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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
Route Wires and Cables
When wires and cables are routed, they are inserted into selected segments using manual,
automatic, or semi-automatic methods. Unrouting wires and cables removes them from the
selected segments.
In this chapter, you learn how to use the different routing and unrouting methods.
About Routing and Unrouting
By default, when wires and cables are routed, or placed into segments, the wire
and cable lengths and segment diameters are automatically calculated. All work
points on a wire or cable wire are deleted when routed from a point-to-point
state. Wire and cable lengths and segment diameters are also calculated
automatically when unrouting or removing wires and cables from segments.
When routing and unrouting individual wires, each wire is independent and
can take a different path through the assembly. When routing and unrouting
cables all cable wires that make up the cable must follow the same path. If a
change is made to the routing or unrouting of one cable wire, all associated
cable wires also change.
Wires and cables can be routed only into segments that are in the active harness
assembly. To route wires and cables, you can use one of three methods:
Inserts individual wires and cables into selected segments
one at a time. Segments can be discontinuous.
manual
Inserts selected wires and cables into continuous seg-
ments.
semi-automatic
Automatically inserts all unrouted wires or cables into
the segment that is closest to the wire connect points
(pins) and also represents the shortest path.
automatic
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