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I'm Bringing IGES Back!
Here is a post for one of the tools that do not get my having just plain AutoCAD. The ability to import IGES data and use it. The IGES import tools ...
AutoCAD Mechanical February 2009
2D Auto Dimensions
Placing dimensions on drawing views has to be one of the most time consuming parts of creating working drawings. AutoCAD Mechanical has a set of auto ...
AutoCAD Mechanical February 2009
Mechanical - Hide the What?
Filling in for one of my colleagues today, I'd like to show one of my favorite Mechanical features - 2D Hide Situations. Usually when I show people th ...
AutoCAD Mechanical January 2009
DIM Scales on Detail Drawings
One of the really nice features that AutoCAD Mechanical has going for it today is its ability to manage your dimscale factor on the fly. How many t ...
AutoCAD Mechanical January 2009
Faster Views With Contours
Another one of the many tools that are inside AutoCAD Mechanical is the "Contour Tools" When you are creating geometry and need to quickly create o ...
AutoCAD Mechanical January 2009
Getting View Projections Right With Construction Projection
From time to time it seems it always becomes necessary to create a drawing for something in 2D. It could be just a quick sketch or a fully detailed ...
AutoCAD Mechanical January 2009
Rapid File Edits - Script Generator
Script Generator: This is a great tool when you need to perform the same function to a bunch of files and don't want to take the time to manually si ...
AutoCAD Mechanical December 2008
Power Copy and View in Mechanical Drawings
For this post I wanted to highlight a couple of commands that are a great reason to be using the AutoCAD Mechanical software. Power Copy: This comm ...
AutoCAD Mechanical December 2008
Standard Material Lists for BOM
I was thinking of all of the times that I looked at parts lists and BOM's in my past and it seemed like everyone always had a unique way of listing th ...
AutoCAD Mechanical December 2008
Manageing AutoCAD Blocks
One of the rarely used features of the AutoCAD Mechanical tools is the ability to quickly organize and reuse your custom blocks. AutoCAD Mechanical ...
AutoCAD Mechanical November 2008

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