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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 Nailboards and
Drawings
You can document a harness assembly in a nailboard drawing or a standard Autodesk
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Inventor
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assembly drawing.
In this chapter, you learn how to create a nailboard drawing, manipulate the harness shape,
annotate the drawing with dimensions, and add connectors and other key information. You
also learn to create a simple assembly drawing with the harness objects represented as
centerlines.
About Nailboards and Drawings
A nailboard is a 2D flattened representation of the harness assembly that is used
in the manufacture of a wire harness, cable, or ribbon cable. In a nailboard all
harness wires, cables, and segments are flattened and drawn as straight lines in
their original display colors. Ribbon cables are flattened and drawn as rectangles
with appropriate lines indicating any folds. The work points defined in 3D,
translate to 2D points that can be used to arrange the harness shape. The relative
positions of the work points from 3D to 2D are maintained, including the
distance between any of the two points.
Along with the 2D view, the drawing often contains annotations such as a bill
of materials, parts list, a wire list, views of connectors, dimensions, pin numbers,
and other attribute data.
Any changes made to the harness are automatically reflected in the nailboard
the next time it is opened within the harness assembly, unless the assembly is
set to defer updates.
You can also document the cable and harness assembly in a standard assembly
drawing and either sweep the harness objects or include them as centerlines.
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