Path command
Creates a path along which you can place a wire, cable, bundle, or tube.
When creating a path, you can specify a keypoint,
a cylindrical axis,
or a point in space.
The path updates as you move the cursor to define the points of the path.
Once a path is created, it is listed beneath the Paths collector in Assembly PathFinder.
Once you add a conductor to the path, it is moved from the Paths collector to the appropriate PathFinder collector. For example, if you use the path to create a wire, it is moved from the Paths collector to the Wires collector.
If you delete the conductor containing the path, the entry is moved from the conductor collector back to the Paths collector.
Reusing paths
You can reuse path geometry to create wires, cable, and bundles. In the following illustration, a common path (1) is used to create a bundle for wires connected to component 2 and 3.
You can then reuse the same path to create a bundle between component 3 and 4.
If you reuse a path to create a harness feature, associativity between the path and other geometry is maintained.
If you create a bundle that reuses a path that already has wires or cables associated with it, the bundle automatically includes all of the wires and cables in a single bundle.
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