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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
Placing Connectors from Content Center
The Content Center contains some generic connectors for your use. You can
use these connectors or create custom connectors that you author and publish
to Content Center for reuse.
For more information on authoring and publishing connectors and using
Content Center, see the Autodesk
®
Inventor
™
Help.
In this exercise, you use a 10-pin ribbon cable connector from Content Center.
Locate and place the connector
1 Activate the Ribbon Cable harness assembly.
2
Switch to the Assembly panel bar, and then click the Place from
Content Center tool.
3 On the Place from Content Center, Category View pane, navigate to
Cable & Harness ➤ Connectors ➤ Ribbon Cable.
4
Click the Family Preview tool to view the family members for the
ribbon cable connector.
5 In the preview table, note the Member name for the 10-pin connector.
In this case, it is the first member in the list.
6 Double-click the image of the ribbon cable connector to select it.
7 On the Ribbon Cable Connector dialog box, ensure that the following is
selected:
Ribbon Cable Connector-01
As Standard
8 Click OK.
In the graphics window, the part is attached to the cursor.
9 Rotate the enclosure to get a better view of the RC Male Connector (1).
10 Click in the background of the graphics window to place the part (2).
Exact placement is not important.
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