Bearings

Ball bearings

Mode

Tool

Workspace: Tool set

Modes for The Symbol Insertion tool

Ball Bearing

Architect and Spotlight: Machine Components

Landmark: Add tool to workspace
(see Customizing workspaces)

Multiple ball bearing, roller bearing, and needle bearing tools share the same position on the tool set. Click and hold the mouse on the visible tool to open the Pop-out tools list and select the desired tool.

To insert a ball bearing:

Click the tool and mode.

Click to place the object, and click again to set the rotation. The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default parameters. The parameters can be edited later from the Object Info palette.

 

Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter

Description

Bearing Type

Select from a variety of single ball or double ball radial and angular bearings

Single Row, Radial

Bear_BSRR.png 

Single Row, Angular

Bear_BSRA.png 

Double Row, Radial

Bear_BDRR.png 

Double Row, Angular

Bear_BDRA.png 

Inside Diameter

Specify the inside diameter of the bearing

Outside Diameter

Specify the outside diameter of the bearing

Width

Enter the width of the bearing

View

(2D only)

Select the 2D view

Bear_Bviews.png 

Show Detail

(2D only)

Indicate whether to display a detailed 2D view of the bearing

Bear_Bdetail.png 

Show Center Line

(2D only)

Draws the bearing with center lines

Section

(3D only)

Draws a section of the bearing

Highlight Rollers

(3D only)

Highlights the rollers within the bearing in black

 

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