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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Get Familiar with the Work Area
- 3 Drawing Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical
- 4 Modify Drawings with Power Commands
- 5 Generate Standard Parts
- 6 Organize Objects with Layers
- 7 Create Hidden Lines
- 8 Reusable Detailing Tools
- 9 Power Dimensions
- 10 Add Part Lists and Balloons
- 11 International Drafting Standards
- Index
Generate Standard Parts
Manufacturing designs often include standard parts and features. These standard parts can
include screws, nuts, washers, pins, rivets, bushings, and others. It is typically to find standard
parts collected and published in libraries, and AutoCAD
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Mechanical includes several such
libraries. With AutoCAD Mechanical, you can insert standard parts from installed parts libraries
directly into your drawings. If you cannot find any industry-standard part in the parts library
for your design requirements, create custom parts and add them to your libraries as well.
AutoCAD Mechanical also includes many commonly used features such as undercuts, keyways,
pre-drawn holes, blind holes, oblong holes, countersink holes, and counterbore holes. As
with standard parts, you can add these elements easily into your designs.
This chapter describes how to generate standard parts for a sealed shaft unit.
Standard Parts Content
This lesson shows you how to select and use industry-standard parts for your
design. AutoCAD Mechanical includes standard part libraries from 18
manufacturers (AFNOR, ANSI, AS, BSI, CNS, CSN, DIN, GB, GOST, IS, ISO, JIS,
KS, PN, SFS, SS, STN, and UNI). To use standard parts from a manufacturer,
select that manufacturer during installation.
Selected Standards
■ Click Content tab ➤ Library panel ➤ Content Libraries .
■ The Content Library panel appears. You can see the installed standard
content in the Content pane.
■ Use this Content Library to search for your required standard parts. You can
also move the commonly used standard parts to the Favorites pane for easy
access.
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