AutoCAD Mechanical Commands

AutoCAD - AutoCAD Mechanical
Command Maps
AutoCAD Mechanical commands are purpose-built for typical mechanical engineering drawings. You can
execute typical mechanical drawing tasks much faster if you use AutoCAD Mechanical commands instead of
the corresponding AutoCAD commands.
Geometry Creation Commands

AutoCAD Mechanical provides several tools to create mechanical-related geometry including symmetrical
lines, section lines (with arrows and labels), various rectangles types, construction lines, centerlines, and
automatic hatching. Mechanical lines are automatically created on mechanical layers according to their object
type. For example, section lines are automatically created on layer AM_10.
Command Map
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LINE LINE
PLINE PLINE
SPLINE SPLINE
AMSYMLINE
Draws symmetrical lines

about a centerline
AMBROUTLINE
Draws a special spline to

show the breakout
borders.
AMSECTIONLINE
Creates a cutting plane

line. Section lines can be
created with or without
arrows and labels.
AMZIGZAGLINE
Draws zigzag lines.
CIRCLE CIRCLE
ARC ARC
ELLIPSE ELLIPSE
POLYGON POLYGON
REVCLOUD REVCLOUD
RECTANG AMRECTANG
Creates a rectangle and

includes additional
options.
AMRECTXWH
Creates a rectangle; first

corner, full base and full
height.
AMRECTBY
Creates a rectangle;
middle base, second
corner.
AMRECTBWH
middle base, full base, full
height.
AMRECTBWH2
middle base, half base,
full height.
AMRECTLY
middle height, second
corner.
AMRECTLWH
middle height, full base,
full height.
AMRECTLWH2
middle height, full base,
half height.
AMRECTCY
center, second corner.
AMRECTCWH
Creates a rectangle; full

base, full height.
Hatching in AutoCAD Mechanical creates an intelligent entity. Hatching automatically finds boundaries based
on object type. Only objects on Contour layers (AM_0, AM_1, AM_2 and AM_3) are used as hatching
boundaries. Centerlines (AM_7) and thread lines (AM_4) are not found and are therefore ignored as hatch
boundaries. When a standard hole feature is placed, the hatching is automatically modified to suit the feature.
Command Map
HATCH AMHATCH_45_2
Creates a 45-degree and

2.5 mm/0.1 inch hatch.
AMHATCH_45_5
Creates a 45-degree and 5

mm/0.22 inch hatch.
AMHATCH_45_13

13 mm/0.5 inch hatch.
AMHATCH_135_2

AMHATCH_135_4

AMHATCH_135_11

11 mm/0.4 inch hatch.
AMUSERHATCH
Inserts a user-defined
hatch.
AMHATCH_DBL
Creates a double hatch of

45- and 135-degree and
2.3 mm/0.09 inch.
Geometry Creation Commands - Standard Features and

Parts
The AutoCAD Mechanical content library contains more than 600,000 standard features and parts, which are
based on 17 international standards. Standard features include Clearance, Tapped, Counter Sunk, and Counter
Bored Holes. Standard parts include Bolts, Screws, Nuts, Washers, Steel Shapes, Bearings, Circlips,
Cylindrical and Tapered Pins, Split Pins, Cotter Pins, Drive Studs, Rivets, Clevis Pins, Plugs, Lubricators,
Sealing Rings, Drill Bushings, and more.
Command Map
AMSCREWCON2D
Inserts a screw connection

between two plates using
standard parts from the
content library.
AMTHOLE2D
Creates a through hole of

a standard size.
AMSHAFT2D
Creates rotationally
symmetric shaft parts and
inner and outer shaft
contours, using the Shaft
Generator.
AMSHAFTEND
Creates a zigzag line, a

free-hand line, or a loop to
represent a shaft end.
AMCOMP2D
Creates compression
springs and performs
spring calculations.
AMSTDPLIB
Inserts a standard part

from the content library
into the drawing.
Geometry Creation Commands - View Projection and

Construction Lines
Construction lines in AutoCAD Mechanical include lines (xline and ray), circles and rectangle objects. They
are automatically created on layer AM_CL, which allows for quick placement without having to worry about
the current layer. AutoCAD Mechanical recognizes that construction lines are not part of the component you
are creating and is able to intelligently exclude them from relevant operations. For example, the hide
commands don't consider them valid contour objects and therefore ignores them in hide situations.
Command Map
AMPOWERVIEW
Creates top, bottom, or

side views of standard
parts.
XLINE AMCONSTLINES
Draws construction lines.

Displays a dialog box
listing all variations.
AMCONSTHOR
Creates a horizontal
construction line.
AMCONSTVER
Creates a vertical
construction line.
AMCONSTCRS
Creates a construction line

cross.
AMCONSTZ

in the Z direction.
AMCONSTHB

by defining two points or
an angle.
AMCONSTHW

with a relative angle from
a line.
AMCONSTPAR
Creates a parallel
construction line with full
distance.
AMCONSTPAR2
Creates a parallel
construction line with half
distance.
AMCONSTLOT2

perpendicular to two
points.
AMCONSTLOT

perpendicular to a line.
AMCONSTHM
Creates a bisecting
construction line of an
angle.
AMCONSTTAN
Creates two parallel

construction lines tangent
to a circle.
AMCONSTTC

tangent to two circles.
AMCONSTXLINE
Creates construction lines

starting from one point in
both directions.
RAY AMCONSTXRAY
Creates construction lines

starting from one point.
AMCONSTCC
Creates a concentric
construction line circle to
a circle.
AMCONSTCCREA
Creates a circle to the end

of a shaft. The circle is
drawn on the current
layer, but not on the
AM_CL layer.
AMCONSTC2

circle tangent to a line.
AMCONSTKR

circle tangent to two lines.
AMCONST_CIRCLE

circle.
AMCONSTCIRCLI

rectangle around a circle.
Geometry Reuse Commands

AutoCAD Mechanical lets you combine lines, arcs and circles to form components (Part and Assemblies)
within the mechanical structure environment. Once defined, you can quickly insert these components in a new
or existing drawing, and if one instance of a component is modified, all components automatically update.
Command Map
BLOCK BLOCK
AMSCREATE
Creates new components,

component views, folders,
and annotation views in
drawings in a mechanical
structure.
AMSNEW
Creates and manages new

folders, components, and
views in a mechanical
structure.
WBLOCK WBLOCK
AMSEXTERNALIZE
Converts local
components/folders to
external reference
components/folders by
moving their definitions
to a new drawing file.
INSERT INSERT
AMSINSERT
Insert component views

and folders from existing
definitions or inserts
additional views to an
annotation view.
XREF XREF
AMSCATALOG
Displays a catalog of
mechanical structure
component and folder
definitions, and provides
the ability to perform a
variety of operations,
particularly xref related
operations.
Hidden Line Creation Commands

The hide related commands in AutoCAD Mechanical create hidden lines by letting you select the objects that
must appear in the foreground. Hidden edges are automatically discovered and the appropriate line style set.
The commands intelligently ignore inappropriate objects such as Construction Lines from the foreground and
background.
Command Map
AM2DHIDE
Hides invisible edges of

objects that are partly or
fully hidden behind other
objects in an assembly.
AM2DHIDEDIT
Edits hidden or invisible

edges created by the
AM2DHIDE command.
AMSHIDE
Hides invisible edges of

objects that are partly or
fully hidden behind other
objects in an assembly, in
the mechanical structure
environment.
AMSHIDEEDIT
Edits hidden or invisible

edges created by the
AMSHIDE command.
Centerline and Hole Pattern Creation Commands

The commands that create centerlines not only draw centerlines and centerline crosses on the correct layer and
extend them to the correct length past holes and other objects, but they let you create complete hole patterns
for rectangular and pitch circle diameter patterns.
Command Map
AMCENTLINE
Draws a centerline on the

centerline layer
(AM_CL).
AMCENCROSS
Draws a centerline cross.
AMCENCRHOLE
Draws a centerline cross

with a hole.
AMCENCRANGLE

with an angle.
AMCENCRCORNER

in a corner.
AMCENCRFULLCIRCL
E

on a full circle.
AMCENCRINHOLE

in a hole.
AMCENCRPLATE

on a plate.
AMCENINBET
Draws a centerline
between two lines.
Geometry Modification Commands

The geometry modification power commands recognize related mechanical objects. As a result objects can be
modified as a whole (for example, an entire bolted connection can be modified as a whole) and surrounding
objects affected by the modification are automatically “healed”.
Command Map
ERASE AMPOWERERASE
Deletes selected objects

and automatically heals
the surrounding
mechanical objects.
COPY AMPOWERCOPY
Copies an object along

with its mechanical
intelligence to another
position in the drawing.
AMPOWEREDIT
Starts the command with

which the selected object
was created, to edit the
object.
AMPOWERRECALL
Starts the command with

which the selected object
was created, to create a
new object.
MIRROR MIRROR
OFFSET AMOFFSET
Creates multiple new

objects at specified
distances from an existing
object.
ARRAY ARRAY
MOVE MOVE
ROTATE ROTATE
SCALE SCALE
AMSCALEXY
Allows scaling in X and Y

direction.
TRIM TRIM
EXTEND EXTEND
BREAK BREAK
AMBREAKATPT
Break objects on their

common intersection
point.
JOIN JOIN
AMJOIN
Joins different entities.
DIVIDE DIVIDE
CHAMFER AMCHAM2D
Connects two nonparallel

objects by extending or
trimming them to intersect
or to join with a beveled
line.
FILLET AMFILLET2D
Creates filleted edges.

Drawing Sheet Creation Commands
AutoCAD Mechanical assists in creating, scaling, and annotating drawing sheets in both model and paper
space. Title blocks, drawings borders and revision blocks are intelligent objects automatically extracting part
or assembly information for display. In model space, title blocks become scaled areas after recommending a
standard scale for the selected objects. In paper space, viewport creation also assists in locating components
within model space.
Command Map
AMTITLE
Inserts a title block and a

drawing border.
AMREVLINE
Inserts a revision list into

a drawing or adds an
additional revision line to
an existing revision list.
Detail View Creation Commands

Use AutoCAD Mechanical to create detail views in model or paper space using common scaling factors. Detail
views are associative and are automatically updated when the model geometry is modified. Detail views placed
in model space create scale areas while those placed in paper space create viewports. All AutoCAD
Mechanical commands are aware of the scale factor used for detailing and adjust automatically.
Command Maps
AMDETAIL
Creates a scaled circular,

rectangular or free defined
detail view of selected
geometry.
AMSCAREA
Defines a drawing area

with a different scale
factor.
Annotation Commands - Dimensions

Dimensioning in AutoCAD Mechanical allows fits or fits to be added to those dimensions which are critical to
the design. Fits are intelligent, therefore if the nominal size changes, the fit is adjusted accordingly. A Fit List
can then be added to the drawing helping to document the design. Automatic dimensioning allows for quick
linear, ordinate, shaft, or symmetrical dimensioning in one operation. Numerous dimension editing commands
such as arrange and break are available for tiding up placed the dimensions.
Command Map
DIMLINEAR AMPOWERDIM
Creates linear, aligned,

angular, radius, and
diameter dimensioning.
Allows symbols, fits and
tolerances to be added to
individual dimensions
independent of the
dimension style.
DIMALIGNED AMPOWERDIM

angular, radius, and
independent of the
dimension style.
DIMORDINATE AMAUTODIM
Creates ordinate, parallel,

shaft, and symmetric

dimensions and gives the
chance to rearrange
dimensions into a new
style.
AMFITSLIST
Inserts a fits list from

placed dimensions.
DIMARC AMPOWERDIM

angular, radius and
independent of the
dimension style.
DIMRADIUS AMPOWERDIM

angular, radius and
independent of the
dimension style.
DIMJOGGED AMPOWERDIM

angular, radius and
independent of the
dimension style.
DIMDIAMETER AMPOWERDIM

angular, radius and
independent of the
dimension style.
DIMANGULAR AMPOWERDIM

angular, radius and
independent of the
dimension style.
QDIM AMAUTODIM

chance to rearrange
style.
DIMBASELINE AMAUTODIM

chance to rearrange
style.
DIMCONTINUE AMAUTODIM

chance to rearrange
style.
AMDIMARRANGE
Rearranges selected
dimensions, relative to a
selected edge.
AMDIMSTRETCH
Stretches/Contracts
geometry by letting you
select an associated
dimension (linear or
symmetric) and changing
the dimension text.
AMDIMALIGN
Aligns dimensions to a
selected dimension.
AMDIMJOIN
Edits linear, aligned, and

angular (3-point or 2-line)
dimensions by joining
similar dimensions into a
single dimension.
AMDIMBREAK
Creates breaks in an
existing dimension while
retaining its intelligence.
Annotation Commands - Hole Charts

When inserting a hole chart using AutoCAD Mechanical, the origin, hole labels and tables are inserted
according to the active standard. When holes are added, removed or moved, the hole chart updates
automatically.
Command Map
TABLE AMHOLECHART
Creates coordinate
MTEXT
dimensions for holes in a
work piece and generates
hole charts.
Annotation Commands - Mechanical Symbols

Not only does AutoCAD Mechanical contain several commands to directly insert various mechanical symbols
to a drawing, the symbols as well as associated text are placed in compliance with the active drafting standard.
Command Map
QLEADER AMNOTE
Describes holes and fits,

and creates notes to the
drawing with a leader.
TOLERANCE AMFCFRAME
Creates feature control

frame symbols.
AMDATUMID
Creates datum identifier

symbols.
AMSURFSYM
Creates surface texture

symbols.
AMWELDSYM
Creates welding symbols.
AMTAPERSYM
Creates taper/slope
symbols.
MTEXT AMTEXT7
Creates mtext with a

height of 7mm.
AMTEXT5

height of 5mm.
AMTEXT3

height of 3.5mm.
Annotation Commands - BOM, Part Lists and Balloons

Built-in BOM (Bill of Material) support eliminates the need to manually track part information, create and
maintain parts lists manually. When a part or assembly is added to the design, the parts lists and balloons
automatically update. The Parts lists and the balloons adhere to the active drafting standard.
Command Map
ATTDEF ATTDEF
(Attributes) (Attributes)
AMPARTREF
Creates hidden part

reference attributes.
AMBOM
Creates a BOM database

containing a list of
attributes.
AMPARTLIST
Creates and places a parts

list in a drawing.
AMBALLOON
Creates, places,
renumbers, and
reorganizes balloons in a
drawing.

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AutoCAD - AutoCAD Mechanical

Geometry Creation Commands

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Draws symmetrical lines

Draws a special spline to

Creates a cutting plane

arrows and labels.

Draws zigzag lines.

Creates a rectangle and

Creates a rectangle; first

Creates a rectangle; full

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Creates a 45-degree and

Creates a 45-degree and 5

Creates a 45-degree and

Creates a 135-degree and

Creates a 135-degree and

Creates a 135-degree and

Creates a double hatch of

2.3 mm/0.09 inch.

Geometry Creation Commands - Standard Features and

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Inserts a screw connection

Creates a through hole of

Creates a zigzag line, a

Inserts a standard part

Geometry Creation Commands - View Projection and

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Creates top, bottom, or

Draws construction lines.

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Creates two parallel

Creates a construction line

Creates construction lines

Creates construction lines

Creates a circle to the end

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Creates a construction line

Geometry Reuse Commands

Creates new components,

Creates and manages new

Insert component views

Hidden Line Creation Commands

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Hides invisible edges of

Edits hidden or invisible

Hides invisible edges of

Edits hidden or invisible

Centerline and Hole Pattern Creation Commands

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Draws a centerline on the

Draws a centerline cross.

Draws a centerline cross

Draws a centerline cross

Draws a centerline cross

Draws a centerline cross