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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
Defer All Tube & Pipe Updates
Defer all tube and pipe updates when you are editing normal parts in a standard
Autodesk Inventor assembly or editing positional representations.
After the Defer All Tube & Pipe Updates check box is selected, most commands
specific to Tube & Pipe are disabled. The tube and pipe runs assembly is not
visible. Neither the tube and pipe runs assembly nor the associated parts in
drawings automatically update. You cannot create new pipe routes and runs
in the tube and pipe runs assembly.
When the Defer All Tube & Pipe Updates check box is cleared, you can defer
updates for individual runs and individual routes. For detailed instructions,
see
Controlling Individual Settings on page 115 in Chapter 6.
Specify the setting for defer all tube and pipe updates
1 Activate the top assembly.
2 Right-click Tube & Pipe Runs, and select Tube & Pipe Settings.
3 On the Tube & Pipe Settings dialog box, ensure the Defer All Tube & Pipe
Updates check box is cleared.
You can view automatic responses to edits on the tube and pipe assembly.
4 Click OK.
Use of Bill of Materials
The drawing manager uses the current bill of materials (BOM) to create tube
and pipe drawings. When you migrate R9 or earlier tube and pipe drawings,
you can specify whether to continue using the R9 BOM (default) or to use the
current BOM.
The BOMs mainly differ in how they store the raw material description for
library parts:
■ In the current BOM, the raw material description for conduit parts is stored
in the new stock number property. All BOM items with the same part
number are automatically merged in parts lists. If the part number is blank,
parts do not merge.
■ In the R9 BOM, the raw material description for conduit parts was stored
in the part number property. You had control over the merging of rows
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