
Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2010: Basic Concepts
AutoCAD Mechanical 2010, written by software vendor Autodesk, is the worldâs 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!rnrn<p><i>* 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.</i>
Course content
Introduction1 lessons
Getting Started3 lessons
Getting Around6 lessons
Standards Based Design2 lessons
Mechanical Layers & Layer Control2 lessons
Workflows3 lessons
Creating Key Geometry11 lessons
- Core Design Tools-Rectangle4:451 credit or ad
- Core Design Tools-Chamfers3:151 credit or ad
- Core Design Tools-Fillets3:571 credit or ad
- Core Design Tools-Hatch4:261 credit or ad
- Core Design Tools-Polylines & Contours2:371 credit or ad
- Power Snaps5:031 credit or ad
- Centerlines6:071 credit or ad
- Construction Lines3:501 credit or ad
- Designing with Lines6:241 credit or ad
- Hatching Breakouts1:391 credit or ad
- Feature Data For Holes & Slots5:241 credit or ad
Manipulating Geometry12 lessons
- Editing Tools - Offsetting Objects5:361 credit or ad
- Editing Tools - Joining Entities3:541 credit or ad
- Editing Tools - Breaking Objects3:521 credit or ad
- Editing Tools - Scaling Objects4:401 credit or ad
- Power Commands - Power Edit4:061 credit or ad
- Power Commands - Power Copy3:501 credit or ad
- Power Commands - Power Recall5:301 credit or ad
- Power Commands - Power View3:541 credit or ad
- Associative Hide - Creating3:051 credit or ad
- Associative Hide - Editing4:121 credit or ad
- Associative Hide - Using Structure pt. 13:491 credit or ad
- Associative Hide - Using Structure pt. 22:541 credit or ad
Mechanical Part Generators9 lessons
- Standard Parts Library5:421 credit or ad
- Standard Parts Library Favorites4:191 credit or ad
- Ribbons & Menus5:491 credit or ad
- Screw Components4:201 credit or ad
- Screw Templates4:121 credit or ad
- Part Representations4:021 credit or ad
- Leader Notes4:411 credit or ad
- Chains & Belts6:121 credit or ad
- Shaft Generator6:111 credit or ad
Drawing Sheets13 lessons
- Modelspace Views in Layouts5:121 credit or ad
- Detail Views in Layouts5:031 credit or ad
- Scale Areas in Modelspace4:541 credit or ad
- Creating Viewports from Scale Areas4:431 credit or ad
- Zooming Viewports to Defined Scales3:481 credit or ad
- Plotting from Modelspace3:111 credit or ad
- Scale Overrides5:251 credit or ad
- Detail Views in Modelspace5:441 credit or ad
- Creating Annotation Views5:221 credit or ad
- Editing Annotation Views4:141 credit or ad
- Title Blocks & Borders4:251 credit or ad
- Creating New Layout1:491 credit or ad
- Layouts from Templates1:521 credit or ad
Page Setup Manager5 lessons
Viewports7 lessons
Dimensioning & Annotating6 lessons
BOMs / Parts & Balloons5 lessons
Leveraging Existing Data3 lessons
Options For the CAD Manager9 lessons
- Standards Based Design4:351 credit or ad
- Layer / Text & Symbol Properties pt. 11:521 credit or ad
- Layer / Text & Symbol Properties pt. 25:021 credit or ad
- Annotation Tools3:391 credit or ad
- Component Properties & BOM3:091 credit or ad
- Parts Lists3:571 credit or ad
- Balloons4:081 credit or ad
- Content Libraries pt. 15:201 credit or ad
- Content Libraries pt. 22:011 credit or ad