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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
Delete Fitting Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Connect Fittings and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Editing Bent Tube Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Changing Bend Radius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Moving Coupling Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Deleting Routes and Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Chapter 7
Using Content Center Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
About Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
About Content Center Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Managing and Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Configuring Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Placing Tube and Pipe Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Chapter 8
Authoring and Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
About Authoring and Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Authoring Tube and Pipe Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Access Tube & Pipe Authoring Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Author Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Prepare iParts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Author iParts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Practice Your Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Publishing to Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Set Up the Library and Subcategories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Publish Authored Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Creating Styles Using Published Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Chapter 9
Documenting Routes and Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
About Documenting Routes and Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
General Workflow for Documenting Pipe Runs . . . . . . . . . . 182
Using Drawing Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Preparing Design View Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Creating Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Create Base Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Create Projected Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Create Detail Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Practice Your Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Recovering Route Centerlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Dimensioning Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Creating and Exporting Bills of Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Enable the Parts Only View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Add Base QTY and Stock Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Create and Export Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Creating Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
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