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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
in each harness assembly that uses the electrical part, not once on each
part occurrence.
Create Electrical Parts
Use the Harness panel on the Model tab to add pins and the reference
designator placeholder. The reference designator and pins are specified while
editing the part file or editing the part in place. Pause the cursor over the
commands to view the tooltips.
Place Pins and Define Pin-level Properties
A connector can contain one or more pins. Valid geometry for pin selections
includes both associative and non associative points. The points you select
determine whether the pins are updated if the geometry to which they are
associated changes.
Non-associative points are arbitrary points on any face. They do not update
if the geometry changes. Associative points, which update as the geometry is
changed, include any one of the following:
■ Existing work points
■ Center points on any circular component such as a face, a hole, and
cylindrical cuts or arc edges
■ Existing sketch points
■ Model vertices
Each pin must have a unique name. By default, each individual pin name is
a sequential number starting with 1. For pin groups, you provide a prefix letter
and start number, and then select the naming scheme that you need. Each
pin name within a part must be unique. When the browser name changes for
an individual pin, the pin name updates. The reverse is also true. To change
naming for a pin group, delete the pin group and recreate it with the naming
you need.
In this exercise, you edit the part in place to add individual pins and a
placeholder reference designator to a part. For your convenience, the
connectors are already placed in the assembly.
Start by opening an assembly in the default project.
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