Drawing with Externally Referenced Parts (3-D)

• Update mode
• Save drawing with externally referenced parts
• Load drawing with externally referenced parts

Update mode

Handling during loading and saving of a drawing containing externally referenced parts is determined by the update mode that has been set. This mode is defined via > Settings:

1. Click the icon on the Ribbon and select Settings.
2. Activate the Basic settings > General > Referenced parts.
3. Change the Update referenced 3-D parts parameters. The available modes are:

• Manual
  When drawings are loaded and saved, referenced parts are not updated automatically.
• Read
  When drawings containing referenced parts are loaded, they can be updated automatically. When they are saved, on the other hand, no checks are performed.
• Read and Save (Default)
  When drawings containing referenced parts are both loaded and saved, they can be updated automatically.

Save drawing with externally referenced parts

Please note that, when a drawing containing referenced parts is saved, the link to the folder in which the parts are stored is also saved!

Read and Save

Here, when saving a drawing, HiCAD checks to see whether the drawing contains referenced parts and which of these parts has been modified since the drawing was last saved. The names of the found parts and the reason for the update - e.g. feature for referenced basic parts - are then displayed in a selection window.

If you also want the non-modified parts to be displayed in the list, activate the Also display non-modified parts

checkbox.

For each part mentioned in the list, you can now define whether or not you want the part to be saved in its current version. This applies irrespective of whether the drawing is saved via the Explorer or the HELiOS database.

• If the checkbox before the name is activated, the part is saved exactly as it exists in the drawing, with the corresponding KRA file being overwritten.
• If the checkbox is deactivated, the drawing is saved with the current version of the part, but the original .KRA file is not changed.

Define the handling of the parts mentioned in the list and then click OK.

Manual

When the drawing is saved, referenced parts are not checked and hence also not automatically updated. This means that the corresponding KRA files remain unchanged even if the part has been modified in the drawing. However, the parts of the drawing continue to be referenced! This is, in principle, the same as the procedure for deactivating all checkboxes in the Read and Save mode.

You can only update the corresponding KRA file by applying the Save referenced part function to the changed part of the drawing.

Read

Referenced parts are only checked when a drawing is loaded. The procedure for saving drawings is the same as in the Manual mode.

Example - Save drawing with referenced parts (3-D)

Load drawing with externally referenced parts

Please note that, when loading a drawing containing referenced parts, HiCAD searches for the parts in the folder in which they were stored when they were fitted.

Read and Save

HiCAD checks here to see whether the drawing contains referenced parts and whether they differ from the corresponding KRA files. It also checks to see which of the parts have been modified since the drawing was last saved. The names of the found parts and the reason for the update are then displayed in a selection window.

For each part mentioned in the list, you can now define whether or not you want the part to be updated in the drawing. This applies irrespective of whether the drawing is loaded via the Explorer or the HELiOS database. If the Before the Name checkbox is activated, the part is updated in the drawing. If the checkbox is deactivated, the part is not modified in the drawing.

Define the handling of the parts mentioned in the list and then click OK.

Manual

When the drawing is loaded, referenced parts are not checked and hence also not automatically updated. This means that the parts in the drawing may not match the corresponding KRA file. This is, in principle, the same as the procedure for deactivating the checkboxes in the Read and Save mode.

If you want to update these parts subsequently, you can do this by changing the update mode or by re-installing the KRA file. You will then be able to update the parts in the drawing.

Read

When drawings are loaded, this mode is the same as the Read and Save mode.

 Related Topics

Access Rights for Referenced Parts • Settings for Referencing (3-D)