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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
Export Bill of Materials tool 202
Export Wire Library tool 247
F
Fan In tool 352
Fan Out tool 352
features
cable and harness 225
tube and pipe 3
files
backing up for exercises 210
IDF, importing 371
printing 363
review for importing 268
wire library, locating 235
wire_library.iwl file 236
Filter tab 335
Fitting tool 116
fittings
adjusting positions 135
connecting with components 138
deleting connections 138
editing flexilble hose 105
inserting 113
inserting with AutoDrop 132
placing 130
placing in tube and pipe 154
restoring defaults 135
flexible hose styles 47
flexible hoses
changing nominal diameters 96
deleting routes 107
editing 101, 105
routes in tube and pipe 21, 23, 91
folds
adding 324
aligning 324
Format tab 335
G
General Dimension tool 33, 197
group areas board entity 368
Group Settings tool 203
H
harness assemblies 229
nesting 228
segment diameter settings 292
workflows 213
harness components
demoting and promoting 231
occurrence properties 232
placing in assemblies 227
properties, customizing 231
Harness Part Features panel bar 214, 227
Harness Properties tool 214, 217
Harness Settings dialog box
File Locations tab 237
Help, tube and pipe 14, 211
Hose Length tool 104, 116
hose nodes 102
hose routes
adjusting lengths 104
I
IDF (Intermediate Data Format)
in Autodesk Inventor
Professional 375
translator 367
translator, supported IDF
versions 368
IDF data
annotations for IDF data 369
browser representations 374
drawings and presentations 375
import options 370
importing as assemblies 371
importing as parts 371
setting colors 371
Import IDF Options dialog box 370
Import Wire Library tool 246
Import Wire List tool 269
importing data 268
Include Geometry tool 34, 129
individual runs, tube and pipe 15
Info tab 333
insert fittings 113
Insert Node tool 102, 116, 120
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