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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
■ View the outline of tube and pipe run data within the context of an open
assembly file.
■ Turn visibility off to completely hide the Tube & Pipe Runs component
in the graphics window.
■ Create detailed drawings of populated routes within any file.
Understanding Prerequisites
It is assumed that you have a working knowledge of the Autodesk Inventor
interface and tools. If you do not, use the integrated Design Support System
(DSS) for access to online documentation and tutorials, and complete the
exercises in the Autodesk Inventor Getting Started manual.
At a minimum, you should understand how to:
■ Use the assembly, part modeling, sketch, and drawing environments, and
browsers.
■ Edit a component in place.
■ Create, constrain, and manipulate work points and work features.
■ Set color styles.
■ Use Content Center.
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It is also recommended that you have a working knowledge of Microsoft
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Windows
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XP, or Windows Vista
™
, and a working knowledge of concepts for
routing tube and pipe through mechanical assembly designs.
Backing Up Tutorial Data Files
For each exercise in this section, you use files that contain the example
geometry or parts for that task. These files are included in the Tutorial Files
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