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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
NOTE You cannot edit report data within the table. The external file controls the
data so you cannot insert, delete, or change the order of rows or columns.
Typically, tables include wire run list, bill of material, or connector
information. In this exercise, you place a cable and harness bill of materials
that was created using the Report Generator in the nailboard drawing. The
cable and harness bill of materials is unique to the harness assembly and may
not contain standard Inventor parts list information. It does not include virtual
part or ribbon cable information.
If changes are made to the external report file while the drawing is open,
right-click the table in the browser, and then select Update to update the table
data. The location and filename must be the same for the update to work.
Add a table to the nailboard drawing
1 If the nailboard sketch is active, right-click in the graphics window and
select Finish Sketch.
2
On the Nailboard panel bar, select the Table tool.
3 On the Table dialog box, under Select View, click the Browse button.
4 On the Open dialog box, browse to and select the Harness
Assembly1_Part_WireCable_BOM1.csv file, click Open and then OK. The
default location is: Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor
<version>\Samples\Model\Cable & Harness\Report Generator.
5 Click in the upper left corner of the drawing to place the table.
6 To modify the physical characteristics of the table, select the table in the
browser or graphics window, right-click, and then select Edit.
7 Click the Table Layout tool, and then use the Table Layout dialog box to
change the title of the table to Enclosure Harness Assembly BOM. If
appropriate, make additional changes to the table, and then select OK.
Placing Connector Views
You can also add connectors to complete the harness information using the
Place Connector Views tool. You can set the default display characteristics
before placing the connectors, or you can override the defaults on selected
connectors while placing them.
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