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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
Moving Coupling Nodes
In tube routes you can move coupling nodes in three dimensions when the
route points are not fully constrained. The system then dynamically updates
the route sketch and the colinear constraints on the adjacent segments remain.
You can also reposition coupling route points by editing the segment
dimensions.
NOTE To remove a coupling, you must delete the associated route point in the
route environment.
In this exercise, you use the 3D Move/Rotate tool.
Move the coupling node
1 Activate Route03 in the AirSystem1:1 run.
2 Right-click the intermediate route point on the segment, and select 3D
Move/Rotate.
3 Drag the triad axes or enter the X, Y, or Z values to move the point as
needed.
4 Click OK.
Deleting Routes and Runs
You can delete a selected run or any individual routes that it contains. You
can also delete one or more selected routes.
When you delete a populated route, you must also indicate whether to delete
the segments and fittings that it contains or to save the fittings for future
routing. Fittings that are not deleted are placed above the first route in the
active run.
Delete a run
1 Activate Tube & Pipe Runs in a tube and pipe assembly.
2 Right-click the pipe run to delete, and select Delete Run.
Delete a route and its components
1 Activate the run containing the route to delete.
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