AutoCAD Mechanical 2011

AutoCAD® Mechanical is AutoCAD® software for manufacturing, purpose-built to accelerate the mechanical design process.

It includes all the functionality of AutoCAD, the world’s leading CAD software, plus a comprehensive set of tools for automating mechanical engineering tasks, such as generating machine components, dimensioning, and creating bills of material.

AutoCAD Mechanical provides a library of more than 700,000 standard parts, supports multiple international design standards, and enables users to quickly detail and document digital prototypes created in Autodesk® Inventor® software.

AutoCAD Mechanical offers engineers a competitive edge by helping save hours of effort, so they can spend time innovating rather than drafting.

 

	Layer Management Spend less time manually changing and manipulating layers. The intelligent layer management system in AutoCAD Mechanical automatically places items on the correct layer, with the correct colour and linetype as users create drawings. Customize layer types based on company requirements, including text and hatching, center, construction and hidden lines, symbols and notes, title borders, and much more.
	Shaft Generator Accelerate shaft drawings and analysis with minimal input and effort. The extensive library of common features and parts makes it easier to finish drawings. The shaft generator creates drawing views of solid and hollow shafts. Add common features such as center holes, chamfers, cones, fillets, grooves, profiles, threads, undercuts, and wrench fittings. In addition, standard parts commonly found in shafts, such as bearings, gears, retaining rings and seals, are supported and conveniently grouped together. Automatically create associated side views and validate the capability of completed shafts with built-in calculated graphs and tables.
	Spring Generator The spring generator is a fast, valuable, and easy-to-use tool that enables users to select, calculate, and insert compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, and Belleville spring washers into a design. Control the representation type of the spring, and create a specification form to incorporate in the drawing. The spring calculator helps users select the right spring on the first try.
	Belt and Chain Generator Quickly and easily create chain and belt assemblies that are based on engineering calculations for optimum performance. Automatically calculate optimal lengths for chains and belts based on user input, and insert these assemblies into a design. Simply select from the standard libraries to get started.
	Cam Generator Quickly design and analyse cams while increasing access to crucial information about the cam’s functionality. The cam generator creates linear, circular, and cylindrical cams based on the input border connections set by the user. Calculate and display acceleration and jerk, as well as the cam curve path. Couple driven elements to the cam, and create computer numerical control (CNC) data via the curve on the path.
	Screw Connections Automate the creation and management of screw connections with this easy-to-use graphical interface that supplies thousands of connection options, while helping users choose the best parts for a design. Create, copy, and edit entire fastener assemblies at one time. Pick the desired type of screw, corresponding washers, and type of nut. Appropriate sizes for nuts, washers and holes are presented depending on the screw selected and material thickness. The hole is added to the part where specified, and the entire fastener assembly is inserted into the hole. All inserted parts are instantly captured by the bill of materials (BOM) in AutoCAD Mechanical.
	Standard Parts, Features, and Holes Produce accurate designs faster with parts from the predrawn standards-based library, saving hours of design time. AutoCAD Mechanical software contains more than 700,000 parts such as screws, nuts, washers, pins, rivets, and bushings. It also includes 100,000 predrawn features such as undercuts, keyways, and thread ends. When users incorporate these features into a design, the feature cleans up the area in which it was inserted to reduce manual cleanup. AutoCAD Mechanical software also contains more than 8,000 predrawn holes, including through, blind, and oblong holes.
	Moment of Inertia, Deflection, and Load Calculations Use built-in engineering calculators to reduce design time and the tedium of manual calculations. Instantly generate many different sets of calculated graphs and tables for screws, bearings, cams, and shafts with minimal additional input. Quickly perform engineering calculations, such as a moment of inertia of a cross section or deflection of a profile with given forces and supports.

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