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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
4 On the Route panel bar, click the Bend tool.
5 Accept the default settings on the Bend dialog box, and then select the
two segments that include the invalid angle.
The bend is created with a radius value of 0.5 inch. The error icon in the
Model browser disappears.
6 Close the Bend dialog box.
7 To end the route, right-click again and select Finish Edit.
Create Pipe Routes With Custom Bends
Rigid pipe routes with fittings may require a custom bend to satisfy special
manufacturing situations. To add a custom bend, use the Custom Bend option
in the right-click context menu while creating a pipe route. The 3D Orthogonal
Route tool changes to include the tube routing tools so you can create a bend
with the radius and angle you need. You can create multiple custom bends
in any given route.
In this exercise, you add a second route in the AirSystem1 run, change the
active style, and then create a route that is offset from the circular edge. You
also use the 3D Orthogonal Route tool to create additional points, including
custom bends.
Add custom bends
1 In the AirSystemAssy.iam assembly, activate the AirSystem1:1 run.
2 On the standard toolbar, Active Style list, set the Active Style to Threaded
Steel Pipe with Iron Fittings (1/2, 90 Only).
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