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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
DescriptionBoard entity type
together in a single sketch. Only one sketch is created for
via keepouts, since only through vias are supported. When
imported as an assembly, all sketches for each type of
keepout are stored in a part. Expand the part to view the
sketches.
Specifies an area where a group of related components are
to be placed. If a group area exists on both sides of the
Group Areas
board, a sketch is created for each side. When imported as
an assembly, all sketches are stored in a part. Expand the
part to view the sketches.
Drilled holes are distinguished from circular cutouts and are
placed onto the same sketch as the board outline.
Drilled Holes
Board components such as connectors, switches, and dis-
plays are listed with their package name and part number.
Components (Compo-
nent Placement)
Each component contains placement information that
specifies its location on the board. The display name for
component occurrences is the placement reference designa-
tor. When imported as a part, each instance of a component
is represented as a sketch. When imported as an assembly,
each component is represented as a part, and there are
multiple occurrences of that part instance for each compo-
nent.
Notes added in the IDF data are created and stored with
the file, but are not displayed.
Annotations
The entities created by the IDF Translator are not only graphical representations
of design entities. They are normal Autodesk Inventor parts with additional
attributes that are applied to the created sketch. Attributes for reference
designators defined in the IDF file are stored with the component
representation.
All part files and sketches are named automatically, based on the board name
and other existing board information.
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