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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
directory for the application. For Tube & Pipe, the files are located in the
installation path of Autodesk Inventor Tube & Pipe, by default, Windows XP
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor <version>\Tutorial Files\Tube & Pipe.
Windows Vista C:\Users\Public\Documents\ Autodesk\Inventor <version>\Tutorial
Files\Tube & Pipe.
Before you begin the exercises, back up the files so the originals are always
available. You can revert to these files if you make any mistakes during the
exercises, or if you would like to repeat an exercise.
Back up the tutorial files
1 Go to the Tube & Pipe directory and create a new folder called
Exercise_Backup.
2 From within the Tutorial Files directory, copy the exercise data into your
new folder.
Now you can use the files in the Tutorial Files directory as you work through
the exercises in this book. Keep any files you create for an exercise in the
Tutorial Files directory to avoid the possibility of file resolution problems.
Workflow for Tube and Pipe Assemblies
The first step in creating a tube and pipe system is to open an assembly file.
The assembly file can be empty or contain an assembly model. You can then
create the first pipe run and begin adding bent tubing, rigid piping, and flexible
hose routes.
Workflow: Create a tube and pipe runs assembly
1 Set up the project environment such as project type, workspace, and
permissions to the style library. Content Center configuration is also
especially important.
2 Optionally, customize your own master runs assembly template.
3 Within a normal Inventor assembly, create a master runs assembly.
4 Use the Tube & Pipe Styles tool to set style options.
5 Select a tube, pipe, or hose style, and then create a new route using
automatic solutions and parametric regions to guide your selections.
6 Adjust the route to design changes.
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