AutoCAD Training :Inventor 2014 Tube and Pipe Design

Inventor 2014 Tube and Pipe Design

AutoCAD Training Overview

The Autodesk� Inventor� 2014 Tube and Pipe Design training guide instructs students on the use of the Inventor Tube and Pipe environment.

Through a hands-on, practice-intensive curriculum, students acquire the knowledge needed to design routed elements, including tubing, piping, and flexible hose. With specific tools to incorporate tube and pipe runs into digital prototypes, the Inventor Tube and Pipe environment provides rules-based routing tools that select the correct fittings and helps the pipe run to comply with your standards for segment length, round-off increments, and bend radius, that the student will learn to maximize.

AutoCAD Training Topics

Describe the tube and pipe environment and why you would use it
Set up routes and runs and place the initial fittings in your tube and pipe design
Create, edit, and manage routes for rigid pipe, rigid tube, and flexible hose designs
Manage content libraries, publish custom content to content libraries, and create new styles that use custom content
Document tube and pipe designs through the creation of 2D drawings and parts lists and export the 3D design data

Prerequisites

This guide is designed for experienced Autodesk Inventor users.

Students should have completed the Autodesk Inventor 2014 Introduction training guide or have an equivalent understanding of the Autodesk Inventor 2014 user interface and working environments.
Autodesk� Inventor� Part and Assembly Modeling and Drawing View Creation and Annotating, is recommended.
Microsoft� Windows� XP, or Microsoft� Windows� Vista, or Microsoft� Windows� 7.

AutoCAD Training Course Duration

16 hours

AutoCAD Training Course outline

Chapter 1: Introduction to Tube and Pipe
Lesson: Introduction to Tube and Pipe

About Tube and Pipe Designs
Tube and Pipe Environment
Exercise: Examine a Tube and Pipe Design
Chapter Summary

Chapter 2: Setup for Routes and Runs
Lesson: Setup for Routes and Runs

Tube and Pipe Files
Creating a Tube and Pipe Assembly
Tube and Pipe Styles
Activating a Style
Exercise: Activate a Tube and Pipe Style

Lesson: Placing Initial Fittings

About Tube and Pipe Content
Placing Library Fittings
Placing Authored Fittings
Connecting Fittings During Placement
Connecting Existing Fittings
Editing Fitting Connections
Exercise: Place Initial Fittings

Chapter Summary
Chapter 3: Routes and Runs

Creating Rigid Routes
Route Start Point
Sketching Route Segments
Autoroute Regions
Creating Derived Routes
Defining Gravity for a Self-Draining Route
Exercise: Create a Simple Route

Lesson: Sketching Rigid Routes

3D ORTHOgonal Route Tool
Placing Points Along An Axis
Creating Bends in Routes
Adding a Custom Bend Radius
Snapping to Points and Rotations
Aligning the Axes
Construction Lines
Exercise: Create a Rigid Pipe Route
Exercise: Create a Tube Route
Exercise: Create a Self Draining Pipe Run

Lesson: Editing Rigid Routes

Editing Rigid Routes
Editing Sketched Routes
Editing Autoroute Regions
Editing Derived Routes
Trimming or Extending Segments
Controlling Tube and Pipe Updates
Exercise: Edit Rigid Pipe Routes
Exercise: Edit Tube Routes

Lesson: Working with Fittings in Rigid Routes

Editing Route Fittings and Styles
Adding Fittings to a Route
Changing a Fitting
Applying a New Style
Deleting Routes and Runs
Exercise: Place and Edit Fittings
Exercise: Edit Routes and Fittings

Lesson: Flexible Hose Routes

Creating Flexible Hose Routes
Inserting Nodes
Editing Hose Route Nodes
Editing Hose Length
Edits for Hose Fittings
Check Minimum Bend Radius
Exercise: Create a Flexible Hose Route
Exercise: Edit a Flexible Hose Route

Lesson: Leveraging Routes and Runs

Reuse of Routes and Runs
Managing Tube and Pipe Components in iAssemblies
Exercise: Reuse a Run
Exercise: Create Tube and Pipe Configurations

Chapter Summary
Chapter 4: Fittings and Components

About the Content Center
Installation Options
Adding a Custom Library
Configuring the Content Center File Path
Copying Content to a Custom Library
Transferring Library Content
Exercise: Create a Custom Library

Lesson: Creating Library Content

Creating Custom Content
Authoring Tube and Pipe Content
Publishing Tube and Pipe Content
Exercise: Author a Fitting
Exercise: Publish to the Content Center
Exercise: Place Library Fittings

Lesson: Managing Library Content

Document Settings for Published Parts
Adding and Editing Family Column Values
Adding a Custom Display Name
Exercise: Add a Column to a Part Family

Lesson: Creating Tube and Pipe Styles

Creating a New Style
Configuring a Self Draining Style
Configuring Styles in Templates
Exercise: Create Custom Styles
Exercise: Create Self Draining Styles

Chapter Summary
Chapter 5: Documenting Tube and Pipe Assemblies

About Representations
About Level of Detail Representations
Creating, Saving, and Activating Level of Detail Representations
About Substitute Levels of Detail
Creating a Substitute Level of Detail
Exercise: Activate and Create LOD Representations in a Tube and
Pipe Design
Exercise: Create Substitute Levels of Detail

Lesson: Documenting Routes and Runs

Creating Drawing Views
Including Route Centerlines
Customizing a Parts List
Exercise: Document Routes and Runs

Lesson: Exporting Tube and Pipe Design Data

Creating Bending Machine Files

Exporting ISOGEN Files
Exercise: Export Tube and Pipe Design Data

Chapter Summary