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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
The Max is a percentage of the nominal size value (NS).
This engagement type automatically adjusts to changes
% of Nominal Size
in the nominal size. Gaskets and butt weld components
have 0% engagement.
Establishes an association between the connection
point and a work point representing the maximum
To Plane/Point (Asso-
ciated)
engagement position. The point can be an existing
work point or work point that is created by the inter-
section of a selected planar face and the work axis.
The actual maximum engagement position distance.
You can enter the distance in the dialog box.
Distance
The minimum engagement position is always specified as a percentage of the
Max distance.
When a pipe is inserted into a fitting, the pipe fitting procedure applies the
defined minimum and maximum to ensure the engagement position is within
the specified range. Depending on the minimum increment set in the style,
the end of the pipe falls between the Min and the Max.
NOTE For more information about setting the different types of engagement,
refer to the Autodesk Inventor Tube & Pipe Help, Content Center section.
ISOGEN Properties
To support the optional ISOGEN output format, you must add certain
properties to the published fittings. The ISOGEN properties you must add are:
Specifies the piping component type property required
by ISOGEN .pcf files.
Type
Four-character symbol keys that consist of the two-
character pairs for part type and their valid end types.
SKEY
The SKEY is used as part of ISOGEN end point input.
Wild card values of **, @, or + may also be included in
the SKEY. The wild card values are replaced by addition-
al information such as a range of integer values denot-
ing bend radius or number of segments.
Specifies the parameter to use for the manufacturer's
item-code for the selected part. For iparts, it selects the
Item-Code
ITEMCODE column in the family table and maps it to
the item-code property. For non-iparts, enter the
needed code based on the manufacturer's data. You
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