AUTOCAD MECHANICAL
Syllabus
Introduction
Dynamic CAD CAM CAE, AutoCAD, GUI, Commands, use of mouse and
keyboard, File extensions, Limits (LI), units (UN), selection, Views
2D Drafting
Drawing Toolbar –Point (Po), Co - ordinate systems (PCS [@L<A]; RCS
[@x, y], ACS [x, y]), Line (L), Construction Line (XL), Polyline (PL)
[2D & 3D], Ray (RAY), Point style manager (DDPTYPE)
Circle (C), Ellipse (EL), Arc (A), Polygon (POL), Rectangle (REC)
Spline (SPL), Divide (DIV), Measure (MEA), Donut (DO), Wipeout (WI),
Hatch (H), Gradient (GRA), Boundary (BO)
Drafting Setting Toolbar –Infer
Constraint (INFE), Snap (F9), Grid (F7), Ortho (F8), Polar (F10), Object
Snap (F3), 3D object Snap (F4), Object Track (F11), Dynamic UCS (F6),
Dynamic Input (F12),
Line weight, Quick property, selection cycle
Modifying Toolbar
Move (M), Rotate (RO), Scale (SC), Erase (E), Copy (CO), Mirror (MI), Trim
(TR), Extend (EX),
Explode (X), Stretch (S), Offset (O), Array (AR), Fillet (F), Chamfer (CHA)
Edit
Polyline (PE), Spline (SPE), Hatch (HE), Array, lengthen (LEN), Join (J),
Break (BR)
Annotation
Single line text (DT), multi-line text (T), Dimensions (Qdim), multileader
(MLD), Table (TB)
Styles Managers
Text Style (ST), Dimension style (D), Multileader style (MLS), Table Style
(TS)
Layer
Layer Property manager (LA), Layer Isolation (LAISO), Layer Unisolation
(LAUNISO)
Block
Make Block (B), Insert Block (I), Dynamic Input, Block Attribute
Properties
Object Color, Line weight (LW), Line type (LT), List (LI), Match Property
(MA), Filter (FI)
Group
Make group (G), Ungroup (UNG), Group edit
Palettes
Tool palettes (TP), Design Center (DC)
Parametric
Geometric and Dimensional Constraints
Express Tools
Auto Numbered, Arc Text, Break line symbol, Super hatch
Linking and Extraction
Data link, Data extraction, special paste, OLE
Plotting
Printing setting, Layout, Import, Export, Workspace
Demo on Advance Software
Demo on Creo, catia, Solidworks.
Introduction
View manager, Visual style, 3D Modelling
Solid Editing toolbar
Modifying toolbar, Material, Lights,
Camera, Render, Animation
Projects on Automobile and other components