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

5 mm/0.22 inch hatch.
AMHATCH_45_13

13 mm/0.5 inch hatch.
AMHATCH_135_2
Creates a 135-degree
and 2.7 mm/0.12 inch
hatch.
AMHATCH_135_4
and 4.7 mm/0.19 inch
hatch.
AMHATCH_135_11
and 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
line in the Z direction.
AMCONSTHB
line by defining two
points or an angle.
AMCONSTHW
line 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
line perpendicular to
two points.
AMCONSTLOT
line perpendicular to a
line.
AMCONSTHM
Creates a bisecting
construction line of an
angle.
AMCONSTTAN
Creates two parallel

construction lines
tangent to a circle.
AMCONSTTC
line 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
line circle tangent to a
line.
AMCONSTKR
line circle tangent to two
lines.
AMCONST_CIRCLE
line circle.
AMCONSTCIRCLI
line 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.
AMCENCRFULLCIRCLE

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
Creates ordinate,
into a new style.
DIMBASELINE AMAUTODIM
Creates ordinate,
into a new style.
DIMCONTINUE AMAUTODIM
Creates ordinate,
into a new 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
MTEXT Creates coordinate

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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Geometry Creation Commands

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Draws symmetrical lines

Draws a special spline to

Creates a cutting plane

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

Creates a 45-degree and

Creates a double hatch

Geometry Creation Commands - Standard Features and

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Creates a through hole

Creates a zigzag line, a

Inserts a standard part

Geometry Creation Commands - View Projection and

AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical

Creates top, bottom, or

Creates two parallel

Creates a circle to the

Geometry Reuse Commands

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Creates and manages

Insert component views

Hidden Line Creation Commands

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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 cross

Draws a centerline cross

Draws a centerline cross

Draws a centerline cross

Draws a centerline cross

Draws a centerline cross

Geometry Modification Commands

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Deletes selected objects

Copies an object along

Starts the command

Starts the command

Creates multiple new

Allows scaling in X and Y

Break objects on their

Joins different entities.

Creates filleted edges.

Drawing Sheet Creation Commands

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Inserts a title block and

Inserts a revision list

Detail View Creation Commands

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Creates a scaled circular,

Defines a drawing area

Annotation Commands - Dimensions