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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
2 On the Assembly panel bar, click Place Component.
3 On the Open dialog box, in Files of type, select IDF Board File (.brd, .emn,
.bdf, .idb), and then select the file to import.
4 Click Open to begin reading IDF data.
5 On the Import IDF Options dialog box, view the summary data, and then
select part or assembly as the type of file to create.
6 Select the items to import.
All items are imported by default. Clear the check mark from the items
you do not want to import.
7 To import other outlines, components, or reference designators in a
different color, click the component name, and then select a color from
the palette
8 Click OK.
To exit the dialog box without importing any data, click Cancel.
The assembly or part document for the imported IDF data is displayed,
with the IDF board components. The browser and BOM are populated
with the IDF data.
9 Return to the destination assembly to place the component as usual.
In this exercise, you import a board as a new assembly.
Import an IDF board file as an assembly
1 Click File ➤ Open.
2 On the Open dialog box, change the file type to IDF Board File (.brd, .emn,
.bdf, .idb).
3 Navigate to the Autodesk\Inventor <version>\Samples\Models\Transla-
tion\IDFTranslator folder, and then select idf.brd.
4 Click Open to start reading data.
The status bar is displayed indicating the progress as files are being read.
5 On the Import IDF Options dialog box, review the general information
displayed about the data being imported.
The information is displayed as shown in the following illustration.
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