Autodesk AUTOCAD MECHANICAL User manual

Power tools for mechanical design.
AutoCAD®
Mechanical

Facing these issues?
• Productivityislimitedbysoftwarethat
is not built specifically for mechanical
design.
• Frequentdesignchangesarecreating
hours of manual rework.
• Designerrorsandincorrectbillsof
materials (BOMs) and parts lists are
keeping products from shipping on time.
• Updatingexistingdrawingsiscostingyour
company valuable time.
• Inconsistentuseofdraftingstandardsis
slowing down shop-floor production.
• Inabilitytondandreusedesignsis
forcing your teams to create too many
drawings from scratch.
Discover why so many designers
and drafters are switching to
AutoCAD Mechanical.
The AutoCAD Mechanical Advantage
The Standard in 2D Mechanical Design
With comprehensive libraries of standards-based
parts, and tools for automating common design
tasks, AutoCAD®Mechanical software acceler-
ates the mechanical design process. AutoCAD
Mechanical provides innovative design and drafting
tools that are wholly focused on ease of use for the
AutoCAD user. Keeping the AutoCAD user experi-
ence intact enables designers to maintain their
existing workflows while adopting the enhanced
functionality of AutoCAD Mechanical at their own
pace. Designers gain a competitive edge by saving
countless hours of design and rework, so they can
spend time innovating rather than managing work-
flow issues.
To compete and win in today’s design marketplace, engineers
need to create and revise mechanical drawings faster than
ever before. AutoCAD®Mechanical is AutoCAD®software for
manufacturing, oering significant productivity gains over
standard AutoCAD®by simplifying complex mechanical design
work.
Maximize Your Productivity
Creating mechanical designs often requires spend-
ing valuable time on manual workarounds to get the
job done. Since AutoCAD Mechanical provides a
simplified drafting environment for manufacturing
and automates many manual tasks, it improves the
design experience and oers immediate eciency
gains. AutoCAD Mechanical delivers high-impact
productivity tools to AutoCAD users who are
performing updates and iterative design changes,
reducing the amount of rework associated with
these tasks. In addition, powerful dimensioning
tools make adding, deleting, and editing dimen-
sions fast and easy. Built to save you time, AutoCAD
Mechanical has a specific tool for almost every
aspect of the mechanical drafting process.
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Reduce Errors and Inconsistencies
When creating mechanical drawings, designers
can sometimes inadvertently introduce errors
and design inconsistencies, wasting time and
money. AutoCAD Mechanical includes libraries of
more than 700,000 standard parts and supports
international drafting standards, enabling users to
consistently meet design requirements in the global
marketplace. AutoCAD Mechanical also enables
detailers to document native Autodesk®Inventor®
models in the familiar AutoCAD drafting environ-
ment. This associative workflow automatically
synchronizes drawings with the D model, which
reduces errors and inconsistencies and saves hours
of rework. Clear and consistent communication in
the design and documentation process helps team
members avoid delays and errors on the shop floor,
so your company can stay ahead of the competition.
Manage Design Data More Eectively
Once a design is complete, it is important to share
accurate design and part information with the teams
responsible for ordering and manufacturing the
product. Using software that is not purpose-built for
these tasks often means creating crucial parts lists
and BOMs by hand. With manual methods, even the
smallest design change can introduce errors, result-
ing in delivery delays to the customer.
To help your company prevent errors and costly de-
lays, AutoCAD Mechanical is tightly integrated with
Autodesk Data Management applications, enabling
the ecient and secure exchange of design data and
promoting earlier collaboration between design and
manufacturing workgroups. Dierent workgroups
can manage and track all components of a digital
prototype with free* Autodesk®Design Review
software—the all-digital way to review, measure,
mark up, and track changes to designs—allowing
for better reuse of crucial design data, management
of BOMs, and collaboration with other teams and
partners.
Now Is the Time
Want to get unparalleled productivity from your D
mechanical design process? Now is the time to make
the move to AutoCAD Mechanical.
Image courtesy of
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Top 10 Reasons
to Move from AutoCAD
to AutoCAD Mechanical
1. , Standard Parts
and Features
2. Extended Draw Toolbar
for Manufacturing
3. Powerful and Smart
Dimensions
. Reusable Detailing Tools
. Support for International
Drafting Standards
. Associative Balloons and
BOMs
. Layer Management
. Hidden Lines
. Machinery Generators and
Calculators
. Data Exchange Between
CAD Systems
Visit www.autodesk.com/
autocadmechanical-productivity
for more details.

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