
hide 106
views 166
Autodesk Inventor link option 408
Autodesk Inventor linked models 409,
415, 418, 427, 433, 436, 439,
441, 446
base views 415, 433
breakout section views 436, 439
isometric views 441
multiple views 436
orthogonal views 418
shade and rotate 409, 427
update 446
Automatic Dimensioning dialog box 172
automatic dimensions 171
B
balloons 244, 249, 435
base layers 56, 114, 152
base views 415, 433
for assembly files 433
for part files 415
baseline dimensions 170
Beam Calculation dialog box 322
bearing calculations 278, 294
bearings, plain 29
belleville spring washers 17, 342
Belt and Chain Length Calculation dialog
box 330
belts 19
bending moments 34, 300, 318
bills of material 17, 244
blind holes 17, 39, 231
blind slots 18, 39
bolts 33
BOM databases 17, 244, 250
border conditions in stress
calculations 374
break dimensions 22, 179
breakout section views, assembly
files 436, 439
breaks in shafts 288
browser 66
mechanical 66
C
calculations on bearings 17, 294
Cam Design and Calculation dialog
box 389, 393, 399, 403
cams 388
centerholes 19
centerlines 170, 237
centroids 320
chains 19, 327–329, 338
calculations 327
length calculations 329
partitions 328
pitch diameters 328
roller 328
sprockets 328
chamfers 278, 287
Change Title Block Entry dialog
box 413, 432
circlips 24
clevis pins 19
command access methods 5
command summary 16
components 66, 76, 94–96, 98, 101, 103
external reference 96, 101, 103
externalize local 103
ghost 94
insert views of external 98
mechanical structure 66
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