2009

Index
A
active analysis 100
active project 111, 115
adaptive work planes 158
Analyze Interference tool 173
angle constraint 150
Application Options dialog box 3
assemblies 134–137, 140, 145, 153–154,
157, 160, 165, 173, 178
animating 178
bills of material (BOMs) 140
browser 135
components, creating in place 157
constraining 134, 145, 154
constraints, viewing 153
interference, checking 173
restructuring 137
structures 136
subassemblies, creating 160
tips for working with 140
visibility of components 136
work features, using 165
assembly browser 135, 138
displays, controlling 138
assembly components 136, 138–139,
141, 143–145, 157, 160, 162,
166, 175, 178
animating movements 178
color styles, defining 139
constraining 145
creating 157, 160
demoting and promoting 136
dragging 143, 175
grounded 144
moving and rotating 145
patterns, associative 162
placed 144
promoting 138
replacing 166
visibility, controlling 136
assembly coordinate system 133
Auto Dimension tool 39, 45
Autodesk Mechanical Desktop files,
importing 14
Autodesk Vault 292
Auxiliary View dialog box 228
auxiliary views in drawings 220, 228
B
Balloons tool 240
base features 55, 158
base views in drawings 221–222, 232
Baseline Dimension tool 239
bills of material (BOMs) 140
bottom-up assembly design 132
break out views in drawings 220
Broken View dialog box 231
broken views in drawings 220, 231
C
Camera View tools 11
Caterpillar annotation tool 241
center marks in drawings 240, 247, 256
centerlines in drawings 240, 256
Chamfer dialog box 76
chamfer features 69, 75
circular patterns 90, 95
coil features 58
Coil tool 63
command aliases 5
Comments feedback link in Help 19
component patterns 162
components, dragging into
assemblies 143
composite iMates 153
Constraint tool 147
constraints 32–34, 36–37, 134, 145, 147–
148, 150–154, 178
angle 150
assemblies 134, 145
Index | 293