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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
Redefine or Move Segment Work Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Insert Segment Work Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Delete Harness Segment Work Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Delete Harness Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Setting Segment Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Setting Diameter Behavior in Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Changing Displays of Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Setting Segment Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Chapter 15
Routing Wires and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
About Routing and Unrouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Defining Manual Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Defining Semi-automatic Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Route Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Defining Automatic Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
View Wire and Cable Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Unrouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Unroute Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Unroute Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Unroute All Wires or Cables from All Segments . . . . . . . . . . 301
Practice Your Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Chapter 16
Working with Splices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
About Splices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Recommended Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Creating Splices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Insert a Splice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Modifying Splices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Splice Wires or Add Wires to the Splice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Redefine the Splice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Splice Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Access Properties for Splices and Splice Pins . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Control Length for Splices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Delete Splices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Practice Your Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Chapter 17
Working with Ribbon Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
About Ribbon Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Defining Raw Ribbon Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Placing Connectors from Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Creating Ribbon Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Adjust Ribbon Cable Orientation and Shape . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Chapter 18
Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
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