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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
Creating and Editing
Flexible Hose Routes
Flexible hose routes in a tube and pipe assembly are commonly used in machine construction
to transmit dynamic power, such as hydraulic and pneumatic power. They are defined by
placing fittings and hose nodes that determine the shape and appearance of the route in the
assembly. The flexible hose style controls which fittings are used and the structure of the
flexible hose in the assembly.
In this chapter, you learn how to create a flexible hose style, and then use the styles to create
flexible hose routes both in a flat structure and in a subassembly structure. You also learn to
populate, edit, and delete the routes.
Workflow for Flexible Hose Routes
The workflow for creating a flexible hose route is as follows:
1 Create a tube and pipe assembly.
2 Optionally, drop fittings on appropriate pipe segments or assembly
geometry to use as the start or end connection points for hose routes.
NOTE You can also start and end the hose route from any existing compatible
geometry or component.
3 Define and select a flexible hose style, indicating the route structure and
fittings to use.
4 Create a flexible hose route to connect the geometry or fittings in the tube
and pipe assembly.
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