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CAD for Mechanical Design Associate Certification Prep

Outline
1

Getting started

Module overview
Course overview
Get the software
2

About the certification

Module overview
Exam details
Sample test questions
Test taking tips
3

See where you stand

Module overview
Pre-test
4

Project setup

Module overview
Create a project file structure
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
Module quiz
5

3D component modeling

Module overview
Create and define sketches
Create construction planes and axes
Create and modify 3D solid features
Inspect and analyze models
Use direct modeling features
Create and modify freeform parts
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
Module quiz
6

3D assembly modeling and management

Module overview
Create and organize assembly components
Create motion with assembly joints
Create and manage motion links
Apply assembly interference
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
Module quiz
7

Technical detailed drawing creation

Module overview
Create a basic technical drawing
Practice exercise
Challenge exercise
Module quiz
8

Course challenge exercise

Module overview
Challenge exercise
9

Practice test

Module overview
Start your practice test
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Pre-test

Before you begin this course, test your skills by taking the following assessment to see where you stand. 

Keep track of your incorrect answers to know which skills you should study. You'll have a chance to take this same practice test again at the end of the course to see how you've improved.

All questions must be answered to submit your assessment.

Test

48 questions

1. While adjusting an assembly's components, a mechanical designer wants to ensure one component always returns to a default position after dragging it. How can they accomplish this in their design?

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2. Refer to exhibit.

When creating a primitive sphere form, which setting ensures edits after the form is made apply identical changes on two opposite sides of the model?

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3. Which tool can be used to remove a counter-bore from a hole while leaving the through-hole?

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4. Refer to exhibit.

Which type of drawing view was used in the exhibit denoted by A-A (1:1)?

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5. Refer to exhibit.

Which option will create this isometric view style as shown in exhibit?

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6. Which line type automatically creates a diameter dimension when using the Sketch Dimension tool?

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7. When designing a new component, a mechanical designer realizes that the component cannot be fabricated as one piece. Which method can be used to separate the component into two objects for easier fabrication?

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8. Refer to exhibits.


A mechanical designer is reviewing the interference analysis image in Exhibit 1, and the interference results in Exhibit 2 for a Pillar Block assembly. The Pillar Block and Top Plate have not been manufactured, but the hardware has been procured for the assembly.Which design change(s) should be made to resolve any interference issues?

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9. Which type of construction plane can be created parallel to a selection but a specified distance away?

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10. Refer to exhibits.


The mechanical designer has created two separate part design files of a cylinder and a rectangular bar. The design intent is to add a fillet at the intersection of the two parts as shown in Exhibit After. In order to do so, What step must the designer first complete?

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11. Refer to exhibit.

After importing a solid body, the mechanical designer needs to lengthen the face shown in the exhibit. Which tool can be used?

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12. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer wants to create a series of through holes on the part as shown. The original hole is set to be drilled through all objects. When creating a rectangular pattern of these holes, the mechanical designer realizes that the patterned holes are not drilling through the part. What setting should be changed to ensure the additional copies drill through like the original hole?

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13. What object type is required to create a Rigid Group in a design?

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14. Refer to exhibits.


A mechanical designer wants to orient two components in Exhibit 1 so specific flat faces are inline with each other as shown in Exhibit 2.Which tool can be used to do this by selecting flat faces on each component without locking their new relative positions?

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15. How many degrees of freedom does the As-Built Revolute Joint have?

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16. Refer to exhibits.



A mechanical designer has created a plate with 2 extruded squares as shown in exhibit 1.The mechanical designer has rotated one face of the design as shown in exhibit 2, and then attempts to create a feature pattern that will follow the angled edge as well as the straight edge.The pattern is not creating the intended outcome shown in exhibit 3, what should the mechanical designer do?

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17. Which new component option will create a linked design in a data panel?

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18. Which view type can be placed without restrictions on the drawing sheet without a hot key?

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19. Which two locations in Fusion 360 can be used to find and edit a sketch after it has been created? (Choose two.)

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20. What method can be used to adjust the visible length of a construction axis?

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21. While working on a drawing, a mechanical designer needs to change the layout of the title block.Which option should be used?

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22. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer is looking to verify the volume of fluid in a container design. The fluid volume is shown in blue in the exhibit. How can the mechanical designer measure the fluid volume?

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23. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer has added an off-axis hole to the sectioned design shown in the exhibit to accommodate a socket head cap screw.Which option should the mechanical designer change to ensure the hole will always enter the center of the design even if a design change is made earlier in the timeline?

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24. Which method allows a local STEP design to be displayed in Fusion 360 but still requires it to be saved to the data panel?

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25. Refer to exhibit.

Which View Cube axis should be used with a slider joint for the green slotted part to ride on both mounting features?

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26. Refer to exhibit.

How would a mechanical designer place components in a design under another component as a sub-assembly as shown in the exhibit?

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27. Refer to exhibits.


When using the Edit Form tool with two edges selected as shown in Exhibit 1, what shortcut key is used to extrude the selected edges as shown in Exhibit 2?

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28. Refer to exhibit.

How can the mechanical designer create a new hole on the top component along the same axis as the hole on the bottom component?

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29. Refer to exhibit.

What does it mean for the sketch rectangle lines to be blue?

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30. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer has created a ball screw and coupler assembly with a pitch of 0.10 in. (2.54 mm).The ball screw has a revolute joint and the coupler has a slider joint applied, and the motion link dialog is shown in the exhibit.Assuming the ball screw rotates a full revolution, which motion link setting will generate the appropriate coupler motion?

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31. Which empty New Component choice will create a component that only exists in the current design?

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32. Which constraint will ensure two lines always remain at 90 degrees to each other?

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33. Refer to exhibit.

What projection type was used to project entities to the active sketch plane where the plane and round body meet?

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34. Refer to exhibit.

When adding a hole note to a drawing sheet, what hole property does the indicated symbol represent?

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35. Refer to exhibit.

Which Dimension type as shown in the exhibit allows for the automatic creation and placement of dimensions as entities are selected in the drawing view?

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36. Refer to Exhibit.

The mechanical designer is attempting to add a Rule Fillet to the selected part geometry, but an error was generated. Which value needs to be modified to avoid this error?

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37. Refer to exhibit.
A mechanical designer wants to inspect internal components and creates a Section Analysis. After choosing the initial plane orientation, how can the mechanical designer ensure that the section plane is positioned precisely in the center of the design, as shown in the exhibit?

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38. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer has created a new form primitive and scaled a single face.Which form primitive was used for this design?

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39. Refer to exhibit.

When starting a new detailed drawing, which setting dictates the components that will be displayed in the first drawing view?

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40. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer is setting up a chamfer for an 82 degree flat head screw.Upon creation the mechanical designer notices the chamfer is overlapping with the screw.What should the chamfer angle be set to?

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41. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer wants to add a fillet to the right side of the part to match the fillet shown on the left side of the part. What fillet type should be selected so the fillet always remains tangent as the thickness of the part is adjusted?

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42. Which is a default behavior when a new sketch is created on a planar face?

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43. Refer to exhibits.


A mechanical designer needs to create a bevel on a part in a way so the feature can be machined with a ball mill and create a smooth transition shown in Exhibit 1.The mechanical designer lofts Profile1 to a point and uses guide rails to drive the shape as shown in Exhibit 2.Which option for continuity was used for Profile 2?

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44. Refer to exhibits.


A mechanical designer had created two bodies, as shown in exhibit 1. The design intent is for both bodies to be one component, as shown in exhibit 2. Based on the exhibits, what must be done to the two bodies?

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45. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer has set up a motion link between the slider joints of the slotted components in the exhibit.The slider joints contain joint limits to prevent the components from sliding more than 80mm.After closing the dialog the mechanical designer notes the assembly is mechanically locked and nothing will move.What should be changed to allow the links to move?

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46. Refer to exhibit.

A mechanical designer was required to add five tapped holes in the face to a direct model. One hole was added 1.968" (50mm) from centerline of shaft. The other holes were patterned from the original hole at 45 degrees, 135 degrees, 225 degrees and 315 degrees. After adding the hole, which single pattern choice did the mechanical designer use to space the 5 holes around shaft?

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47. Which two options can be used to remove a sketch constraint? (Choose two.)

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48. Refer to exhibits.


A mechanical designer needs to create a thin-walled version of the solid shown in Exhibit 1 so that it retains a 15mm overhang as shown in Exhibit 2.The mechanical designer has used the Split Face tool to split the top face at the desired 15mm overhang.How can the shell be created as shown in Exhibit 2?

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