I select the “Centerline Cross in Holes” option from the Centerline drop-down and follow the instructions in the command line. Next I ‘m going to add a center mark to the circle. With the help of the construction lines it didn’t take long for me to create the basic outlines of the top view. If I want to delete them later, I just have to click here. It only takes one click to hide them, or display them again. All construction lines inĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset are automatically drawn on a layer reserved for construction lines. I select my drawing, press enter and I’m done. I want the construction lines to be horizontal, pointing to the right. Look at what happens when I chose the Automatic option. UsuallyĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset commands are a bit more powerful and offer more options when it comes to mechanical drawings. Of course you can still use AutoCAD commands, asĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset is build on top of AutoCAD. That means that you’re not restricted to the commands you might already know from AutoCAD. Drawing becomes a lot easier when you use them.ĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset provides many options to choose from. Next I will show you another handy drawing feature - construction lines. Note that even if you change the name of the centerline layer all centerlines will still be drawn on this layer. By the way, the letters A and M stand forĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset. Just click the Mechanical Layer Manager button on the ribbon or type AMLAYER on the command line. Now let’s say you want to change the properties of all centerlines at once or rename the layer they’re on. You don’t have to create or change layers by yourself anymore.ĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset does all the Layer Management for you. Did you noticed the automatically created centerline layer? That’s whereĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset places all centerlines.
The command we just used is special toĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset. I click the command and select the start and end point… and we have a centerline. Let’s begin! I’ll start by adding a centerline. You’ll also get used to work with layers in In the end we’ll have a top view and a sectional view of this gland. This time I’ll show you someĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset drawing Commands by enhancing this drawing to make it look like this. Welcome to another Getting Started Video forĪutoCAD Mechanical toolset.
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