TY  - BOOK
AU  - GETTING STARTED
TI  - Mechanical Desktop
SN  - NA
AV  - T353 H68
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Estados Unidos 
PB  - Autodesk
KW  - Ingeniería mecánica
N1  - Introduction 1
Where to Start 2
All Users 2
New AutoCAD User 2
New Mechanical Desktop User 3
Upgrading User 3
Migrating Files from Previous Releases 3
Starting Mechanical Desktop 3
Mechanical Desktop Documentation 4
Printed Documentation 4
Online Documentation 4
AutoCAD Documentation
5
Help in Mechanical Desktop 5
Accessing Help 5
Finding a Topic in Help 6
Additional Resources 7
Where to Find Information on New Features
Chapter 1
New Features
15
Dynamic Highlighting 16
Sketching
18
Enhanced Sketch Planes
New Sketch Constraints
18
18
Working with Sketches 20
Appending a Sketch 20
Re-Solving a Sketch 20
Creating Paths
22
2D Path Enhancements
22
3D Path (Helix) 22
Creating Work Features
24
Creating a Work Plane
24
Creating a Sketched Work Axis
Creating Loft Features
24
26
Linear Lofts 26
Creating Loft Features
28
Cubic Lofts 28
Creating Face Drafts
30
Splitting Faces and Parts Creating Helical Sweeps
32
34
Suppressing Features
36
Manually Suppressed Features 36
Suppressing Features 38
Table Driven Suppressed Features
Creating Bills of Material 40
38
Creating a Bill of Material Database Placing and Editing Part References
40
Creating Bills of Material
42
40
Placing Balloons 42
Using Symbol Standards
42
Placing a Parts List into a Drawing 42
Creating Drawing Views 44
Creating an Aligned Section View 44
Projecting an Auxiliary View 44
Using Drawing Annotation Enhancements 46
Referencing Dimensions to Centerlines 46
Hole Note Enhancements 46
Miscellaneous Enhancements 48
Design Variables 48
Searching and Replacing Design Variables 48
Using External Parameter Files 48
Using Table Driven Global Design Variables 49
Converting Active Design Variables 49
Part Modeling 49
Creating a Single Profile 50
Return to Dialog Options
Creating Arrays
50
50
Using Construction Geometry
SO
Sketch Editing in Shaded Mode 50
Scenes 51
Copying Scenes
51
Locking Scenes 51
Suppressing Sections in Scenes
Drawing Manager
Removing Objects from Annotations 52
Escaping from a Drawing View Regeneration 52
Updating Dependent Views 52
Creating Drawing Views of Groups 53
Renaming Drawing Views 53
Creating Views of Tapped Holes 53
Automatically Updating Drawing Views 53
Hiding Lines Permanently 53
Creating Views with Obscured Hatch Patterns 53
Preferences
54
Suppressed Dimensions and DOF Symbols 54
Using the Scene Tab 54
Controlling Locked Scenes 54
Controlling Drawing View Updates
54
Controlling the Browser Font 54
Auditing a Drawing
55…
 Chapter 3
New and Revised Commands
79
New Commands 80
AMDPATH
80
Helix Dialog Box
80
AMBALLOON
81
AMBLDFEATNM 83
AMBOM 83
BOM Dialog Box
AMBROWSERFONT
Font Dialog Box
AMCOPYSCENE
AMFACEDRAFT
Face Draft Dialog Box
86
AMFACESPLIT 87
AMLOCKSCENE
88
AMLOFT 89
Loft Dialog Box 89
AMPARTLIST 91
AMPARTREF 92
Part Ref Attributes Dialog Box 93
AMPARTREFEDIT 93
Part Ref Attributes Dialog Box 94
AMPARTSPLIT 94
AMRECOVER 95
Recover Drawing Dialog Box
95
Browse/Search Dialog Box 95
AMRSOLVESK 96
AMSPLITLINE 97
AMSUPPRCOLOR
Select Color Dialog Box
AMSUPPRESSFEAT 99
Table Driven Setup Dialog Box 99
Suppress by Type Dialog Box 99
AMUNSUPPRESSFEAT 100
Unsuppress by Type Dialog Box 100
Revised Commands
101
AMADDCON 101
AMBROWSER
103
AMCOPYFEAT
104
AMCUTLINE
105
AMDELFEAT
105
AMEDITFEAT
106
AMPATH
107
AMPRES
108
Desktop Preferences Dialog Box
108; Ingeniería Industrial
N2  - New Mechanical Desktop User
If you are familiar with AutoCAD, but you are new to Mechanical Desktop,
* Read Chapter 2, "Introduction to Mechanical Desktop."
* Go through the lessons in the Mechanical Desktop Tutorials manual.
* Refer to the Glossary on page 163 to get familiar with Mechanical Desktop terminology.
* As you use Mechanical Desktop, refer to Help for information on commands, procedures, and concepts. From the Help menu, choose Mechanical Desktop Help Topics.
Upgrading User
If you are upgrading from a previous release of Mechanical Desktop,
* See "Where to Find Information on New Features" on page 7 and "New Features" on page 15.
* Select Mechanical Desktop Help Topics from the Help menu. Then, select What's New in Mechanical Desktop 3. You will find conceptual, proce-dural, and related commands for all of the new features in this release.
* See "What's New in the Tutorials?" on page 2 of the Tutorials manual.
Migrating Files from Previous Releases
In releases prior to Mechanical Desktop 2, part files could contain multiple parts. Starting with Mechanical Desktop 2, a part file is defined as a file that contains only one part, while an assembly file may contain multiple parts or subassemblies.
To migrate parts from a part file with more than one part, you need to follow specific procedures. For more information, see "Handling Legacy Data" in Help.
Starting Mechanical Desktop
You can start Mechanical Desktop by using one of the following procedures.
* On the taskbar, click Start, then choose Programs. Choose Mechanical
Desktop 3.
* On the desktop, double-click the Mechanical Desktop 3 icon
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