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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
When a segment is deleted, any wires or cables routed through that segment
unroute from that segment only. If the wire or cable was routed through the
deleted segment only, the object returns to an unrouted state. If the wire or
cable was routed through more than one segment, then it remains routed
through the other segments.
Setting Segment Properties
Like wires and cables, segments contain a set of properties that provide a
complete definition of the segment in the assembly. Unlike wires and cables,
segments do not exist in the context of a library and do not contain
library-level properties. They contain only occurrence-level properties.
The Segment Properties dialog box has five tabs.
Lists properties related to the physical aspects of the
segment, including segment display and bend radius.
Occurrence
Lists properties related to the display of segments and
any attached looms. It also enables you to view and
modify the order of multiple, attached looms.
Display
Lists properties for wires and cables routed through
the segment. Double-click any row to display the
Wires/Cables
properties dialog box for that wire or cable wire occur-
rence.
NOTE You can also attach virtual parts using the Assign
Virtual Parts tool on the Cable and Harness panel bar.
Use to add and remove looms and custom virtual parts
for the selected segment. It also lists any virtual parts
attached to the selected segment.
Virtual Parts
Lists custom properties added to the segment.Custom
On the custom tab there are several preset, or reserved, properties available
from the Name list. See the Help in Autodesk Inventor for details about these
properties.
Access segment properties
1 Double-click the harness assembly.
2 In the browser or graphics window, right-click a segment, and then select
Harness Properties from the context menu.
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