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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
Rigid Route Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hose Route Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3D Orthogonal Route Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tool Elements for Pipe Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tool Elements for Tube Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Change Tool Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Define Angular Position and Rotation Snap . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Define 45-degree Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Define Bent Tubes Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using Point Snap to Define Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Enter Precise Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Route Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Basic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Bend Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Dimension Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Parallel and Perpendicular Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Other Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3
Setting Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
About Tube and Pipe Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Access Tube and Pipe Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
View and Select Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting Style Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Working with Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Create Rigid Pipe with Fittings Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tubing with Bends Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Flexible Hose Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Create Flexible Hose Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Change Styles for Existing Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Change Active Styles for New Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adding Styles to Assembly Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4
Creating Rigid Routes and Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
General Workflow for Rigid Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Creating Auto Route Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Manually Creating Parametric Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Automatically Dimension Route Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Create Segments With Precise Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Define Parallel and Perpendicular Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Snap Route Points to Existing Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Place Constraints On Route Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Create Bends Between Existing Pipe Segments . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Create Pipe Routes With Custom Bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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