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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
Working with Splices
In Cable and Harness, splices are a virtual representation of the splice location and the wires
that are joined together to make a path for electricity to flow.
In this chapter you learn how to create and manipulate splices, add properties to the splice
or splice pins, and set embedded length to indicate splice type.
About Splices
Each splice contains two pins, is created with a default size, and is offset a
specified distance from selected face geometry. It can also be associated to
selected geometry. Splices are typically placed on segments with little or no
bending at the splice location. The embedded length is set on splices or splice
pins.
A default splice is provided in the Cable and Harness Library. You cannot change
settings on the default splice, but you can define your own splice, and then set
different defaults as needed. To change settings on splice occurrences, right-click,
select Harness properties from the context menu and change settings on the
Splice Properties dialog box.
Once a splice is positioned in the harness assembly, it can be included in
standard assembly drawings and nailboard drawings. In the nailboard drawing
the splice is represented with a unique color and symbol. Splice information is
also included in reports and when saving data to the XML format.
Recommended Workflow
■ Add a splice definition to the Cable and Harness Library.
■ Activate the harness assembly.
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