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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
Importing and Exporting Library Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Import Into the Cable and Harness Library . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Export Library Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Practicing Your Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Chapter 13
Working with Wires and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
About Wires and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Setting Modeling and Curvature Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Inserting Wires and Cables Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Insert Wires Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Insert Cables Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Moving Wires and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Moving Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Moving Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Deleting Wires and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Deleting Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Removing Cables and Cable Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Replacing Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Assigning Virtual Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Importing Harness Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Configuration File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Comma Separated Value Data File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
XML File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Review Harness Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Import Harness Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Adding Shape to Wires and Cable Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Add Wire Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Redefine and Move Wire Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Delete Wire Work Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Setting Occurrence Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Wire Occurrence Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Cable Occurrence Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Override Library-level Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Restore Library-Level Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Changing Wire and Cable Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Chapter 14
Working with Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
About Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Define Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Selecting Work Points for Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Plan Segment Start Points and Endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Apply Offset Distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Creating Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Add Segment Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Manipulating Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
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