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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
scale areas 33, 152–153
scale monitors 152
scale of viewports, default 40
Screw Assembly Grip Representation -
Front View dialog box 209
Screw Assembly Templates dialog
box 34, 218
Screw Calculation dialog box 358
Screw Connection dialog box 33, 205,
214, 219
Screw Connection New Part Front View
dialog box 223
screw connections 33
Screw Diameter Estimation dialog
box 219
screws 33, 213, 219, 356, 358–359, 361,
364–365, 367–368, 370
calculations 356
connections 356
contact areas 364
loads and bending moments 365
material properties 358
precalculations 219
property class 359
result blocks 370
settlement properties 367
stand-alone calculations 356
templates 213
tightening properties 368
washers 361
scripts 34
sealing rings 34
Select a Blind Hole dialog box 232
Select a Cylindrical Pin dialog box 234
Select a Nut dialog box 360
Select a Row dialog box 358
Select a Screw dialog box 205, 358
Select Graph dialog box 308, 324
Select Part Size dialog box 236, 330
Select Template dialog box 129, 279,
409, 427
Set Value dialog box 260, 269
settlement properties in screw
calculations 367
Shaft Calculation dialog box 303
Shaft Generator dialog box 281
shafts 34–35, 39, 278, 283, 286, 288–
290, 292, 301, 308
breaks 278, 288
calculations 301, 308
commands that act on 39
contours 34
cylinders 283
generator 278, 301
lock nuts 35
module values 283
profiles 286
safety factors 34
side views 289
slopes 292
threads 290
shim rings 35
shortcuts 458
simple welds 35
slopes on shafts 292
slots, through 39
snap distance for balloons 254
snap settings 30, 131–132
Sort dialog box 268
sort parts lists 267
springs 17, 20, 23, 39, 341–342, 345
belleville 342
calculations 341–342, 345
compression 342
extension 342
layouts 345
torsion 342
sprockets 19, 36, 328, 333
stability calculations 372
standard parts 30, 203
Standard Parts Database dialog box 36
steel shapes 36, 186, 190, 193
step width in cam calculations 388
Strength Calculation dialog box 312
strength calculations for shafts 300, 311
stress calculations 24, 300, 372
stress divisions 382
stress representations 380
stress tables 379
stress yield points 300
structure catalog 33
supporting forces 34
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