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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
Each harness assembly contains an Origin and a Representations folder and
a single harness part. Although harness assemblies respond to representations
in the parent assembly, they do not respond as expected to representations
created at the harness assembly. For best results, create representations at the
parent assembly level only.
The harness part contains one folder for each of the harness objects that make
up the harness. Each segment has a work point for every point used to shape
the segment. Ribbon cables contain work points and folds used to shape the
ribbon cable. The Virtual Parts folder contains a folder for each type of virtual
part in the harness.
NOTE Promoting a harness part from its parent assembly corrupts the cable and
harness data. In this case, close the assembly without saving. Demoting the harness
back to the subassembly does not fix the data.
Setting Properties for Harness Components
Every harness component contains a set of properties. These properties are
used for the documentation you produce, such as reports and drawings.
Properties are also used to check specific aspects of the design, such as bend
radius and bundle diameters.
Properties are added at different levels within the assembly. They can be added
to the source component in the library as well as to any occurrences of that
component within the assembly.
When you create a harness object, some properties are required, such as the
Pin Name for an electrical part occurrence, or the Wire ID for a wire. You can
decide on which other properties to set.
The documentation you produce for downstream consumers drives the
properties you set. Some properties, such as length or adjusted length for a
harness segment are derived from the placement or settings of the related
component. These properties cannot be changed, but can be viewed and used
in the documentation.
You can set and view properties when the component is active in Cable and
Harness. Some properties can also be accessed from other objects. For example,
from the Wire Properties dialog box, you can view and modify properties on
the parts and pins to which it is connected.
You can also use the property dialog boxes to add and remove virtual parts.
Search for “virtual parts” in the Help index for more details.
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