Commands: ComponentsPanelOpen

BricsCAD Mechanical contains a library of 30,000 standard mechanical components of 800+ different types. They are available in Components panel, and can be inserted into your assembly with drag'n'drop. You can adjust the parameters by using the Properties panel, which temporarily lists parameters of a component being inserted or after insertion by using Mechanical Browser.

Components panel is configured in the Mechanical profile to contain three categories:

Standard Parts
Holes
Sheet Metal

Standard Parts (Hardware)

Standard Parts category contains parametric standard hardware such as bolts, nuts, bearings, gears, and etc.

The content of Standard Parts category is further structured by type, subtype, and standard (example: Standard Parts / BOLT / HEX HEAD / ISO / ISO 4017).

NOTE

There are two specific settings you can configure for Standard Parts in Settings dialog:

Thread representation is used to represent 3D thread for bolts and nuts or do not represent it (the latter option allows to decrease the memory consumption and increase the performance for large assemblies);
Maximum number of gear teeth is used to limit the number of teeth for gears (sprocket weals, which are available under Standard Parts / SPROCKET), which also allows to decrease memory consumption and increase the performance.

Holes

Holes category contains parametric library of standard holes such as slots, counterbore, countersink, and etc.

Sheet Metal Form Features

Sheet Metal category contains parametric library of sheet metal form features such as bridges, embosses, and etc.

To place a standard component into the current drawing:

Choose a category.
Choose a standard.
Select a type.
Click on desired standard component.
Select appropriate parameters in properties panel.
Click in the drawing area to insert the selected component with chosen parameters.

To create your own standard component:

You can create your own standard parts and add them to Components panel using BmCreateComponent command.