Index

A

Abbreviations, 400

Acadiso templates, 10, 18, 21, 669

Acad templates, 2, 10, 18, 669, 670

Access to Help tool, 6

Acme threads, 535–539

Addendum, defined, 619

AGMA. See American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)

Align below previous attribute definition box, 130

Aligned dimensions, 373–375

Aligned sections, 296

Aligned tool, 363, 373–374

American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA), 620

American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 243–244, 371, 375, 620

American National threads, 535–536

Angle option, 374

Angles, bisector construction of, 139–141

Angle units, 15

Angular dimensions, 360, 379–381

Angularism tolerances, 491

Angular option, for construction lines, 40

Angular tolerances, 435–436

Angular tool, 379, 436

Annotate panels, 5, 59, 79, 283

Annotate tab, 45, 46, 63, 283, 367

Annotation Type box, 486

ANSI. See American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Aperture Size option, 94

Apparent Intersection tool, 98–99

Arcs, 48–51

Array command, 529, 555, 624, 643, 646

Array creation panels, 69–72

Arrowhead box, 488

Arrowheads, 284–286

Arrow size box, 285

A-size sheets, 15

Assembly drawings, 571–573

Attribute Definition dialog boxes, 129, 130, 134–135

Attributes, 129–134

for blocks, 129–135

defined, 129

editing, 133

Attributes panel, 129

Auxiliary views, 325–343

defined, 325

irregular surface projection, 334

of oblique surfaces, 338

partial, 336–337

projection between views, 326–328

rounded surface projection, 332

secondary, 338–341, 343

secondary view of, 343

sectional, 337–338

transferring lines in, 329–331

Axis endpoint tool, 52–53

B

Backlash, 618

Ball bearings, 637

Baseline dimensions, 384–385, 438–440

Baseline tool, 384, 398, 439–440

Basic dimensions, 494

Bevel gears, 617, 629–633

Bilateral tolerances, 427–428, 491

Bill of Materials (BOM), 581–582

Bisectors, 139–141

Block Attribute Manager dialog box, 131, 133

Block command, 135

Block Definition dialog box, 111

Block panel, 110, 119, 129, 131, 133

Blocks, 110–117

attributes for, 129–135

combining, 117

creating, 110–111

defined, 110

exploding, 113

inserting, 110–112, 114–117

rectangles as, 56

scale changes, 112–113

shape changes, 116–117

title, 134–135

working with, 113–117

Bolts

defined, 539

hexagon-shaped heads, 541–543

square-shaped heads, 543–545

BOM (Bill of Materials), 581–582

Boolean panel, 684

Bosses, 231–232

Boxes, 672–673, 704–707, 730

Box tool, 672, 679, 703–704, 706, 707

Break at point tool, 75

Break command, 75–76

Broken-out sectional views, 297–298

Browse box, 119

Bushings, 639–640

C

Callouts

for holes, 228–231

for threads (English units), 526–527

for threads (metric units), 526

Cams, 641–648

displacement diagrams for, 641–643

followers, 647–648

motions of, 643–647

Castings

orthographic views of, 231–233

sectional views of, 300–301

solid modeling of, 737–741

Cell styles heading, 79

Center distance, 618

Centerlines, 45–47, 378–379, 401

Center Mark tool, 45, 46–47, 387–388

Center option, 56, 99–100

Center tool, 53, 56, 704

Chain dimensions, 438–440

Chamfer command, 531, 543

Chamfers, 76, 398–399

Chamfer tool, 76–77, 742

Change orders (COs), 579

Circle command, 7, 692

Circle properties dialog box, 126

Circles

2-Point tool for, 43

3-Point tool for, 44

centerlines for, 45–47

diameter tool for, 8, 42–43

drawing, 42–47

quadrant-sensitive applications for, 45

radius tool for, 7, 42

sketching, 171

tangent tangent radius option for, 44

Circle tool, 42–44, 696, 697

Circularity tolerances, 478

Circular pitch, 618

Circular thickness, 619

Circular views, 222

Circumscribe option, 58

Clear all option, 75

Clearance, defined, 619

Clearance fits, 446

Close command, 27

Closed splines, 51

Color, of text, 65

Command Headings box, 3–4, 9, 10

Command line box, 7–8

Commands, 5, 31–33. See also specific commands

Command tools, 8–9

Company names and logos, 578

Compare option, 368

Compound lines, 209

Compression springs, 557–558

Cones, 710–711, 733–734

Construction Line command, 38–42

Continue command, 385–386

Coordinate dimensions, 402–403

Coordinates panel, 673, 681–683, 727, 730–732, 734–735

Coordinate systems. See User Coordinate System (UCS); World coordinate system (WCS)

Copy command, 67–68, 300, 529, 632

Copy Edges tool, 750

Copy Faces tool, 749–750

Corner option, 704

Corner tool, 703

COs (change orders), 579

Counterbores, 228–230

Countersinks, 230

Create New Drawing dialog box, 9

Create panel, 704, 724, 725

Create tool, 131

Crest, 525

Cubes, 707–708

Current layer box, 122

Curves

ogee, 141–142

sketching, 171–172

Thickness command for, 694–695

Cutting plane lines, 283–286

Cylinder command, 677, 708–709, 740

Cylinders

drawing, 696–697

drawing conventions, 226–227

orthographic views of, 222, 224

solid modeling of, 708–709, 734–735

Cylinder tool, 674

Cylindricity tolerances, 479

D

Dashed linetype, 283–284

Datums, 480, 487–488

Datum Identifier box, 481

surfaces, 450

triangle filled option, 488

Decimal Degrees, 15

Dedendum, 619

Define Attributes tool, 129

Degree symbol, 381

Design layouts, 584–585

Detail drawings, 582–583

Detailed thread representations, 528–531

Deviation method, for tolerances, 432

Dialog boxes. See specific dialog boxes

Diameter dimensions, 377–378, 379

Diameter tool, 8, 42–43, 377, 485

Diametral pitch, 618

Dimcen system variable, 45–46

Dimension Edit tool, 433

Dimension Input, 38

Dimension lines, 359

Dimensions and dimensioning, 359–405. See also Tolerances

aligned, 373–375

angular, 360, 379–381

baseline, 384–385, 398

centerlines in, 378–379, 401

Center Mark tool for, 387–388

chain and baseline, 438–440

chamfers in, 398–399

Continue command for, 385–386

conventions, 360–361

coordinate, 402–403

double, 437

editing in, 365–367

errors to avoid, 361

fillets in, 395

holes, 392–394

horizontal, 362, 363

irregular surfaces in, 397–398

keys/keyseats/keyways in, 400

knurling, 399–400

large radii in, 405

leader lines in, 360, 388–391

linear, 360, 362–367, 378–379, 442–443

ordinate, 381–383

orthographic views in, 404

overdimensioning, 381

placement of, 394–395

to points, 401–402

polar, 398

Quick Dimension command for, 386–387

radius and diameter in, 375–379, 405

rectangular, 441

rounded shapes in, 395–397

sectional views in, 403–404

styles, 367–371

symbols and abbreviations in, 400–401

terminology, 359–360

Text Angle tool for, 391

text options in, 363–365, 370–371

units in, 371–373

vertical, 362–363

Dimensions panel, 45–47, 285, 359, 362, 367, 384, 385, 480

Dimension Style command, 362

Dimension Style Editor, limit tolerances and, 433–434

Dimension Style Manager

arrowheads and, 285

centerlines and, 46, 387–388

in dimensional values, 372–373

functions of, 367–368

ordinate dimensions, 383

in radius and diameter dimensions, 376–377

for tolerancing, 430–435, 482, 484

Dimension Style tool, 431

Dimension tool, 376, 379–382, 384–385

Direction tool, 72

Directrix, 142

Displacement diagrams, 641–643

Display tab, 664

Dist command, 331, 340

Dot option, 390

Double dimensioning, 437

Drafting Settings dialog box, 19, 94

Drag mode, 139, 390

Draw commands, 5

Drawing notes, 584

Drawing numbers, 577

Drawing revision process, 579

Drawings. See also Sketching; 3D Modeling; Working drawings; specific objects and shapes

axis system rotation, 328

boundaries for, 15–18

circles, 42–47

closing, 27

cylinders, 696–697

ellipses, 53–56

fasteners, 541–548, 552–553

gears, 619–620, 624, 631–633

lines, 31–42

naming, 9–10

opening, 25–26

pictorial, 178

points, 58–59

polygons, 57–58

polylines, 47–51

rectangles, 56–57

saving, 11–12, 23–25

scale changes, 369

splines, 51–52

starting, 2–4, 9–10

text additions to, 59–65

threads, 528–533, 536–539

units for, 12–15

Drawing screen/editor, 4

Drawing Units dialog box, 12–15

Drawing Utilities heading, 13

Draw panel, 7, 9, 31, 33, 36–37, 41

Driven gears, 634

Driver gears, 634

Dtext command, 115, 429, 430

Dwells, 642

Dynamic grips, 707

Dynamic Input command, 36–38

Dynamic Inputs dialog box, 38

Dynamic Prompts, 38

E

ECOs (engineering change orders), 579

Edge editing, 743–750

Edit Attribute dialog box, 131, 133

Editing

attributes, 131, 133

in dimensioning, 365–367

polylines, 135–136, 646

in solid modeling, 743–750

splines, 136–138

text, 138–139

in 3D Modeling, 678–679

Edit Polyline, Fit option, 145

Edit Polyline command, 135, 646

Edit Polyline tool, 135–136, 695, 716, 738

Edit Spline tool, 136–137

Edit Vertex option, 138

Ellipse command, 219

Ellipses, 300

angle of rotation for, 55

Arc tool for, 54–55

Center tool for, 53, 56

drawing, 53–56

holes represented by, 219

secondary auxiliary views of, 343

sketching, 171

Ellipse tool, 52

Elliptical Arc tool, 54–55

Endpoint command, 95, 141, 232, 330, 674

Engineering change orders (ECOs), 579

Erase command, 34–35

Erase tool, 559

Esc key, 33

Explode command, 56, 113, 576

Explode tool, 56, 113, 560

Extend command, 74–75, 340, 632, 646

Extend tool, 560

Extension lines, 359

Extension springs, 555–557

Extrude command, 715–717, 739

Extrude Faces tool, 745–746

F

Face angle lines, 632

Face editing, 743–750

Face width, 619

Family of drawings, 572

Fasteners, 539–558

bolts, 539, 541–545

head shapes, 541–545

hole sizes for, 457–458

keys, 553–554

nuts, 539, 545–548

rivets, 554–555

screws, 539–545, 550–551

setscrews, 551–552

springs, 555–558

studs, 541

washers, 552–553

Feathering, 168

Fillet, 299

Fillet command, 77–78, 737, 740–741

Fillets, 77, 231, 395

Fillet tool, 77, 740, 741

Finished nuts, 545

First-angle projections, 243–246, 583–584

First point option, 75

Fixed condition, 455–457

Fixed fasteners, 499

Flatness tolerances, 474

Floating condition, 454–455

Floating fasteners, 496–497

Floating objects, 443

Focus, 142

Font, changing, 63

Form, tolerances of, 474

Freehand lines, 299

G

Gears, 617–636

bevel, 617, 629–633

center distance between, 626–627

combining, 629

drawing, 619–620, 624, 631–633

helical, 617, 634–635

rack, 617, 636

selecting, 625–626

spur, 617–620, 624–626, 629

terminology, 618–619, 629–631

types of, 617

worm, 617, 633–634

General patterns, 287

Geometric Tolerance dialog box, 480, 481, 485–486

Geometric tolerances, 473–502

angularism, 491

basic dimension creation, 482–483

circularity, 478

cylindricity, 479

datums and, 480, 487–488

defined, 473

design problems and, 500–502

fixed fasteners and, 499

of flatness, 474

floating fasteners and, 496–497

of form, 474

holes and, 484–486

with leader lines, 486–487

of orientation, 487

parallelism, 490–491

perpendicularity, 488–490

positional, 482, 485–486, 494–496

profiles, 491–492

runout, 493–494

of straightness, 475–478

symbols for, 479–480, 489

values, defining, 481

virtual conditions and, 496

Gib head keys, 553, 554

Gradients, 293–294

Graph paper, 168

Grid command, 3, 18–20

Grids, 668–670

Grips, 105–110

defined, 105

dynamic, 707

extending line length using, 106–107

mirroring objects using, 109–110

moving objects using, 107–108

rotating objects using, 108

scale changes using, 108–109

turning off, 105

Grips command, 105

Grips dialog box, 105–106

H

Half sectional views, 297

Halfwidth option, 51

Harmonic motion, 645–646

Hatch command, 400, 533, 633

Hatch tool, 288–289, 301

Heads, for fasteners, 541–545

Height, of text, 63

Helical gears, 617, 634–635

Helixes, 144–145, 718–719

Help dialog box, 5–6

Hexagon-shaped heads, 541–543

Hexagon-shaped nuts, 545–547

Hidden layers, 202–203

Hidden lines and layers, 199–204

Hidden with edges visual style, 708

Hole basis tolerances, 447

Holes

callouts, 228–231

in castings, 740

choosing a shaft for toleranced hole, 442–443

dimensioning, 392–394

limit feature tolerance for, 484–486

in oblique surfaces, 220–222

representations of, 217–219

in sectional views, 293

in slanted surfaces, 218–220

tolerances and, 441–443

Home panels, 5

Horizontal dimensions, 362, 363

Horizontal option, for construction lines, 40

Hyperbolas, 143–144

I

Imprint tool, 751

Inscribe option, 58

Insert dialog box, 111–113, 116–117, 559

Insert tab, 129

Insert Table dialog box, 79, 81

Insert tool, 110, 115, 119, 132

Interference fits, 446

International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 243, 370–371

Intersect command, 721–722

Intersection drawings, 236–237

Intersection tool, 97–98, 140, 143, 543, 545

Irregular surfaces, 227–228, 334, 397–398

ISO. See International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Isometric sketches, 173–175

J

Jogged tool, 405

Join option, 717, 739

Justifying text, 63–64

K

Keys, 400, 553–554

Keyseats, 400, 553

Keyways, 400, 553, 554

Knuckle threads, 535–536

Knurling, 399–400

L

Lay, of surfaces, 452

Layer control box, 125–126

Layer Properties Manager dialog box, 121, 125, 126, 202–203

Layer Properties tool, 121, 129, 202

Layers, 120–129

changing, 126–127, 203–204

color and linetype for, 122–125

creating, 121–122

defined, 120

drawing on, 125–126

hidden, 202–203

Match tool for, 128

turning off, 129

Layers panel, 121, 202

Layer tool, 203

Leader command, 389

Leader lines, 360, 388–391, 486–487

creating with text, 388–389

drawing curved, 389–390

drawing with a dot at its end, 390

Leader Settings dialog box, 390, 486

Leaders panel, 283

Limits command, 18

Limit tolerances, 432–435

Linear dimensions, 360, 362–367, 378–379, 442–443

Linear dimension tool, 434

Linear tool, 362–364, 384–385, 429, 439, 482

Line command, 31–33, 646, 692

Line profile tolerances, 491–492

Lines, 31–42

closed areas, creating, 33

compound, 209

construction, 38–42

dynamic inputs for, 36–38

erasing, 34–35

gripping, 330

length and location of, 31–33

moving, 330–331

orthographic views, precedence in, 205

rotating, 331

sketching, 168–170

snap spacing technique for, 35–36

transferring between views, 329–331

Line tool, 31, 33, 36

Linetype Manager dialog box, 200–201, 284

Linetypes, 122–125, 200–202

List command, 743

Load box, 201

Load or Reload Linetypes dialog box, 124, 201, 284

Locational tolerances, 489

Locknuts, 545, 547–548

Lock washers, 552, 553

Loft tool, 720–721

Lower value box, 432, 433, 484

M

Major diameter, 525

Make Object’s Layer Current tool, 126

Manage Attributes command, 133

Massprop command, 743

Match tool, 128

Material Condition dialog box, 485

Maximum material condition (MMC), 476–477, 485–486, 489–490, 491, 496, 497

Measurement scale, 369

Mechanical tab, 558

Menu Browser, 3, 16, 20, 21, 25, 27

Meshing spur gears, 624

Method box, 431, 484

Middle right option, 64

Midpoint option, 97

Minor diameter, 525

Mirror command, 69, 300

Mirroring objects, 109–110

Mleader command, 388–391

MMC. See Maximum material condition (MMC)

Modeling. See Solid modeling; 3D Modeling

Modeling panel, 677, 679, 683, 706, 733

Modified uniform motion, 644

Modify box, 47, 79

Modify commands, 105

Modify Dimension Style: Standard dialog box, 368, 369, 373, 482, 484

Modify menu, 693

Modify option, 368

Modify panel, 34, 48, 56, 65, 67, 68, 72, 560

Modify Table Style: Standard dialog box, 79

Modules, gear, 619

Mouse Wheel, 672

Move command, 59, 65–67, 74, 134, 300, 326, 486, 624

Move Faces tool, 747

Move option, 138

Move tool, 65, 560, 576, 742

Mtext command, 134, 364, 383, 429

Mtext Edit option, 139

Mtext Properties dialog box, 63

Multileader Style Manager dialog box, 390, 488

Multileader tool, 283–285

Multiline Text tool, 59–60, 63, 374, 576

Multitext screen, 139

N

Name box, 111, 112

Nearest option, 102, 107

New command, 3

New Layer box, 122

New Layer tool, 203

New option, 368

New tool, 9, 10, 574, 669

Nominal sizes, 447, 453–454

None radio button, 376

Notes, 584

Numbers, drawing, 577

Nuts, 539, 545–548

O

Object Snap dialog box, 93, 94. See also Osnap commands; Osnap tool

Objects radio button, 117

Oblique sketches, 176–178

Oblique surfaces

auxiliary views of, 338

orthographic views of, 211–212, 220–222

Offset command, 329, 330, 631

Offset Faces tool, 747–748

Offset sections, 294–295

Offset tool, 42, 68

Ogee curves, 141–142

Open box, 119, 120, 574

Open command, 25–26

Open splines, 51

Options dialog box, 94, 664

Ordinate dimensions, 381–383

Ordinate tool, 381, 383

Orientation tolerances, 487

Origin option, 382

Orthographic views, 195–246, 751. See also Auxiliary views

of castings, 231–233

compound lines in, 209

of cylinders, 222, 224

defined, 195

in dimensioning, 404

drawing standards for, 243–245

hidden layers in, 202–203

hidden lines in, 199–204

holes in, 217–222, 228–231

of internal thread representations, 533–534

of intersection drawings, 236–237

irregular surfaces in, 227–228

line precedence in, 205

modifying existing parts, 242–243

of oblique surfaces, 211–212, 220–222

positioning of, 196–197

projection between, 206–207

rounded surfaces in, 214–215, 224

slanted surfaces in, 205–206, 218–220, 224

of thin-walled objects, 234–235

third- and first-angle projections, 245–246

in 3D Modeling, 690–692, 736–737

visualization of, 197–198

Ortho Mode command, 383, 720

Osnap commands, 93–102, 486

accessing, 93–94

Apparent Intersection option, 98–99

Center option, 99–100

cursor box size, 94

Endpoint option, 93–95, 141, 232, 330, 674

Intersection option, 97–98, 140, 143, 145, 543, 545

Midpoint option, 97, 141, 559

Nearest option, 102

Perpendicular option, 100–101

Quadrant option, 100

Snap From option, 95–96

Tangent option, 101–102, 232, 644, 646, 648

turning on, 94

Osnap tool, 111

Outside diameter, 619

Overdimensioning, 381

Override option, 368

P

Page Setup Manager dialog box, 16

Page Setup option, 16

Palettes dialog box, 558

Palettes panel, 558

Panels, 5–6

Paper size box, 16

Parabolas, 142–143

Parallel grids, 668–670

Parallelism tolerances, 490–491

Partial auxiliary views, 336–337

Partial sectional views, 297

Parts lists, 581–582

Pattern panel, 288

Pdmode, 58–59

Pencils, 168

Perpendicularity tolerances, 488–490

Perpendicular option, 100–101

Perspective grids, 668–670

Perspective sketches, 178–179

Phantom linetypes, 283

Pickbox, 34

Pick point box, 111, 118

Pictorial drawings, 178

Pitch

diameter, 618

of knurls, 399

of threads, 526

Plain washers, 552–553

Plan view, 664

Point command, 58–59

Pointer Input, 38

Polar Array command, 144, 145

Polar Array tool, 71–72

Polar dimensions, 398

Polygon command, 57, 541, 715

Polygons, 57–58

Polylines, 47–51, 135–136

Polyline tool, 47–50, 135–136, 694

Polysolids, 719–720

Positional tolerances, 482, 485–486, 494–495, 496

Pratt & Whitney keys, 553

Precision box, 14, 373, 430, 432, 435, 484

Preferred pitches, 618

Pressure angle, 619

Preview option, 25

Primary Units dialog box, 372

Primary Units option, 373

Print command, 16

Printer/Plotter dialog box, 16

Profile tolerances, 491–492

Prompt box, 130

Properties command, 693

Properties dialog box, 127, 284, 366–367, 693

Properties option, 63, 127, 202

Properties palette, 202

Proportions, in sketching, 170–171

Q

Qleader command, 388–391, 486

Quadrant option, 100

Quadrant-sensitive applications, 45

Quick Dimension command, 386–387

Quick Properties option, 126, 204, 365

R

Rack gears, 617, 636

Radius dimensions, 375–377, 379, 405

Radius tool, 7, 42, 375

Realistic visual style, 681

Reams, 228, 229

Rectangles, 56–57

Rectangular Array tool, 70

Rectangular dimensions, 441

Rectangular views, 222

Redraw All command, 387

Redraw View command, 387

Regardless of feature size (RFS) conditions, 475–477, 491

Release blocks, 580–581

Release dates, 578

Removed sectional views, 298–299

Repeat Construction Line option, 40

Repeat Insert option, 114

Repeat LINE option, 33

Repeat Offset option, 68

RESISTOR block, 113–114

Revision blocks, 578–579

Revolve tool, 717

RFS. See Regardless of feature size (RFS) conditions

Ribs, 300

Rivets, 554–555

Root, 525

Root diameter, 619

Rotate command, 624, 632

Rotate Faces tool, 748

Rotate tool, 72–73, 331

Rotation option, 113, 331

Roughness, of surfaces, 452

Rounded shapes

external, 396–397

internal, 395–396

Rounded surfaces, 214–215, 224, 332

Rounds, 231

Runouts, 231

Runout tolerances, 493–494

S

Save As command, 23–25

Save command, 23–25

Save Drawing As dialog box, 11–12, 23–24

S-breaks, 299–300

Scale, of drawings, 109, 112–113, 369, 578

Schematic thread representations, 528, 531–533

Screws

defined, 539–540

hexagon-shaped heads, 541–543

shapes of, 550–551

square-shaped heads, 543–545

S-Curves, 141–142

Secondary auxiliary views, 338–341, 343

Sectional auxiliary views, 337–338

Sectional views, 281–301

aligned, 296

breaks in, 299–300

of castings, 300–301

cutting plane lines in, 283–286

defined, 281–282

detailed thread representations in, 530–531

in dimensioning, 403–404

drawing conventions in, 296–297

gradients in, 293–294

half, partial, and broken out, 297–298

Hatch tool for, 288–289, 301

holes in, 293

of internal thread representations, 535

location of, 292–293

multiple, 295–296

offset, 294–295

removed, 298–299

Section lines, 288, 291–292

Select Color dialog box, 122

Select cursor, 34

Select Drawing File dialog box, 119

Select Linetype dialog box, 123, 203

Select Object option, 374–375

Select Objects box, 111, 118

Select objects button, 529

Select template dialog box, 2–4, 10, 574

Set Current option, 368

Setscrews, 551–552

Shaded with edges visual style, 744

Shaft basis tolerances, 447

SHAPE block, 112

Shape parameters, 145–147

Sheet numbers, 578

Sheet sizes, 15–17

Shoulder screws, 558

Simplified thread representations, 528, 533

Single Line option, 392

Sketch command, 297–298, 299

Sketching, 167–180

curves, 171–172

in different orientations, 180

establishing style for, 167

graph paper for, 168

isometric, 173–175

lines, 168–170

oblique, 176–178

pencils for, 168

perspective, 178–179

proportions in, 170–171

Slanted surfaces, 205–206, 218–220, 224, 338

Slots, 395

Snap commands, 3, 18–20, 141, 328, 706

Snap From option, 95–96

Snap option, 40

Snap to Midpoint tool, 97

Solid box, 672

Solid Editing panel, 721, 722, 735, 740, 743–751

Solid modeling, 704–751

boxes, 672–673, 704–707, 730

castings, 737–741

combining objects in, 727–732

cones, 710–711, 733–734

cubes, 707–708

cylinders, 708–709, 734–735

Extrude command in, 715–717

face and edge editing in, 743–750

helixes, 718–719

Intersect command in, 721–722

List command in, 743

Loft tool in, 720–721

Massprop command in, 743

polysolids, 719–720

Revolve tool in, 717

spheres, 708

Subtract command in, 722–725

thread representations in, 741–742

torus, 714–715

Union command in, 722–724

User Coordinate System in, 725–727

viewports for orthographic views in, 736–737

wedges, 712–714, 730–731

Solid tab, 684

Specify a point command, 38

Spheres, 708, 709

Spirals, 144

Spline option, 390

Splines, 51–52, 135–138

Spotfaces, 230–231

Springs, 555–558

Spur gears

combining, 629

drawing, 619–620, 624

meshing, 624

overview, 617

selecting, 625–626

terminology, 618–619

Square keys, 553

Square-shaped heads, 543–545

Square threads, 535–536

external, 536–537

internal, 537

Standard panel, 48

Standards, drawing, 243–245

Standard tolerance values, 371

Star washers, 552, 553

Straightness, defining values for, 481

Straightness tolerances, 475–478

Stretch option, 107

Studs, 541

Subtract command, 722–725, 740

Surface control symbols, 452–453

Surface finishes, 450–452

Surface profile tolerances, 491–492

Surface texture, 452

Swatch option, 291

Symbol commands, 64

Symbol dialog box, 481, 485

Symbols, 400, 479–480, 489

Symbols and Arrows option, 47, 376, 377, 387

Symbols and Arrows tab, 285

Symmetrical method, for tolerances, 431–432

T

Table Command, 78–79

Tables, 79–81

Table Style dialog box, 79

Table tool, 581

Tabs, defined, 5

Tag box, 129

Tags, 130

Tangent option, 101–102, 232, 644, 646, 648

Tangent tangent radius option, 44

Taper Faces tool, 748–749

Templates, 2, 574–576

Text

adding, 59–65

color changes, 65

in dimensioning, 363–365, 370–371

editing, 138–139

font changes, 63

height changes, 63

justifying, 63–64

Text alignment box, 371

Text Angle tool, 391

Text dialog box, 61

Text Editor dialog box, 374

Text Editor panels, 63, 364, 367

Text option, 383, 429–430

Text Override tool, 366, 430

Text placement box, 370

Text Style dialog box, 80

Thickness command, 692–697

Thin-walled objects, 234–235

Third-angle projections, 245–246

THREAD block, 116

Threads, 525–539

acme, 537–539

callouts, 526–527

orthographic views of, 533–534

representations of, 528–533

sectional views of, 535

in solid modeling, 741–742

square, 536–537

terminology, 525–526

types of, 535–536

3D Basics workspace, 703, 722

3D Modeling. See also Solid modeling

accessing, 670–672

editing in, 678–679

length and width changes, 678–679

orthographic views in, 690–692, 736–737

Thickness command in, 690–697

3-Point tool in, 676

User Coordinate System and, 663, 672–673, 676–677, 681–683, 695

visual errors in, 685

visual styles in, 679–681, 704–705

3D Modeling workspace, 703–704, 716, 722, 731

3D Orbit command, 198

3-Point tool, 44, 676, 725, 730, 731

Thumbnails option, 25

Title blocks, 134–135, 576–578

Title option, 80

Tolerance blocks, 580

Tolerance format dialog box, 432, 433

Tolerances, 427–458. See also Dimensions and dimensioning; Geometric tolerances

angular, 435–436

angularism, 491

chain and baseline dimensions and, 438–440

defined, 392

design problems and, 453–458

deviation method for, 432

direct methods, 427–428

double dimensioning and, 437

expressions, 428–429

fixed condition of, 455–457

floating condition of, 454–455

hole locations and, 441–442

limit, 432–435

linear dimensions and, 442–443

plus and minus, 427, 429–432

preferred and standard sizes and fits, 449–450

rectangular dimensions and, 441

sizes, preferred and standard, 449–450

standard, 436–437

standard fits (inch values), 448–449

standard fits (metric values), 444–447

surface finishes and, 450–452

symmetrical method for, 431–432

Tolerances tab, 431, 433, 484

Tolerance studies, 440–441

Tolerance tool, 480, 481, 485

Tolerance values, 371

Tool Palettes tool, 558–560

Tools, defined, 8

Tooltips, 9

TopBox option, 676

Top drawings, 572

Torus, 714–715

Transition fits, 446

Trim command, 73–74, 738

2-Point tool, 43

U

UCS. See User Coordinate System (UCS)

Undo tool, 35, 48, 113, 683

Unified National Coarse (UNC) standards, 526, 527

Unified National Extra Fine (UNEF) standards, 526, 527

Unified National Fine (UNF) standards, 526, 527

Uniform acceleration/deceleration, 646–647

Uniform motion, 643–644

Uniform patterns, 287

Unilateral tolerances, 427–428

Union command, 722–724

Union tool, 684, 685, 735

Upper value box, 431–433, 484

User Coordinate System (UCS)

creating, 673–674, 696

features of, 664, 672

returning to, 675–676

rotating, 681–682

saving, 674–675

in solid modeling, 725–727

3-Point tool for defining, 676–677

V

Value box, 130

Vertical dimensions, 362–363

Vertical option, for construction lines, 40

View command, 665–666

View Cube, 690

View Manager, 668

View Manager dialog box, 665, 704

Viewpoints, 665–667

Viewports, 688–690, 736–737

Viewports Configuration panel, 736

Views. See Auxiliary views; Orthographic views; Sectional views

Virtual conditions, 496

Visual errors, 685

Visualization, 197–198

Visualize tab, 736

Visual styles, 679–681, 704–705

Visual styles tool, 734

W

Washers, 552–553

Wblocks, 117–120

changing size of, 119–120

creating, 117–119

WCS. See World coordinate system (WCS)

Wedges, 712–714, 730–731

Whole depth, 619

Width option, 51

Windows Character chart, 65

Wireframe visual style, 680, 741

Woodruff keys, 553–554

Working depth, 619

Working drawings, 571–585. See also Drawings

assembly drawings, 571–573

design layouts for, 584–585

detail drawings, 582–583

first-angle projection and, 583–584

notes for, 584

parts list for, 581–582

release blocks for, 580–581

revision blocks for, 578–579

templates for, 574–576

title blocks for, 576–578

tolerance blocks for, 580

World coordinate system (WCS), 663–666, 670, 675–676

World tool, 675, 697, 727, 732, 735

Worm gears, 617, 633–634

Write Block dialog box, 117–118

X

X-axis tool, 683, 735

X Scale box, 116

Y

Y-axis tool, 683, 735

Z

Z-axis tool, 683, 731

Zero suppression box, 372

Zoom command, 733

Zoom tool, 728, 739