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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
Automatically inserts all unrouted wires or cables into
the segment that is closest to the wire connect points
(pins) and also represents the shortest path.
automatic
When routing or unrouting you can select the object to use before opening
the dialog box, or you can select the objects using the dialog box tools.
Defining Manual Routes
Use the Route tool to route individual wires or cables manually into a single
segment. The segments can be discontinuous and can be used for incremental
routing to create networks with gaps.
The workflow for manually routing cables and wires is the same. The difference
is that when you select a wire, it is routed independently of all other wires.
When you select a single cable wire, all cable wires associated with the same
cable are routed and unrouted together.
Route a Belden cable into a single segment
1 Activate Harness Assembly2.
2
On the Cable & Harness panel bar, click the Route tool.
3 In the graphics window, select a cable wire (1 or 2) to route.
4 Select the Single Segment check box.
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