in autocad 2014 how do I animate, ie revlove a wheel on its axis while the rest stays static.

Hi there john,

Welcome aboard 🙂

The topic of animation is really a broad topic to discuss, but you can start by watching online video tutorials

You can start by watching this video(Clock Animation) tutorial on youtube and move on from there to more advanced topics:

Move on to a more mechanical part (Gear Animation):

Also check this reference on AutoCAD Knowledge base:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-19E41C48-90E0-4462-9CC3-1BBBECFF5CC1-htm.html

Hope this helps 🙂