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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
When imported as a part document, the board components are translated
into the sketches and extrusions that make up the part model in a
hierarchy. Importing IDF data as a single part simplifies file management
and reduces the number of files that must be opened to display an accurate
representation of the PCB assembly.
13 Click File ➤ Save, and accept the defaults.
For additional practice, try importing the same file as a part to see the
differences in the browser information.
Using IDF Board Data
Once IDF data is imported, you can treat it as you would treat normal Autodesk
Inventor parts, assemblies, and subassemblies. With the PCB data you can:
■ Verify important features of the board including mounting locations, major
components, connector locations, and keepout areas.
■ Verify the fit and shape of the board in the context of the assembly, when
placed in an existing assembly.
■ Edit design constraints (keepouts) as 2D sketches.
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