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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Get Familiar with the Work Area
- 3 Drawing Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical
- 4 Modify Drawings with Power Commands
- 5 Generate Standard Parts
- 6 Organize Objects with Layers
- 7 Create Hidden Lines
- 8 Reusable Detailing Tools
- 9 Power Dimensions
- 10 Add Part Lists and Balloons
- 11 International Drafting Standards
- Index
Organize Objects with
Layers
With the predefined mechanical layers in AutoCAD
®
Mechanical, the program automatically
organizes the layers for all mechanical parts. Automated organization helps to speed up and
simplify your work.
This chapter demonstrates how organizing objects with layers in AutoCAD Mechanical
compares to AutoCAD
®
, and how to convert AutoCAD layers to AutoCAD Mechanical layers.
Predefined Mechanical Layers
Layers work differently in the AutoCAD Mechanical than they do in AutoCAD.
What are the differences?
In AutoCAD, you define layers with properties such as color, linetype, lineweight
and other properties manually in the Layer Properties Manager dialog box. You
then create objects on the current layer.
AutoCAD Mechanical does not require you to set up layers for mechanical
objects because they are already predefined and fully automated.
When you access a mechanical command, the current layer changes to the layer
defined for the objects on which the command executes. The program sets the
layer automatically to on or off, locked or unlocked, and plot or non-plottable
based on its defined properties.
What is the benefit of predefined mechanical object properties and layers?
In mechanical drawings, there are many standard features and parts like through
holes, countersink and counterbore holes, screws, washers, nuts, pins, springs,
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