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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
Annotating Drawings with Piping Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cable and Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Chapter 10 Getting Started with Cable and Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
About Cable and Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Understanding Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Backing Up Tutorial Data Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Setting Up Projects For Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Working in Autodesk Inventor Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
About Electrical Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Workflow for Electrical Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Creating Electrical Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Place Pins and Define Pin-level Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Set Part Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Add RefDes Placeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Practice Your Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Modifying Pinned Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Delete Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Adding Custom Properties to Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Placing Electrical Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Chapter 11
Working With Harness Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
About Working in Harness Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cable and Harness Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Creating Harness Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Workflow for Harness Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Using the Cable and Harness Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Setting Properties for Harness Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Customize Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Set Occurrence Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Assign Occurrence Reference Designators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Chapter 12
Using the Cable and Harness Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
About the Cable and Harness Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Locating the Cable and Harness Library File . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Displaying the Library Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Adding Library Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Create New Library Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Modifying Library Wire and Cable Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Copy Library Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Edit Library Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Delete Library Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Add Properties to Library Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
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