Hoses and Cables in ProE

Discussion in 'Pro/Engineer & Creo Elements/Pro' started by Rose, Jul 23, 2003.

  1. Rose

    Rose Guest

    I'm still somewhat of a novice on ProE, but something the "old-timers"
    here said doesn't seem to make a lot of sense...

    We design and manufacter high-end lawn (turf) mowers. The Senior
    engineers never put in hydraulic hoses or electrical cables in the
    assemblies because they claim they cannot route them through the
    assembly. Often they leave them sticking out straight (which looks
    silly...).

    Why can they route brake cables and fan belts where they are suppose
    to go, but hydraulic hoses and electrical cable can't be done?

    Am I asking too much of them to place these where they should really
    go? Is it because they really can't route them properly, or is it
    because they won't do it?

    Indyrose
     
    Rose, Jul 23, 2003
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  2. Rose

    David Janes Guest

    Anyway, Rose, if Ed Foxworthy says it can't be did, you can believe him.
    He's not lazy and he'd never bullshit anyone.

    David Janes
     
    David Janes, Jul 23, 2003
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  3. I haven't that problem, but I'm not in front of a Pro/E seat now to
    check. As long as the curve is perpendicular (specified by being tangent to
    the normal edge), and produces no self-intersections, I had no problems
    making sweeps from general splines.

    Dave
     
    David Geesaman, Jul 23, 2003
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  4. Rose

    Sid Herbage Guest

    One caveat: if creating datum curves in the assembly to show the cable
    path, be very careful what you use for references. If you reference
    from existing installed components (as is usually tempting when
    running a cable) and the either delete, replace or redefine one of
    those component, the whole shooting match can blow up in your face
    (and be quite difficult to fix).

    Using a skeleton or simply referencing the datum curves only the the
    assembly default datums is better.

    ..... Sid (who learned this the hard way)
     
    Sid Herbage, Jul 23, 2003
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