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Routing

SolidWorks Routing Tools allow designers to easily create and modify piping and electrical cable systems within assemblies. Key features include a parts library for dragging and dropping fittings, automatic routing between points, and drag and drop modification of routes. Routing simplifies adding and adjusting complex systems while enabling quick design exploration and interference checking. Routed assemblies can generate bills of materials and drawings like piping isometrics or electrical schematics to document the design.

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Routing

SolidWorks Routing Tools allow designers to easily create and modify piping and electrical cable systems within assemblies. Key features include a parts library for dragging and dropping fittings, automatic routing between points, and drag and drop modification of routes. Routing simplifies adding and adjusting complex systems while enabling quick design exploration and interference checking. Routed assemblies can generate bills of materials and drawings like piping isometrics or electrical schematics to document the design.

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What is SolidWorks Routing? How does it work? How is it useful in the design process? Practical Examples?

Part of a set of innovative design tools used to simplify the design of piping tubing and electrical cable systems

After creating an assembly drag and drop fixtures such as flange from parts library Specify the nominal diameter and schedule of the pipe to be used through the routing properties tool Routes are created in the context of an assembly using sketch tools in the 3-D environment

As the assembly is created, pipe bends are automatically added If bend radiuses are not standard, custom bends will be generated Associations between routed components may be added in order to minimize human errors Routes may be modified using the drag and drop feature

Similar to piping Allows quick and easy connections between electrical components and harnesses Allows for routing of cables directly between components or through cable clips Previously routed cables can be easily modified using drag and drop feature

Routes can be sketched using standard sketching tools such as lines and splines Segment length will be calculated according to bend radii in cable SolidWorks will highlight areas where bend radii are too sharp for specified cable diameter

Auto routing between two points allows for quick review of several routing options Allows for optimization of space and material being used Also quickly screens for possible interference issues

SolidWorks design library has various pre-made components such as valves, electrical harnesses etc. Use of design tables provides an extensive selection of available parts and fittings Fittings will automatically associate the proper dimensions when dropped into a pre-existing route

To save time, entire assemblies such as ball valves and pin connectors are available Additional components can be easily added to a route using drag and drop function Cable routes can be modified to run through added components such as clips For piping, appropriate length and diameter of pipe will be added to route

After route has be completed an SolidWorks can create and engineered drawing showing an isometric view of the piping A bill of materials showing the fittings as well as appropriate lengths of pipe and cuts can also be generated and placed in drawing

After cable routing has been created, a 2-D cable diagram of the 3-D configuration can be created A bill of materials can be automatically inserted to document cable lengths as well as harness connections Information on connectors including pin and cable color can also be added to match the color coded drawing

Routing allows for designers to more easily capture true design intent Routing tools simplify process of adding and modifying complex cable and piping systems Allows designer to quickly explore many cable/pipe layouts

What types of components can be designed using SolidWorks Routing Tools? Ans: Routing can be used to design and modify piping and electrical systems within simple and complex assemblies.

What features in routing make it useful to the design process? Ans: Several convenient features include: - extensive library of drag and drop components - auto-routing between points - drag and drop modification of route - quick interference checking and route optimization

Questions or Comments? Additional routing videos available at:


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