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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
Index
3D Move/Rotate tool 112
3D Orthogonal Route tool 23, 26, 28–
29, 80
defining angles 26
defining points 28
precise values 29
A
Active Style list, tube and pipe 36
Add Parameter tool 203
assemblies 9, 152, 186, 214, 278
base views 186
multiple segments, defining 278
pins, placing 214
placing parts from Content
Center 152
workflows, tube and pipe 9
assembly drawings 361
associative points for pins 211
authored parts 173
publishing 173
authoring parts 153, 155–156, 160–161
defining connections 156
ISOGEN properties 160
preparing iParts 161
types 156
auto regions 118, 123
converting to sketches 123
intermediate segments, move 118
Autodesk Inventor Professional 368, 376
IDF board data 376
IDF Translator, using 368
AutoDrop in tube and pipe 130, 152
automatic dimensions in route
sketches 57
Automatic Route tool 298
B
Base View tool 186
base views 186
Bend Radius Check tool 104
Bend tool 32
bends 68–69, 76, 142
between pipe segments 68–69
editing tube routes 142
tube routes 76
Bill of Materials dialog box 197
Bill of Materials tool 197
bills of material 16, 330, 335
parts and wires 335
parts, wires, and cables 330
tube and pipe 16
bills of materials 196–199
adding specific properties 198
exporting for specific runs 197
exporting in tube and pipe 199
tube and pipe 196
board components 369, 371
board entities 369
branch segments 284
browsers 6, 224, 228, 344, 375
cable and harness 224, 228
IDF data displays 375
nailboard 344
tube and pipe 6
C
cable and harness 223–224, 227–229,
341
browser displays 228
component properties 229
drawings 341
features 223
interface features 224
panel bar 227
Cable and Harness Library tool 236
cable and wire displays, changing 274
cable ID naming conventions 255
Cable Properties dialog box 273
Index | 379