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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
■ Create and annotate basic drawings.
■ Set color styles and use the Style Editor.
■ Use Content Center.
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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
directory for each application. For Cable and Harness, the files are located in
the Tutorial Files\Cable & Harness folder where you installed Autodesk Inventor.
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 In the folder where Autodesk Inventor is installed, go to the Cable &
Harness directory and create a folder called Exercise_Backup.
The default installation location is:
Microsoft Windows XP operating system:
■ Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor <version>\Tutorial Files\
Microsoft Vista operating system:
■ Users\login-name\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Inventor <version>\Tutorial
Files\
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