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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
It is recommended that you save the top assembly regularly. Tube and
pipe components are not stored in your project workspace until the top
assembly is saved.
Creating Auto Route Regions
In this exercise, you quickly define a route by selecting points using circular
geometry and allowing the system to generate the rest.
Create an auto region
1 In the AirSystemAssy.iam assembly, activate AirSystem1:1.
2 On the Standard toolbar active style list, verify that Welded Steel Pipe -
ASTM A53/A53M - ASME B16.11 (1/4 ND) is the active style.
3 On the Tube & Pipe panel bar, click the New Route tool.
A pipe route is added to the active run and activated in place. The Route
panel bar is displayed.
4 On the Create New Route dialog box, accept the default route file name
and location, and then click OK.
5 On the Route panel bar, click the Route tool.
6 In the graphics window, pause the cursor over the circular geometry as
shown in the following image. Zoom in and use the Select Other Direction
tool if needed to make your selection.
Once preselected, the circular geometry highlights and the line extender
displays, showing the direction of the route so you can create valid points
along the line. Press the spacebar to change the direction of the line
extender if needed.
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