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■ Use sketched tools to create parametric regions in rigid piping and bent
tubing routes.
■ Utilize the existing geometry and drawn construction lines to navigate the
rigid piping and bent tubing routes.
■ Defer updates on automatic routing for the tube and pipe runs assembly,
pipe run, and individual routes.
■ Modify both routes and runs by placing dimensions and geometric
constraints.
■ Access and use the Content Center to place conduit parts and fittings in
tube and pipe assemblies. Fittings can be used to initiate route branches.
■ Author custom tube and pipe iParts and standard parts for publishing to
the Content Center Library.
■ Populate selected routes with library components.
■ Suppress memory-costly tube and pipe components in Level of Detail
representations, especially in large tube and pipe assemblies.
■ Place non-adaptive occurrences of master runs assemblies, runs, hose
assemblies, and routes and make them adaptive for reuse.
■ Swap in the needed master runs assembly member in the tube and pipe
interchangeability set when a tube and pipe iAssembly factory is created.
■ Recover the route centerlines in tube and pipe drawings.
■ Use the bill of materials to document routes and runs.
■ Move pipe runs rigidly and edit hose routes in positional representations.
■ Save tube and pipe data to ISOGEN .pcf files or ASCII bend tables.
■ Use the browser to edit tube and pipe runs and to change visibility for
routes, runs, and components.
Tube & Pipe Environment
Tube & Pipe provides the familiar Autodesk Inventor assembly environment
in addition to design tools for adding routes and runs.
When you open an assembly in Autodesk Inventor Tube & Pipe, a tool appears
on the Assembly panel bar for adding piping runs to your design. Once you
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