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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
engagement information, pipe 159
pipe engagement information 159
environments 4, 342
nailboard 342
tube and pipe 4
exercises 8–10, 207–208
backing up tutorial files 9, 208
prerequisites, cable and harness 207
prerequisites, tube and pipe 8
setting up projects 10
Export Bill of Materials tool 200
Export Wire Library tool 245
F
Fan In tool 352
Fan Out tool 352
features 3, 223
cable and harness 223
tube and pipe 3
files 208, 233–234, 265, 362, 371
backing up for exercises 208
IDF, importing 371
printing 362
review for importing 265
wire library, locating 233
wire_library.iwl file 234
Filter tab 334
Fitting tool 114
fittings 103, 112, 128, 130, 133, 136,
152
adjusting positions 133
connecting with components 136
deleting connections 136
editing flexilble hose 103
inserting 112
inserting with AutoDrop 130
placing 128
placing in tube and pipe 152
restoring defaults 133
flexible hose styles 45
flexible hoses 21, 23, 89, 94, 99, 103,
105
changing nominal diameters 94
deleting routes 105
editing 99, 103
routes in tube and pipe 21, 23, 89
folds 322
adding 322
aligning 322
Format tab 334
G
General Dimension tool 33, 195
group areas board entity 368
Group Settings tool 201
H
harness assemblies 210, 226–227, 290
nesting 226
segment diameter settings 290
workflows 210
harness components 225, 229–230
demoting and promoting 229
occurrence properties 230
placing in assemblies 225
properties, customizing 229
Harness Part Features panel bar 211, 225
Harness Properties tool 211, 215
Harness Settings dialog box 235
File Locations tab 235
Help, tube and pipe 14, 213
Hose Length tool 102, 114
hose nodes 100
hose routes 102
adjusting lengths 102
I
IDF (Intermediate Data Format) 367–
368, 376
in Autodesk Inventor
Professional 376
translator 367
translator, supported IDF
versions 368
IDF data 369–371, 375–376
annotations for IDF data 369
browser representations 375
382 | Index