2009
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
ribbon cables 319–323
adding folds 322
adding points 321
adjust twist 323
outward direction 320
rigid pipe with fittings styles 43
Rotation Snap tool 80
Route panel bar 111
Route tool 52, 114, 294
routes 293–295, 297
automatic 297
manual 294
multiple segments 295
semi-automatic 295
single segments 294
routes in tube and pipe 19–24, 26, 28–
29, 53, 63, 65, 69, 76, 86, 89, 91,
95, 99, 105, 109–110, 115–116,
118, 121–122, 127, 142, 144,
181, 193
3D Orthogonal Route tool 23
add to finished 116
adding bent tube routes 76
auto route regions 53
auto route solutions 20
constraining points on sketches 65
custom bends 69
defining angles 26
defining points 21, 28
defining route points 22
delete flexible hose 105
deleting 144
deleting points 118
documenting 181
editing 127
editing bent tube 142
editing flexible hose 99
flexible hose 21, 23, 89
hoses, one fitting 95
options for auto regions 110
options for parametric regions 110
populating routes 86
precise values 29, 121
recovering centerlines 193
rigid 19
rigid, editing 109
segments, removing 122
snapping points to faces 63
tool elements for pipes 23
tool elements for tubes 24
updating 115
with start and end fittings 91
runs 15, 109, 115, 144, 181
deleting 144
documenting 181
individual, tube and pipe 15
rigid, editing 109
updating tube and pipe 115
S
Segment Properties dialog box 289
segment work points, inserting 287
segments 127, 224, 228, 277–279, 284–
285, 288, 290–291, 293, 299
adding branches 284
changing displays 291
changing offsets 279
defining 277–278
deleting 288
deleting work points 288
displaying 224, 228
editing in tube and pipe 127
modifying 285
routing wires through 293
setting diameters 290
unrouting wires 299
sorting direction 352
spare wires 259
connecting 259
Splice tool 304
splices 303–304, 312
creating 304
deleting 312
workflow 303
styles 38, 40, 47–48, 202
adding to templates 48
annotating drawings in tube and
pipe 202
changing active 48
changing existing 47
selecting components 40
Index | 385