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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
Working With Harness
Assemblies
This chapter provides basic information about the tools added by the cable and harness
environment. It also tells how to create a harness assembly and set properties.
About Working in Harness Assemblies
The Cable and Harness software includes features for defining electrical parts,
inserting wires, cables, and ribbon cables from a library, routing wires through
segment paths, inserting splices, and attaching virtual parts. You can generate
reports for several common report types, or configure them to your specific
needs. The harness assembly information can also be represented in drawings
or nailboard drawings. It can also be saved to an .xml format.
With the cable and harness tools you can:
■ Create or edit harness assembly files.
■ Create electrical parts.
■ Author and publish connector parts to the Content Center.
■ Retrieve generic or published connector parts from the Content Center.
■ Edit and retrieve harness object definitions from a library.
■ Import electrical connectivity wire lists (including cable wires) using either
.csv or .xml file formats.
■ Allocate space by defining possible wire, cable, and ribbon cable paths
through the assembly.
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