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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
■ For flexible hose routes, you can set a hose length round-up value and
minimum bend radius.
■ For butt welded styles, you can set the gap size for the groove welds and
whether to display the gaps in the graphics window and drawings.
■ For a combination butt welded and flanged style, indicate the style to use
at coupling points. The fitting connections are determined by the end
treatment that is set for the fitting. All other end treatment types use a gap
to join segments and fittings.
WARNING It is recommended that the minimum segment length is at least 1.5
times Nominal Diameter. Otherwise, it is more likely to cause a minimum segment
length violation if conduit segments are too small compared to Nominal Diameter.
Work with Styles
Although it is best to set styles before creating routes or placing fittings, styles
can be created at any time and style changes can be applied to new and existing
routes throughout the design process. With styles you can:
■ Set style defaults for all new routes you create.
■ Change the active style for the tube and pipe assembly.
■ Change the style for the active route.
■ Modify settings for all routes that use the same style.
NOTE You cannot apply a rigid type style to an existing flexible hose route and
vice versa. To change between a rigid style and flexible hose style, you must delete
the route and create a new one using the flexible hose style.
Before creating a new style, author necessary conduit parts and fittings and
publish them to the Content Center. They are not created automatically. Once
custom parts are authored and published, define the new style to match the
properties of published parts. For detailed instructions about authoring and
publishing, see
Author and Publish on page 155.
You can modify any of the available style definitions including those that are
provided with the system. The change is saved with the style. The style change
is also applied to any route currently using that style. In the following exercises
you create new styles based on existing ones.
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