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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Tubes and Pipes
- 1 Getting Started with Tube & Pipe
- 2 Route Basics
- 3 Setting Styles
- 4 Creating Rigid Routes and Runs
- General Workflow for Rigid Routes
- Creating Auto Route Regions
- Manually Creating Parametric Regions
- Automatically Dimension Route Sketches
- Create Segments With Precise Values
- Define Parallel and Perpendicular Segments
- Snap Route Points to Existing Geometry
- Place Constraints On Route Sketches
- Create Bends Between Existing Pipe Segments
- Create Pipe Routes With Custom Bends
- Create Bent Tube Routes
- Realign 3D Orthogonal Route Tool
- Control Dimension Visibility
- Populated Routes
- 5 Creating and Editing Flexible Hose Routes
- 6 Editing Rigid Routes and Runs
- 7 Using Content Center Libraries
- 8 Authoring and Publishing
- 9 Documenting Routes and Runs
- Cable and Harness
- 10 Getting Started with Cable and Harness
- 11 Working With Harness Assemblies
- 12 Using the Cable and Harness Library
- 13 Working with Wires and Cables
- About Wires and Cables
- Setting Modeling and Curvature Behavior
- Inserting Wires and Cables Manually
- Moving Wires and Cables
- Deleting Wires and Cables
- Replacing Wires
- Assigning Virtual Parts
- Importing Harness Data
- Adding Shape to Wires and Cable Wires
- Setting Occurrence Properties
- Changing Wire and Cable Displays
- 14 Working with Segments
- 15 Routing Wires and Cables
- 16 Working with Splices
- 17 Working with Ribbon Cables
- 18 Generating Reports
- 19 Working Nailboards and Drawings
- IDF Translator
- Index
About Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Workflow for Harness Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Using the Report Generator Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Formatting Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Use Sample Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Edit Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Create Part and Wire Bills of Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Create Wire Run List Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Create Custom Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Chapter 19
Working Nailboards and Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
About Nailboards and Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Nailboard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Nailboard Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
The Nailboard Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Creating a Nailboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Set Display Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Manipulating the Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Move the Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Arrange the Harness Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Arrange the Wire Stubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Arrange the Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Changing Nailboard Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Change Segment and Wire Line Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Change Fan State and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Annotating the Nailboard Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Dimension the Nailboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Add Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Add Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Placing Connector Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Create an Assembly Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Printing Nailboards and Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Practice your skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
IDF Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Chapter 20 Using the IDF Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
About the IDF Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Exchanging Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Understanding Import IDF Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Select document type to create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Select items to import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
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