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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
Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2
Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 3
New and Revised Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Revised Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
AMBALLOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
AMBOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
AMOPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
AMPARTLIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
AMPARTREF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
AMPARTREFEDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
AMPOWERDIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
AMSCATLOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
AMSCREATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
AMSEXTERNALIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
AMSINSERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
AMSLOCALIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
AMSNEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
AMSTLSHAP2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
AMSURFSYM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
AMWELDSYMBOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
New Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
AMBROWSEROPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
AMBROWSERCLOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
AMSCATALOGOPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
AMSCATALOGCLOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
AMSNAVMODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Design and Annotation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 4 Working with Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Working with Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting Up Starting Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Setting Mechanical Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Specifying Drawing Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Saving Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting Default Standards Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 5
Using Mechanical Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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