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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
3 Click the various tabs to view and set the desired properties.
4 Click the Virtual Parts tab to add and remove looms and custom virtual
parts.
5 Click the Display tab to change order and color of multiple attached
looms.
For more details on virtual parts search for “virtual parts” in the Help
index.
Setting Diameter Behavior in Segments
Segments can be configured as fixed diameter segments or as variable diameter
segments. Fixed diameter segments, such as semi-rigid tubing, do not change
as wires and cables are routed, unrouted, or deleted. The diameter of variable
segments is automatically updated as wires and cables are added or removed.
By default, segment diameters are updated automatically as wires and cables
are routed, unrouted, or deleted from the segment.
Change the segment diameter behavior workflow
1 Double-click the harness assembly containing the segments to change.
2 In the browser or graphics window, right-click the segment to change,
and then select Harness Properties from the context menu.
3 On the Occurrence tab of the Segment Properties dialog box, select the
appropriate diameter setting.
■ For a variable diameter, select the Calculate Size from Wires check
box.
■ For a fixed diameter, clear the check box and enter a diameter value.
4 Click OK.
The segments are updated accordingly.
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