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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
supports 300
surface texture symbols 37
Switch Representation of Standard Parts
dialog box 240
symbols 23–24, 37
edge 23
feature control frame 24
feature identifier 24
surface texture 37
symmetrical lines 37
T
tangent definitions for chains 331
taper pins 37
tapped holes 37
blind 37
through 37
Template Description dialog box 61
templates, drawings 56, 60, 62
text styles 36, 38
thread ends 38
threads on shafts 290
through holes 38
through slots 39
tightening properties in screw
calculations 368
title block attributes 454
title blocks 29, 39, 170
tolerances 29, 145, 170
toolbutton command access 5
Torque dialog box 307
torque rotation angles 34
torsion moments 34
torsion springs 39, 342
trace contours 39
tracking lines 254
translate text 26
trims 141
Type of Follower dialog box 390
U
undercuts 39
V
view components 76
View dialog box 158, 167
viewports 27, 40, 152–153, 156
views 104, 128, 152, 156, 166, 289, 414,
418, 432–433, 436, 441
annotation 104
associative 166
base 433
breakout section 436
detail 128, 156
drawing 414, 432
isometric 441
multiple for assembly files 436
orthogonal 418
scales 152
sides of shafts 289
virtual intersections 31
Visibility Enhancement dialog box 123
W
washers 35, 40, 361
weld symbols 41
woodruff keys 35
working layers 56, 114, 152
X
xref components 96, 101, 103
xrefs 41
Y
yield points of stress 300
Z
z coordinate 31
zigzag lines 41
zigzag lines for shaft ends 35
zoom 40
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