Mechanical Utilities¶
You can use Mechanical Utilities for various specific situations while working with the program.
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Working with Construction Lines
Use construction lines to create frameworks or grids for use in drawing construction.
Constructing Dimensioned Rectangles
You can draw dimensioned rectangles with any size or orientation.
Using Centerlines and Centerline Crosses
Use centerline and centerline crosses to indicate axes of symmetry, centers of holes, and circular features.
Working with User-Defined Hatches
You can quickly apply predefined or user-defined non-associative hatches on the geometry in the graphics area.
Scaling Entities by Specifying Individual X and Y Scaling Factors
Use the AM_ScaleXY command to enlarge or reduce entities, applying individual X and Y scaling factors if necessary.
Use one dimensioning command to create linear, angular, radial, diameter, baseline, and chain dimensions.
Various commands let you arrange and modify dimensions.
You can calculate the moment of inertia for cross sections of cylinders, hollow cylinders, rectangular prisms, or hollow rectangular prisms.