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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
7 Populate the route or insert additional fittings into the tube and pipe
assembly or directly onto a route. Fittings can be used to initiate new
routes.
8 Add additional routes and runs.
9 Make final adjustments to each route and run. Change the active style
or add, remove, reposition, and replace fittings, route points, and
segments.
10 Populate selected route(s).
11 Optionally:
■ To reuse the master runs assembly, runs, routes, or flexible hose
assemblies, place secondary occurrences and use the Make Adaptive
tool to transition them to new primary occurrences.
■ Create Level of Detail representations to save memory if you are
working with a large assembly.
■ Create drawing views based on specific representations and
configurations, create and export bill of material tables for routes and
runs, and annotate drawings using parts lists, piping styles, and so
on.
■ Save the file in a different format such as ISOGEN or bend table to
import to other drawing applications.
Setting Up Projects For Exercises
For the exercises, browse to and select the project file in the Tutorial Files
directory.
Set up the project for Tube & Pipe exercises
1 Click File ➤ Projects.
2
Use the Configure Content Center Libraries tool to configure
libraries. Ensure that you have logged in to your Autodesk data
management server and the needed libraries are ready on the server.
3 Select the AirSystemAssy.ipj as the active project.
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