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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
16 Use the same settings as Connection 1 and be sure to set End Treatment
to Welded.
To define the connection information, click the circular edge on the other
pipe end to set the connection point and connect axis.
NOTE For the Tubes, Pipes, and Hoses part types being authored, you do
not need to specify the Pipe Length parameter for connections other than
Connection 1. The Pipe Length parameter is unique for a conduit part.
17 Verify that each connection number button changes from red to black
so all required connection criteria are set.
18 Click OK.
19 On the Authoring Result dialog box, click OK.
20 Save the authored pipe iPart and close the part file.
All authoring changes are saved for the next time you want to author
the iPart again. You can publish the authored pipe to the Content Center
at a later time.
Elbow iPart
In this exercise, you define connection points and connection axes using
existing work points and work axes that were created before authoring.
Author the 45-degree elbow iPart
1 Open the 45elbow.ipt iPart file.
In the following image, work points and work axes that were created to
define connection points and axes are displayed in the Model browser.
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