Mechanica is nanoCAD’s 2D drafting and 3D mechanical design module. It is based on an advanced parametric engine, and works with a large library of standard parts. It enables users to carry out fast development of high-quality mechanical engineering drawings and project documentation.
You can get a license for 1 or 3 years.

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What you get

Comprehensive Tool Set of nanoCAD platform

nanoCAD platform provides you with a full set of basic and advanced design tools for creating and editing 2D/3D objects. It offers multiple drawing and editing methods for most geometric elements. nanoCAD platform is the base on which you build a more powerful CAD system to your specifications.

Mechanica’s specialty tool set

Mechanica extends the nanoCAD platform with an array of mechanical drawing and engineering calculation utilities coupled with a vast library of standard and user-defined parts. The synergy speeds up the parametric drafting process.

  • Parametric database parts library
  • Library of ISO-compliant parts and assemblies
  • Impressive range of design functions
  • Advanced tools for designing shafts and pipelines
  • Rapid preparation of drawings
  • Drawing projections made with engineering standards
  • Bolt and rivet joints
  • Semi-automated BOM tools
  • Built-in MechWizard parameterizer
  • Calculators with reports
  • Full list of features

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Technical support

Customizable user interface

Open API

Annual updates

New in Mechanica

Assembly Units

Changing 3D Type of an Assembly Unit

Document Properties Window

Assembly Unit Properties Window

Specification by 3D Model

Specification Positions

Stamping

Flanging

Full list of new features

Mechanica Features

Mechanica. Library of standard and complex parts

Library of standard and complex parts

 

  • Search filter
  • Fasteners
  • Standard profiles
  • Reamers
  • Circuit elements symbols
  • Technical sketches
  • Machine accessories
  • Mechanical gears, bearings, shafts, and sockets
  • Electric motors
  • Gear boxes
  • Pipeline fittings
  • Vessels and apparatus

Broad range of design tools

 

  • Supports multi-sheet drawings
  • Constructs objects and symbols by a variety of methods, such as orthogonal drawing and using object snap
  • Manages drawing order of overlaying objects
  • Draws standard and custom line types, hatches, and fonts with styles
  • Dimensions through multiple methods and places technology symbols
  • Auto selects tolerances and deviations
  • Automated check of texts labels standards
  • Quick access to standard texts and symbols
  • Checks spelling with built-in text editor
  • Creates tables with built-in table editor

Parameterized parts database

Mechanica’s parts database contains a vast collection of parametric and object-dependent elements, including three-dimensional ones. When you change the parameters of a part, all associated parts in the drawing also change automatically, according to their database values. This powerful tool generates design variations, which improve the design quality.

Standards-based engineering drawings

With Mechanica, you quickly make drawings based on international standards using these tools:

  • ISO-standard fonts, line types, and dimension styles
  • Tolerance zones and deviations for dimensions and fits
  • Form and plane position tolerances
  • Surface texture symbols
  • Gradient symbols
  • Editor for writing and changing technical notes and specifications
  • Hole tables
  • Semi-automatic views, cuts, sections, and breaks
  • Auto-sorting letter labels of drawing elements
  • Fixed joint symbols
  • Marking and branding
  • Formats and stamps
  • Special arrays
  • Cross-referencing drawing denotations in technical requirements
  • Generation of table reports, with automatic updating of tables linked to drawing objects

Designing bolted and riveted joints

Mechanica offers flexibility in handling bolt and rivet functions:

  • Connect groups of parts with arbitrary thickness using bolts, screws, or studs
  • Connect parts of arbitrary thickness with rivets displayed in regular and high accuracy, made of hollow and semi-hollow rivets
  • Display simplified fasteners in joints
  • Generate patterns of bolts and rivets in joints

BOM tools

Mechanica’s BOM tools create bills of material of parts linked to drawings. BOM tables can contain the following items:

  • Itemized specification numbers
  • Electrical specifications
  • Automatic receipt of specifications
  • Custom specifications

Dimension styles

Mechanica supports dimension styles, which are named collection of dimension settings that control the appearance of dimensions, such as the arrowhead, the text placement, and display of tolerances. It includes styles preset for a number of local and international standards.

Detail views with automatic updates

Mechanica generates detail views as objects that are updated by the MCREGEN command when the source model changes. When at least part of a scaled object falls into the view frame, then its scale is applied to the entire detail view.

MechWizard parameterizer

Mechanica’s MechWizard guides users through advanced functions:

  • Overlaying assembly and parametric dependencies on objects
  • ‘Behavior training’ of standard parts
  • Modification of database elements
  • Custom database elements

Calculation wizard

Mechanica’s powerful engineering calculators handle gear strengths, complex cross-sections of geometric properties with arbitrary axes, fasteners, bearing life at given load conditions, and more. Results of calculations are generated automatically as reports that show all formulas and ISO references used for the calculations.