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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
3 In the Tube & Pipe Settings dialog box, ensure the Defer All Tube & Pipe
Updates check box is cleared.
You can view automatic responses to edits on the tube and pipe assembly.
4 Click OK.
Use of Bill of Materials
The drawing manager uses the current bill of materials (BOM) to create tube
and pipe drawings. When you migrate R9 or earlier tube and pipe drawings,
you can specify whether to continue using the R9 BOM (default) or to use the
current BOM.
The BOMs mainly differ in how they store the raw material description for
library parts:
■ In the current BOM, the raw material description for conduit parts is stored
in the new stock number property. All BOM items with the same part
number are automatically merged in parts lists. If the part number is blank,
parts do not merge.
■ In the R9 BOM, the raw material description for conduit parts was stored
in the part number property. You had control over the merging of rows
in the parts list. Even if two pipes had the same part number, you could
choose not to merge them.
In the exercises that follow you use the current version of Autodesk Inventor
Tube and Pipe to create tube and pipe assemblies, so the Use R9 Bill of Materials
check box is cleared by default.
NOTE For more information about how to migrate legacy tube and pipe drawings
to the current version, see the Help.
Prompt for Conduit File Names
When conduit parts are saved to your project workspace the first time, the
default file names are used, with a suffix of a 13-digit number that is generated
randomly based on your system time. The conduit file naming convention
can be customized when you enable the Prompt for Conduit File Names option.
Specify Global Settings | 17