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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
Annotate Nailboard Drawings
Add annotations to the nailboard drawing to provide the needed
manufacturing information. You can add dimensions and selected properties
on the designated harness objects. You can also add tables including
information such as a wire run list, or harness bill of materials.
Dimension the Nailboard
Nailboard dimensions are like driven dimensions where the values update
when the harness segments and wire lengths update, but they do not affect
the harness geometry. Unlike standard Autodesk Inventor dimensions, the
nailboard dimension values show an adjusted length. The adjusted length is
the actual calculated wire and segment length that factors in such things as
service loop, global slack, and embedded length.
NOTE Search for and select “adjusted length” in the Help index to learn more
about adjusting the length in a harness assembly.
You can place dimensions between two selected points on segments, wire or
cable stubs, or splices. The dimensions can span wires and segments if needed.
Dimensions can be moved and deleted in the nailboard sketch, but they cannot
be edited.
Dimension Styles control the text style, format, and display properties of the
dimensions. All nailboard dimensions are aligned and parallel to the selected
geometry.
When you exit the nailboard sketch, the parentheses are removed from the
dimension and automatically retrieved into the view.
Add some dimensions to the harness segments
1 Activate the nailboard for Harness Assembly1.
2
On the ribbon, click Nailboard tab ➤ Dimension panel ➤
Harness Dimension.
3 In the graphics window, click the point at the right end of the horizontal
segment, and then click the segment point at the branch.
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