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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
redefining 270
replacing 260
routing 293
run lists 330, 336
unrouting 293, 299–300
unrouting all 301
Wires tab 289
work points 277, 285, 288
grounded and ungrounded 285
harness segments 288
moving segments 285
segments 277
workflows 9–10, 12, 16–17, 51, 53, 58–
59, 63, 85, 87, 89, 91, 95, 100,
102–105, 115–116, 118–119, 121,
124, 127, 129–130, 132–134, 136,
140, 143–144, 149, 164, 168, 172–
173, 176, 178, 182–183, 186,
188, 190, 194–195, 198, 200,
202, 210, 225
add detail views 190
add general drawing
dimensions 195
add information to parts lists 200
add points to routes 116
add properties to BOMs 198
adjusting lengths of routes 102
annotate drawings with piping style
data 202
assembly components 225
author elbow iParts 168
author pipe iParts 164
auto route regions, tube and pipe 53
base views for assemblies 186
change bend radii of nodes 143
change nominal diameters of
components 95
check bend radii 104
connect fittings and
components 140
control dimension visibility 85
control update settings 115
convert auto regions to sketches 124
create design views 183
create rigid routes 51
defer updates, tube and pipe 16
delete fitting connections 136
delete hose routes 105
delete points 118
delete routes and components 144
document assemblies 182
edit route dimensions 127
export BOMs for specific runs 200
flexible hose routes 89
insert fittings with AutoDrop 130
insert intermediate route points 118
insert library pipe parts 132
libraries in Content Center 149
manage conduit file names 17
modify fittings 133
modify hose route fittings 103
move coupling nodes 144
move segments in auto
regions 119, 121
parts electrical 210
place fittings in project
workspaces 129
populate routes in tube and pipe 87
projected views 188
projects for tube and pipe 10
publish elbow iParts 176
publish iParts 173
recover route centerlines 194
replace fittings with library
fittings 134
restore default fittings 134
routes with one fitting 95
routes with start and end fittings 91
segments with existing geometry 59
segments with precise values 58
set styles with published parts 178
setting up libraries 172
snapping points to existing
geometry 63
tube and pipe assemblies 9, 12
working with hose nodes 100
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