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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
A dashed line shows the point snapped from the face.
Click the face to create the route point at the intersection with the tool.
Enter Precise Values
Although all route points can be selected interactively, sometimes exact values
are needed to create the required route. You can enter precise values for both
angles and distances. The values entered are the distance or angle from the
active position to the current node. If a point was snapped onto a line of the
3D Orthogonal Route tool, the value entered is the distance from the snap
point to the desired node to add. The entered values must comply with set
rules for segment length; otherwise, you are prompted to reenter the value.
For tubing with bends styles, you can also enter a precise bend radius.
To enter an exact distance, start typing the value while your cursor pauses
over the direction axis of the 3D Orthogonal Route tool. You can also
right-click and select Enter Distance to enter a value.
Entering angles is very similar. To enter an angle, start typing the needed value
while your cursor pauses over a rotation arrow or bent tube rotation arrow.
You can also right-click and select Enter Angle to enter an angle.
Enter exact distances while your cursor pauses over the rotation arrows,
rotation arrows, or direction axes of the 3D Orthogonal Route tool.
Enter the value for the distance.
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