Dedication | p. iii |
Preface | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. xv |
Creating, Profiling, Constraining, and Dimensioning the Basic Sketch | |
Getting Started With Mechanical Desktop | p. 2 |
Creating A Rough Sketch | p. 2 |
Converting The Rough Sketch Into A Cleaned-up Sketch | p. 3 |
AMPROFILE Command | p. 4 |
Profiling A Single Entity | p. 4 |
AMADDCON Command | p. 5 |
AMSHOWCON Command | p. 5 |
AMDELCON Command | p. 6 |
Getting The Desired Sketch From The Cleaned-up Sketch | p. 7 |
AMPARDIM Command | p. 7 |
Resolving The Sketches (AMRSOLVESK Command) | p. 9 |
Adding Additional Geometries To The Sketch (AMRSOLVESK Command) | p. 9 |
AMCUTLINE Command | p. 9 |
AMSPLITLINE Command | p. 9 |
AMBREAKLINE Command | p. 10 |
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Review Questions | p. 26 |
Exercises | p. 27 |
Modifying, Extruding, and Revolving the Sketches | |
Modifying The Sketches | p. 2 |
AMMODDIM Command | p. 2 |
Extruding The Sketches (AMEXTRUDE Command) | p. 3 |
Extruding The Closed Profiles | p. 3 |
Extruding The Open Profiles (Thin Extrusion) | p. 5 |
Revolving the Sketches (AMREVOLVE Command) | p. 6 |
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Review Questions | p. 20 |
Exercises | p. 21 |
Sketch Planes, Work Features, and Other Extrusion and Revolution Options | |
Creating The Sketch Planes | p. 2 |
AMSKPLN Command | p. 2 |
Work Features | p. 4 |
AMWORKPT Command | p. 4 |
AMWORKAXIS Command | p. 5 |
AMWORKPLN Command | p. 5 |
AMBASICPLANES Command | p. 12 |
Other Extrusion and Revolution Options | p. 12 |
Other Extrusion Dialog Box Options | p. 13 |
Other Revolution Dialog Box Options | p. 14 |
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Review Questions | p. 37 |
Exercises | p. 38 |
Advanced Dimensioning Techniques, Design Variables, and Visibility Options | |
Advanced Dimensioning Techniques | p. 2 |
AMPOWERDIM Command | p. 2 |
AMAUTODIM Command | p. 11 |
Design Variables | p. 15 |
Creating The Design Variables (AMVARS Command) | p. 15 |
Displaying The Dimensions As Variables | p. 19 |
Displaying Dimensions As Parameters (AMDIMDSP Command) | p. 19 |
Displaying Dimensions As Numbers (AMDIMDSP Command) | p. 19 |
Displaying Dimensions As Equations (AMDIMDSP Command) | p. 20 |
Visibility Options | p. 21 |
AMVISIBLE Command | p. 21 |
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Review Questions | p. 44 |
Exercise | p. 45 |
Placed Features I | |
Placed Features | p. 2 |
Placing The Holes (AMHOLE Command) | p. 2 |
Filleting The Edges (AMFILLET Command) | p. 6 |
Chamfering The Edges (AMCHAMFER Command) | p. 10 |
Applying The Face Draft (AMFACEDRAFT Command) | p. 11 |
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Review Questions | p. 32 |
Exercises | p. 33 |
Placed Features II, Bend Features and Rib Features | |
Placed Features | p. 2 |
Creating Hollow Models (AMSHELL Command) | p. 2 |
AMPATTERN Command | p. 4 |
Creating The Rectangular Pattern | p. 5 |
Creating The Polar Pattern | p. 8 |
Creating The Axial Pattern | p. 10 |
Creating Bend Features | p. 13 |
AMBEND Command | p. 13 |
Creating Rib Features | p. 15 |
AMRIB Command | p. 15 |
AMSURFCUT Command | p. 17 |
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Review Questions | p. 30 |
Exercise | p. 30 |
Editing, Suppressing, and Reordering the Features | |
Editing The Features | p. 2 |
Editing Features Using The AMEDITFEAT Command | p. 2 |
Editing Features Using The Desktop Browser | p. 2 |
Editing The Sketch Of The Feature | p. 3 |
Updating Edited Sketches And Features | p. 5 |
AMUPDATE Command | p. 5 |
Deleting The Features | p. 5 |
AMDELFEAT Command | p. 5 |
Copying The Sketches Of The Features | p. 6 |
AMCOPYSKETCH Command | p. 6 |
AMPARTEDGE Command | p. 6 |
Copying The Features | p. 7 |
AMCOPYFEAT Command | p. 7 |
Suppressing The Features | p. 7 |
Suppressing Features Using The Desktop Browser | p. 7 |
AMSUPPRESSFEAT Command | p. 7 |
Unsuppressing The Features | p. 10 |
AMUNSUPPRESSFEAT Command | p. 10 |
Unsuppressing Features Using The Desktop Browser | p. 11 |
Changing The Order Of The Feature Creation | p. 11 |
AMREORDFEAT Command | p. 11 |
Reordering The Features Using The Desktop Browser | p. 11 |
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Review Questions | p. 21 |
Exercise | p. 21 |
2D Path, 3D Path, Sweep, and Loft | |
Defining 2D Paths | p. 2 |
AM2DPATH Command | p. 2 |
3D Paths | p. 2 |
Creating The Edge Path (AM3DPATH Command) | p. 2 |
Creating The 3D Helical Path (AM3DPATH Command) | p. 3 |
Creating The Pipe Path (AM3DPATH Command) | p. 5 |
Creating The Spline Path (AM3DPATH Command) | p. 8 |
Sweeping The Profiles | p. 10 |
AMSWEEP Command | p. 10 |
Creating The Lofted Features (AMLOFT Command) | p. 12 |
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Review Questions | p. 27 |
Exercise | p. 28 |
Creating New Parts, Activating the Part, and Mirroring and Combining the Parts | |
AMNEW Command | p. 2 |
Creating Copies Of An Existing Designer Part Using The AMNEW Command | p. 2 |
Creating Copies Of An Existing Part Using The Desktop Browser | p. 2 |
Converting A 3D Solid Model Into A Designer Model Using The AMNEW Command | p. 3 |
Converting A 3D Solid Model Into A Designer Model Using The Desktop Browser | p. 3 |
Creating A New Part Using The AMNEW Command | p. 3 |
Activating The Part | p. 4 |
Activating The Part Using The AMACTIVATE Command | p. 4 |
Activating The Part Using The Desktop Browser | p. 4 |
Mirroring The Parts | p. 5 |
AMMIRROR Command | p. 5 |
Performing Boolean Operations On The Designer Models | p. 6 |
AMCOMBINE Command | p. 6 |
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Review Questions | p. 19 |
Exercise | p. 20 |
Assembly Modeling I | |
Assembly Modeling | p. 2 |
Creating All The Components Of The Assembly In Same Drawing | p. 2 |
Creating All The Components Of The Assembly In Same Drawing And Then Copying Them Out | p. 3 |
AMCOPYOUT Command | p. 3 |
AMCOPYIN Command | p. 4 |
Creating All The Components Of The Assembly As Separate Drawings | p. 5 |
AMCATALOG Command | p. 6 |
Assembling The Components | p. 15 |
AMMATE Command | p. 15 |
AMFLUSH Command | p. 17 |
AMANGLE Command | p. 18 |
AMINSERT Command | p. 20 |
Editing The Assembly Constraints | p. 20 |
Editing The Constraints Using The AMEDITCONST Command | p. 21 |
Editing The Constraints Using The Desktop Browser | p. 23 |
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Review Questions | p. 42 |
Exercise | p. 42 |
Assembly Modeling II | |
Analyzing The Assemblies | p. 2 |
Calculating The Mass Properties Of The Components Using The AMASSMPROP Command | p. 2 |
Checking The Assemblies For Interference Using The AMINTERFERE Command | p. 5 |
Calculating The Minimum 3D Distance Between The Selected Components Using The AMDIST Command | p. 6 |
Creating The Scenes | p. 6 |
Exploding The Assemblies | p. 6 |
Exploding The Assembly Using The Command Line | p. 6 |
AMXFACTOR Command (Scene Explosion Factor) | p. 7 |
AMXFACTOR Command (Part or Subassembly Explosion Factor) | p. 7 |
Exploding The Assembly Using The Desktop Browser | p. 8 |
Adding Tweaks To The Components Of The Assembly | p. 9 |
Tweaking The Components Using The AMTWEAK Command | p. 9 |
Tweaking The Components Using The Desktop Browser | p. 11 |
Deleting The Tweaks | p. 11 |
Deleting The Tweaks Using The AMDELTWEAKS Command | p. 11 |
Deleting The Tweaks Using The Desktop Browser | p. 12 |
Adding Trails To The Exploded Or Tweaked Components | p. 12 |
Adding The Trails Using The AMTRAIL Command | p. 12 |
Adding The Trails Using The Desktop Browser | p. 14 |
Editing The Trails | p. 14 |
Editing The Trail Using The AMEDITTRAIL Command | p. 15 |
Editing The Trail Using The Desktop Browser | p. 15 |
Deleting The Trails | p. 15 |
Deleting The Trail Using The AMDELTRAIL Command | p. 15 |
Deleting The Trail Using The Desktop Browser | p. 15 |
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Review Questions | p. 22 |
Exercise | p. 22 |
Creating and Modifying the Drawing Views | |
Creating The Drawing Views | p. 2 |
Creating The Drawing Views Using The AMDWGVIEW Command | p. 2 |
Creating The Drawing Views Using The Desktop Browser | p. 10 |
Suppressing The Components In The Section Views | p. 10 |
Assigning Different Hatch Patterns To All Components In The Section Views | p. 11 |
AMPATTERNDEF Command | p. 11 |
Editing The Drawing Views | p. 13 |
Editing The Drawing Views Using The AMEDITIVIEW Command | p. 13 |
Editing The Drawing Views Using The Desktop Browser | p. 16 |
Copying The Drawing Views | p. 16 |
Copying The Drawing Views Using The AMCOPYVIEW Command | p. 16 |
Copying The Drawing Views Using The Desktop Browser | p. 17 |
Moving The Drawing Views | p. 17 |
Moving The Drawing Views Using The AMMOVEVIEW Command | p. 18 |
Moving The Drawing Views Using The Desktop Browser | p. 18 |
Deleting The Drawing Views | p. 18 |
Deleting The Drawing Views Using The AMDELVIEW Command | p. 18 |
Deleting The Views Using The Desktop Browser | p. 18 |
Listing Of Views | p. 19 |
Listing Of Drawing Views Using The AMLISTVIEW Command | p. 19 |
Listing Of Drawing Views Using The Desktop Browser | p. 19 |
Exporting The Drawing Views As 2D Entities | p. 19 |
Exporting The Drawing Views Using The AMVIEWOUT Command | p. 19 |
Exporting The Drawing Views Using The Desktop Browser | p. 19 |
Adjusting The Drawing Options | p. 19 |
AMOPTIONS Command | p. 20 |
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Review Questions | p. 28 |
Exercises | p. 28 |
Dimensioning the Drawing Views | |
Dimensioning The Drawing Views | p. 2 |
Adding Reference Dimensions In The Drawing Views | p. 2 |
AMREFDIM Command | p. 2 |
Displaying Dimensions In The Assembly Views | p. 3 |
Editing The Dimensions | p. 5 |
Editing The Parametric Dimensions (AMPOWEREDIT Command) | p. 5 |
AMMODDIM Command | p. 6 |
Editing The Reference Dimensions | p. 6 |
Modifying The Dimension Appearance | p. 6 |
Moving The Dimensions Using The AMMOVEDIM Command | p. 7 |
Aligning The Dimensions Using The AMDIMALIGN Command | p. 7 |
Joining The Dimensions Using The AMDIMJOIN Command | p. 7 |
Inserting The Dimensions Using The AMDIMINSERT Command | p. 8 |
Breaking The Dimension Or Extension Lines Using The AMDIMBREAK Command | p. 9 |
Editing The Dimension Format | p. 9 |
AMDIMFORMAT Command | p. 10 |
Adding Bill Of Material To The Drawing Views | p. 11 |
AMSYMSTD Command | p. 11 |
AMBOM Command | p. 12 |
Controlling The Visibility In The Layouts | p. 15 |
AMVISIBLE Command | p. 15 |
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Review Questions | p. 21 |
Exercise | p. 22 |
Surface Modeling | |
Creating The Surfaces | p. 2 |
AMEXTRUDESF Command | p. 2 |
AMREVOLVESF Command | p. 2 |
AMSWEEPSF Command | p. 2 |
AMTUBE Command | p. 4 |
AMLOFTU Command | p. 4 |
AMLOFTUV Command | p. 6 |
AMPLANE Command | p. 6 |
AMRULE Command | p. 7 |
AMBLEND Command | p. 7 |
AMPRIMSF Command | p. 8 |
Editing The Surfaces | p. 8 |
AMBREAK Command | p. 9 |
AMINTERSF Command | p. 9 |
AMJOINSF Command | p. 10 |
AMPROJECT Command | p. 11 |
AMSURFPROP Command | p. 14 |
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Review Questions | p. 19 |
Miscellaneous Commands | |
AMREPLAY Command | p. 2 |
AMPARTPROP Command | p. 2 |
AMMAKEBASE Command | p. 3 |
AMPARTSPLIT Command | p. 3 |
AMFACESPLIT Command | p. 3 |
AMTEXTSK Command | p. 5 |
AMWHEREUSED Command | p. 6 |
AMASSIGN Command | p. 7 |
AMMANIPULATOR Command | p. 9 |
AMHOLENOTE Command | p. 13 |
AMTEMPLATE Command | p. 16 |
Projects | |
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Appendices | |
Toolbars | p. 1 |
System Variables | p. 1 |
Commands | p. 1 |
Index | p. 1 |
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