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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
Document Routes and Runs
Drawing views, parts lists, and the Bill of Materials table specific to the Tube & Pipe Add-in
are used to describe individual pipe runs and components.
In this chapter, you learn how to create design views for drawings, create varied drawing
views, recover route centerlines, dimension routes and runs, and create and export the bill
of materials, create parts lists, and annotate drawings with piping style data.
About Documenting Routes and Runs
In drawings, tube and pipe information is treated like other parts and
subassemblies. You can describe the individual pipe runs and components and
detail them using normal drawing manager methods and tools unless noted
otherwise.
The two drawing properties are typically used to roll up conduit parts in the
parts lists correctly. You can add them to either specific drawing documents or
drawing templates:
■ Conduit segment length. With an internal name of Base QTY. It specifies
the length of conduit parts.
■ Raw material description. With an internal name of Stock Number. It stores
the raw material descriptions for conduit parts.
To create tube and pipe drawings correctly, you may need to do the following:
■ If you are migrating R9 or earlier tube and pipe drawing documents to the
current version of Autodesk Inventor
®
, determine the BOM to use. In this
exercise, you use the new BOM.
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