AutoCAD Mechanical 2010, written by software vendor Autodesk, is the world’s most widely used 2D mechanical Computer Aided Design (CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate your ideas with ease and efficiency. Creating mechanical designs in AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 is easy! AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 has many new software features that make plotting, publishing and scaling so much easier and quicker. Its new user interface makes commands easy to find and allows users to be trained easily and quickly. This basic concepts course provides you with the skills needed to develop your AutoCAD knowledge to a competent user level, giving you the ability to plot, publish and scale with ease, impressing your customers and colleagues!

* This course uses AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 for the videos and workfiles provided. Some of the ribbon, toolbar and menu settings may differ slightly on previous versions of AutoCAD Mechanical.

Course Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2010: Basic Concepts
Author Shaun Bryant
SKU 34082
ISBN 1-935320-97-1
Release Date 2010-01-19
Duration 7.00 hrs / 99 tutorials
Work files Yes
Price $ 49.95
Retail price $ 99.95
Language
Tags Autodesk, AutoCAD Mechanical, Basic Concepts
 
Introduction
AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 03:23
Using STARTUP 02:38
The Mechanical User Interface 04:31
The Application Menu 03:31
Workspaces 04:04
Common Drawing Setup 04:34
The Model Tab 04:58
Using Units-Imperial 04:22
Using Units-Metric 03:48
Limits & Zoom 04:37
Standards Based Design
Using Standards 06:16
Setting Up a Standard 04:44
Mechanical Layers & Layer Control
Layers 02:55
Layer Control 04:01
Workflows
Structuring Data in Drawings 04:12
Reusing & Editing Data 05:30
Workflows & Tools 05:51
Creating Key Geometry
Core Design Tools-Rectangle 04:45
Core Design Tools-Chamfers 03:15
Core Design Tools-Fillets 03:57
Core Design Tools-Hatch 04:26
Core Design Tools-Polylines & Contours 02:37
Power Snaps 05:03
Centerlines 06:07
Construction Lines 03:50
Designing with Lines 06:24
Hatching Breakouts 01:39
Feature Data For Holes & Slots 05:24
Manipulating Geometry
Editing Tools - Offsetting Objects 05:36
Editing Tools - Joining Entities 03:54
Editing Tools - Breaking Objects 03:52
Editing Tools - Scaling Objects 04:40
Power Commands - Power Edit 04:06
Power Commands - Power Copy 03:50
Power Commands - Power Recall 05:30
Power Commands - Power View 03:54
Associative Hide - Creating 03:05
Associative Hide - Editing 04:12
Associative Hide - Using Structure pt. 1 03:49
Associative Hide - Using Structure pt. 2 02:54
Mechanical Part Generators
Standard Parts Library 05:42
Standard Parts Library Favorites 04:19
Ribbons & Menus 05:49
Screw Components 04:20
Screw Templates 04:12
Part Representations 04:02
Leader Notes 04:41
Chains & Belts 06:12
Shaft Generator 06:11
Drawing Sheets
Modelspace Views in Layouts 05:12
Detail Views in Layouts 05:03
Scale Areas in Modelspace 04:54
Creating Viewports from Scale Areas 04:43
Zooming Viewports to Defined Scales 03:48
Plotting from Modelspace 03:11
Scale Overrides 05:25
Detail Views in Modelspace 05:44
Creating Annotation Views 05:22
Editing Annotation Views 04:14
Title Blocks & Borders 04:25
Creating New Layout 01:49
Layouts from Templates 01:52
Page Setup Manager
Creating a Page Setup 04:28
Model Tab-Page Setups 04:07
Layouts-Page Setups 04:12
Modifying Page Setups 02:57
Importing Page Setups 03:15
Viewports
Default Viewports-Options 03:15
Scale Areas 02:57
Named Views 06:18
Viewports-Model 03:02
Viewports-Layout 02:56
Polygonal Viewports 02:31
Making Viewports from Objects 03:03
Dimensioning & Annotating
Annotation & Symbols 04:01
Creating Dimensions 05:33
Editing Dimensions 02:49
Hole Charts & Fit Lists 04:01
Editing Hole Charts & Fits Lists 03:16
Revision Lists 05:19
BOMs / Parts & Balloons
Part References 05:04
Bills Of Materials (BOMs) 04:31
Inserting Parts Lists 04:12
Inserting Parts Lists Using Structure 04:56
Ballooning Parts 03:54
Leveraging Existing Data
Removing Mechanical Content 05:34
IGES In 02:28
IGES Out 02:49
Options For the CAD Manager
Standards Based Design 04:35
Layer / Text & Symbol Properties pt. 1 01:52
Layer / Text & Symbol Properties pt. 2 05:02
Annotation Tools 03:39
Component Properties & BOM 03:09
Parts Lists 03:57
Balloons 04:08
Content Libraries pt. 1 05:20
Content Libraries pt. 2 02:01
Conclusion
Wrap Up 03:02
Credits
About the Author 00:55

 
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