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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Introduction to Routing</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Routing applications, Routing Mechanical, Routing Electrical and Routing Logical allow you to quickly define assemblies placed around and through other NX assemblies. These subassemblies typically define the systems that provide power or signals, dispose of waste, provide structural support, or enable general access to the devices in the assembly. For example, within an aircraft engine tubes are routed from the fuel tanks to various injection points around the engine or, within an automobile, wiring is required to supply power to the electric windows (and many other things as well).</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Routing applications provide the tools to define the paths through the assembly, to assign stock (such as tubes and wires or cables) to these paths, and to place standard parts (for example, valves and connectors) to connect the various pieces of stock in the overall assembly. Many of the tools are common to all of the Routing applications documented under the heading General. Each of the applications has additional tools that are documented under the headings <b class="uiTerm">Electrical</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Mechanical</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Logical</b>.
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      <div class="title_division">System organization</div>
      <p class="para_division">All the associated files are located under the NX base directory (folder), referred to as UGII_BASE_DIR. The actual location of this directory depends on your particular installation. The Routing Mechanical files are under a directory named <code>ugroute_mech</code>. The Routing Electrical files are located in a folder named <code>ugroute_elec</code>. The files are divided into subdirectories under these main directories.
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      <div class="title_division">System dependencies</div>
      <p class="para_division">Routing depends on NX and Assemblies. Other NX modules are required to perform specific operations such as the creation of drawings and clearance analysis.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Running with Teamcenter Integration</div>
      <p class="para_division">Routing will run with Teamcenter Integration. You must import all part library parts into the database. Other routing files (application view, part library view, rlist configuration file, and so on) may be imported into the Teamcenter database as well. See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('routingadmin/index.html?goto=routingadmin/manage_team.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Managing Routing administrative files from Teamcenter</a> in for more information.
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      <p class="para_division">The Routing <b class="uiTerm">Bill of Materials</b> may be set up to generate items in a Teamcenter <b class="uiTerm">BOM</b> view for stock. For more information on setting this up refer to <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('routingadmin/index.html?goto=routingadmin/table_overview.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Routing Systems Configuration Guide &ndash; Part Table Files</a>, which explains the characteristic DB_PART_NO.
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      <p class="para_division">Routing Electrical and Routing Mechanical can both generate XML files that pass information to Teamcenter. Items in Teamcenter may be defined to represent wires and cables in Routing Electrical, or runs and spools in Routing Mechanical.</p><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="introduction_intro_pltforms.html">Platforms</a><br></body>
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