To enter the route environment, use the
Pipe Run tab
Route panel
New Route
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New Route
In Route mode, the Route tab displays and you can begin creating a path for your route. Use Route to add new routes or continue existing ones.
Route
As you select points for a route, you receive visual feedback in the graphics window and text messages on the status bar. The messages change based on what is selected and the action you are performing.
When deciding on the design of your route, you can:
- Decide whether to define the route direction manually, or allow the system to calculate solutions automatically.
- Identify the circular geometry (or work points) that are used as the start and endpoints.
- Analyze where directional change points are required to route through or around existing geometry.
- Create in-line work features, such as a work point at the intersection of work planes, to guide the route path.
- Place constraints or dimensions to sketched segments.
- Convert auto regions to parametric regions so that you can make more edits.
You can define your routes approximately, and adjust them later, or enter precise distances and dimensions as you go. To speed creation and plan for dynamic editing and updating, allow the system to create route points whenever geometric constraints are not important. Define route points manually where it is critical for a route to navigate through a particular direction and constrain to existing geometry.
If using in-line work features, you can simplify the route display. On the
Tools tab
Options panel
Application Options
Part tab, select the Auto-hide in-line work features option. In-line work features are hidden as soon as a feature consumes them. The auto-hide option is enabled by default.