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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
the system checks for the harness segment ends closest to each end of the
wire or cable, and then searches for the shortest path through the identified
contiguous segments. Whenever possible, place the harness segments so there
is no confusion as to which segment is closest to the connection points.
See
Defining Automatic Routes on page 297 for details about how the system
automatically routes wires and cables.
Apply Offset Distances
Arbitrary points selected on a face are offset a set distance from the selected
geometry. Segment points based on existing geometry are not offset. A segment
can require several different offset distances throughout its length. To adjust
the segment offset as you move through the assembly, right-click in the
graphics window, and select Edit Offset.
NOTE The offset distance is applied only while you create segments. It is not
applied when wires or cables are routed through the segment and cause the
update of the diameter.
Creating Segments
You can define segment paths as close to the appropriate results as possible,
and then adjust them later. You can also develop them using work features
you set when planning the segment path.
In the following exercises, you define a harness segment between two circular
connectors and around the PCB board in the enclosure. You adjust the offset
while you work. You define a second harness segment between two circular
connectors and around the PCB board on the opposite side of the first segment.
A work point is defined to control the approach to the first connector.
Start a segment
1 In the browser, double-click Harness Assembly1 if it is not already selected.
2 On the Cable & Harness panel bar, click the Create Segment tool.
3 In the graphics window, orient and zoom the view as shown in the
following illustration, and then select point 1.
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