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Course Description
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.
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Introduction
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| AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 | (03:23) | ||
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Getting Started
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| Using STARTUP | (02:38) | ||
| The Mechanical User Interface | (04:31) | ||
| The Application Menu | (03:31) | ||
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Getting Around
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| 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) | ||
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Standards Based Design
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| Using Standards | (06:16) | ||
| Setting Up a Standard | (04:44) | ||
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Mechanical Layers & Layer Control
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| Layers | (02:55) | ||
| Layer Control | (04:01) | ||
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Workflows
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| Structuring Data in Drawings | (04:12) | ||
| Reusing & Editing Data | (05:30) | ||
| Workflows & Tools | (05:51) | ||
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Creating Key Geometry
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| 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) | ||
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Manipulating Geometry
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| 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) | ||
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Mechanical Part Generators
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| 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) | ||
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Drawing Sheets
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| 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) | ||
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Page Setup Manager
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| 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) | ||
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Viewports
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| 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) | ||
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Dimensioning & Annotating
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| Annotation & Symbols | (04:01) | ||
| Creating Dimensions | (05:33) | ||
| Editing Dimensions | (02:49) | ||
| Hole Charts & Fit Lists | (04:01) | ||
| Editing Hole Charts & Fit Lists | (03:16) | ||
| Revision Lists | (05:19) | ||
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BOMs / Parts & Balloons
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| 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) | ||
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Leveraging Existing Data
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| Removing Mechanical Content | (05:34) | ||
| IGES In | (02:28) | ||
| IGES Out | (02:49) | ||
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Options For the CAD Manager
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| 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) | ||
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Conclusion
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| Wrap Up | (03:02) | ||
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Credits
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| About the Author | (00:55) | ||
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| Course: | Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2010: Basic Concepts |
| Author: | Shaun Bryant |
| SKU: | 34082 |
| ISBN: | 1-935320-97-1 |
| Release Date: | 2010-01-19 |
| Duration: | 7 hrs / 99 tutorials |
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| Captions: | No |
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