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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
publishing authored 173
publishing to Content Center 153
specifying types for authoring 156
styles from published 178
Parts List tool 200
parts lists, generating 200
PCB file extensions 368
Perpendicular tool 34
Pin Properties dialog box 215
pins 214, 218–219
deleting 219
modifying 219
placing 214, 218
pipe routes 23
Place Component tool 372
Place Constraint tool 316
Place Fitting tool 129
Place from Content Center tool 96, 130,
315
Place Pin tool 211
placeholder reference designators 217–
218
Point Snap tool 63
points 21–23, 144, 268, 270, 285
adding to wires and cable wires 268
moving in tube routes 144
moving on wires 270
moving segments 285
routes for hoses 23
routes in tube and pipe 21–22
Populate Route tool 87, 94
Populate Route(s) dialog box 87
populated routes 86
practice your skills 106, 132, 170, 193
author parts 170
create routes 106
insert parts from libraries 132
reorganize drawing views 193
precise values for routes 29, 121
prerequisites for exercises 8, 207
cable and harness 207
tube and pipe 8
presentations, IDF data 376
printing nailboards and drawings 362
Projected View tool 188
projected views 188
projects 10, 129
fittings in work spaces 129
setting up 10
properties 217, 229–230, 242, 272–273,
289
cable occurrences 273
custom harness 230
customizing 217
harness components 229
library wire definitions 242
library-level 273
occurrence 230
parts 217
segments 289
wire occurrences 272
Properties dialog box 230
Publish Guide dialog box 173
Publish Part tool 173
publishing parts to Content Center 153,
155
R
raw ribbon cable definitions 314
reference designators 217–218, 230
assigning occurrences 230
placeholders 217–218
rendered displays 274, 291
Replace from Content Center tool 135
Report Generator dialog box 328
Report Generator toolbar 328
Report tool 328
reports 327–331, 334–337
configuration files 329, 331
connector tables 331
customizing 337
formatting 329
generating 327, 335
part and wire bills of material 330,
335
parts lists 330
print options 334
wire run lists 330, 336
workflows 328
Restore Fitting tool 114
ribbon cable connectors 315
384 | Index