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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Part 1 Tubes and Pipes
- 1 Get Started with Tube & Pipe
- 2 Route Basics
- 3 Set Styles
- 4 Create Rigid Routes and Runs
- Workflow for Rigid Routes
- Create Auto Route Regions
- Manually Create 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 Create and Edit Flexible Hose Routes
- 6 Edit Rigid Routes and Runs
- 7 Use Content Center Libraries
- 8 Author and Publish
- 9 Document Routes and Runs
- Part 2 Cable and Harness
- 10 Get Started with Cable and Harness
- 11 Work With Harness Assemblies
- 12 Use the Cable and Harness Library
- 13 Work with Wires and Cables
- 14 Work with Segments
- 15 Route Wires and Cables
- 16 Work with Splices
- 17 Work with Ribbon Cables
- 18 Generate Reports
- 19 Work With Nailboards and Drawings
- Part 3 IDF Translator
- Index
To complete the connection, you must have one free fitting and a base fitting
or fittings as specified in the following images. You also specify the engagement
type, as well as the engagement distance when User Defined is selected from
the Engagement list.
Can be a fitting or a normal Autodesk Inventor part in
the active pipe run assembly that is not driven by a
Free fitting
node in a route or by any other fitting. When inserting
a fitting between an existing fitting connection, the
fitting must be collinear. Once the free fitting is con-
nected to the base component, it is always positioned
relative to the base fitting during updates and other
operations.
Can be a fitting, a conduit part, or a normal Inventor
part that is located anywhere within the assembly.
Base Fitting(s)
When inserting a fitting, the base fittings are restricted
to connected collinear fittings. In both cases the base
fitting specifies the connection that constrains the
position and routing of the free fitting.
Available only when you select a connection between
two fittings or between a component and a fitting that
Engagement
was inserted using the Connect Fitting tool. It includes
three engagement types:
■ Free Fitting: Uses the free fitting engagement type
for the selected connection.
■ Base Fitting: Uses the base fitting engagement type
for the selected connection.
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