Mechanical Software for 2D & 3D AutoCAD
The Mech-Q Mechanical software module is a comprehensive drawing package that includes a wide selection of mechanical symbols.
For AutoCAD LT Users: Currently this product does NOT support Vista / Windows 7 64 bit AutoCAD LT installations. Although 32 bit AutoCAD LT is fully supported.
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Easy to use Mechanical software
The symbol library includes a large selection of fasteners, bearings & housings, gears, material handling equipment, shafts utility and more. This mechanical software supports both Metric & English (Imperial) units. Most of the Mechanical Symbols are available in either 2-D or 3-D solids.
Other modules in the mechanical package include:
General Drafting: Layer tools, text editing, and more. This large collection of utilities, includes a detail utility, auto-dimensioning tool, drawing symbols, section arrows, Quick-Draw utilities, layer manipulation functions, global text changing and many more.
General Mechanical: Shafts design, chamfering utilities, bearings & bearing housings, keys & key ways, spur gears, clutches, cylindrical tolerance, mechanical symbols and many more.
Fasteners: A large collection of parametric utilities for drawing of bolts, nuts, washers, pins, bolt holes, slotted holes and more.
Material Handling: Conveyor rolls, suspended, sprockets, conveyor wheels, chain wheels, trajectory & valley angle calculator.
General Drafting Module
Mechanical Tools include:
Global Text manipulation
Style Changing: a powerful utility to change text from one style (or all styles) to another
Text Find and Replace: searches for all instances of a nominated text and replaces it as specified
Text Box: draws a box around selected text line or paragraph
Width: changes the width factor of selected text
Scale Globally: changes the height of text to a new height or scaled by a given factor
Underline
Layer control by pointing to an entity of desired layer
Locking
Unlocking
Changing
Freezing
Isolating: freeze entities on all layers except the entities on the layer selected
Fasteners Module
Bolts and Screws, Hexagon Head Bolts, Socket head, Flat head, Button head, C’Sunk Pan Head, Raised Head Washer Bolts, Shoulder Cap Screws and Studs. Metric & English sizes
Nuts Regular Hex. Class 9, Thin, Washer and Lock nuts. Metric & English sizes
Flat Washers
Spring Washers
Set screws Cone, Half Dog, Flat and Cup Point. Metric & English sizes
Dowel & Roll Pins
Bolt Holes to correspond to Bolts and Screws
Slotted Holes
Drilled Holes
and more…
Mechanical Module
This Mechanical software add-in includes modules: MGD01; MFT01 plus the following powerful utilities:
Bearings & Bearing HousingsAlso available separately as Module: MBR01 This includes: Deep Groove Ball, Cylindrical, Self Aligning, Spherical Roller, Thrust, Taper Roller & Y Bearings, Plus: Bearing Housings, Plumber Blocks and Flange Housings
Auto Shaft Generator Draw: Shafts/Pinions and internal (bore) plus an End view - with all Combinations of shaft steps, chamfers and corner radii.
Keys & Key Ways Draws Keys/Key ways - Standard or User Specified.
Internal Chamfer Generator Simply pick the drawn bore end points and the chamfer is drawn, trimming lines automatically.
External Chamfer Generator By picking the shaft end line the chamfer is drawn - modifying the shaft end entities as required.
Spur Gears Metric & English sizes.
and more…
Material Handling Module
This mechanical software module is of special interest to material handling engineers and drafting specialists. This collection of powerful utilities include:
Conveyor Rolls & Idlers Utility Various makes, including PROK and PRINCE, (Other makes by request). The utility allows you to draw 3 Roll Troughs, Vee Troughs and Return & Flat Carry Idlers. End, Front and Plan Views for all standard roller diameter, Angles and Belt Width Now also: Suspended Idlers
Conveyor Chains Links & Sprockets. This routine is based on the RENOLD Conveyor Chains range. It will draw Sprockets Front view, End View and Chain Links. For all common Chain pitch, Break Load (and Number of Teeth)
Transmission Sprockets Plus Sprocket Design Utility . To ISO 606, 0.375-1.50” pitch. Front and End views: Simplex, Duplex and Triplex Transmission Sprockets - In Steel & Cast Iron Plain/Taper Bore
Bulk Material Trajectory profile generator. Calculates and draws Bulk Material trajectory envelope for conveyed material as it travels past header pulley.
and more…
AutoCAD Compatibility
AutoCAD 14-2010
AutoCAD LT 2000-2010
Mech-Q is now also compatible with Windows XP 64 bit and Microsoft Vista Operating systems.
| MQ-Version |
Compatible |
BOM |
3D |
| AutoCAD 14-2010 |
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| ACLT 2004-10 |
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| ACLT 2000/2 |
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| IntelliCAD |
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Installation & Unlocking Procedures:
Download the Mech-Q Mechanical software.
Install software. You will be given an Serial Number, listed in the Mech-Q start up dialogue.
Use the Mech-Q On-Line Authorization Code Application to register your software
(details provided in readme.txt with download)
Once registered & processed you will be emailed the authorization code within 24 hours to unlock the software.
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Once your information has been processed you will be emailed the registration key to unlock the software.