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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
Getting Started with
Tube & Pipe
This chapter provides basic information to help you get started using Tube & Pipe in Autodesk
®
Inventor
™
Routed Systems and the exercises in this manual.
It also provides information about the tube and pipe environment, how to get started with
a tube and pipe assembly, and how to use tube and pipe data.
About Tube & Pipe
Tube & Pipe provides features for setting tube and pipe styles, adding runs and
routes to mechanical assemblies or product designs, adding initial fittings to
create route branches, and populating selected routes. When a tube and pipe
assembly is complete, the tube and pipe information can be represented in
drawings and presentations, and output to different data formats.
Tube & Pipe Features
With the tube and pipe tools you can:
■ Create tube and pipe assembly files.
■ Define, view, modify, copy, delete, and share tube and pipe styles that
conform to industry standards.
■ Create tube, pipe, or hose routes using automatic solutions the system
calculates based on the style criteria.
■ Create derived routes and edit the underlying base sketch.
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