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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 Click OK.
The remaining wires are routed into the segments, and the dialog box is
closed.
View Wire and Cable Paths
As a result of routing and unrouting wires and cables in a complex assembly,
the path a wire or cable takes is not always easy to see. To highlight all of the
segments a routed object passes through, select View Path from the context
menu.
View a wire path
1 With Harness Assembly1 still active, select Wire1. You can select the wire
from the graphics window or browser.
NOTE To select the wires from the graphics window, set the Select tool to
Select Sketch Features.
2 With the wire selected, right-click and select View Path from the context
menu.
The wire stub (the exposed portions of the wires from the end segment
to the pin), and the path of the segment the wire passes through are
highlighted in the graphics window.
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