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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
becomes associative to new geometry that you select. Changes to the geometry
reposition the associated work point.
Grounded work points can also be modified using the 3D Move/Rotate option.
To use 3D Move/Rotate, select the 3D Move/Rotate option, and then drag the
work point to the desired location. The work point remains grounded.
For more information about working with work points in Autodesk
®
Inventor
™
, search for work points in the Help index.
NOTE When the location of a segment changes dramatically, delete the existing
segment and create a new one, rather than try to adjust existing segment work
points to accommodate the changes.
In this exercise, you use 3D Move/Rotate to adjust a work point for the segment
branch.
Move the work point
1 To get a better view of your data, turn off the visibility for any geometry
obstructing your view.
You can create design views that include only the components necessary
to wire the assembly. Creating a view that shows only the harnesses or
a specific harness assembly can also be useful.
2 Double-click Harness Assembly1 if it is not already active.
3 In the graphics window, right-click the second branch work point (2) as
shown in the following illustration.
4 Right-click and select 3D/Move Rotate from the context menu.
5 Drag the point vertically until the preview looks similar to the following
shape, right-click, and select Apply.
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