Shafts

Draw a shaft.

This function allows you to draw a predefined shaft, or specify and create a new shaft definition.

The Mechanical Setup option defines the default line styles and pens to use.

Make sure that the drawing units are set to "mm" (millimetres) before using the mechanical toolkit functions.

Procedure

1. The Shaft definition window displays.

• You can select a shaft from the drop-down list, or fill in the relevant data and create a new shaft.

• You can add your own shaft definition by clicking Add and then entering the relevant data. The shaft definition is saved when you click OK, or select another shaft definition from the list.

• • Make the changes to the dimensions of the sections of the shaft in the table.

  • Select the line type (solid or hidden) to use.

2. Select OK to draw the specified shaft.

3. You are prompted to:

Enter centre left point on Shaft (Spacebar to Stop)

4. Indicate a point on the centre of the left end of the shaft.

5. You are prompted to:

Enter a point on the Shaft centreline (Spacebar to Stop)

6. Indicate a point that will define the angle of the shaft centre line. The shaft is drawn from the first indicated point, at the angle defined by the second indicated point.

7. You can continue drawing another shaft, or press [Esc] to end the function.