Shaft Generator Dialog Box (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)

To obtain the name of a button, place the cursor over a button. A tooltip showing the name of the button is displayed.
	Cylinder (top) Inserts a cylinder using the point entry method.
	Cylinder (bottom) Inserts a cylinder using the keyboard to enter length and diameter dimensions.
	Cone/Slope 1:x There are two options in the Shaft Generator dialog box for creating conical shaft geometry: Slope and cone. Both methods allow graphical and keyboard input, but the Slope method gives you greater accuracy control. You can specify the dimensions of conical geometry by responding to the command prompts or by using the dialog box.
	Thread Inserts threaded shaft segments into the shaft. When you select the Thread option, the Thread dialog box opens.
	Profile Inserts sectional profiles as shaft sections.
	Wrench Accesses the Wrench Opening dialog box.
	Gear Generates gears with involute teeth on a shaft segment.
	Groove Inserts grooves into a shaft section.
	Chamfer Chamfers shaft sections.
	Fillet Fillets shaft sections.
	Break Inserts a shaft break into any segment of a shaft.
	Break Line Inserts break lines to define hatch boundaries for partial sections of a shaft.
	Side View Creates a side view representation of a shaft.
	Hatch Inserts half or full hatch sections. If Mechanical Structure is enabled, the hatch is not added to the shaft component, but to the parent component instead. This enables you to create other instances of the shaft that do not have the hatch.
	Section Creates a sectional view of a shaft.
Std. Parts Displays the Select Group dialog box. Selected parts contain information that causes the Shaft Generator to draw the parts as a shaft segment.
Insert Determines the starting point of a new segment on a section of an existing shaft. Depending on the settings of the shaft configuration, the new part can overwrite an existing segment or it can be inserted between two segments.
Edit Modifies the particular sections of the shaft. This function may be considered as an internal AMPOWEREDIT within the shaft generator.
Delete Deletes a segment. The parts next to the deleted segment are moved by the length of the deleted section in the direction that is specified in the configuration.
Copy Copies sections and subsections of the shaft separately.
Note Describes the sections of the shaft.
Undo Retraces the most recent step of the shaft generation. The inserted shaft sections can be removed, step by step, as long as the shaft generation has not been terminated.
>>> Closes the dialog box temporarily so that you can look at the shaft.
Options Displays the Shaft Generator - Configuration dialog box, using which you can configure how the Shaft Generator works.