Creating New Part Variants: Procedure (PE)

If you want to create a new Plant Engineering part variant for the available representation types, proceed as follows:

Please observe the Rules for the creation of the respective part type, as well as the Rules for the creation of symbolic representations.

With the HELiOS Database as part data source:(3 representation types are possible)

1. Construct a parameterised, hollow body in HiCAD 3-D.
2. Save part as feature variant to PlantParts\Parts2.
3. Check part with the Check variant, Geometry function.
4. Construct a parameterised, solid body in HiCAD 3-D.
5. Save part as feature variant to PlantParts\Parts3, with the same name as the hollow body representation.
6. Check part with the Check variant, Geometry function.
7. Load the new KRA file from PlantParts\Parts3with the Variant Editor and modify it as desired (enter attribute values). Save the part, i.e. create a VAA file.
8. Check the VAA file with the Check variant, VAA file function.
9. Activate the Part data synchronisation function to perform the part data synchronisation with the database.
10. Check the attribute data with the Check parts, Attributes function.
11. Create the symbolic representation with the Symbol Editor and add it to the new VAA file.

With the HiCAD Catalogue as part data source: (2 representation types are possible)

1. Construct a parameterised, hollow body in HiCAD 3-D.
2. Save part as feature variant to PlantParts\Parts2.
3. Check part with the Check variant, Geometry function.
4. Construct a parameterised, solid body in HiCAD 3-D.
5. Save part as feature variant to PlantParts\Parts3, with the same name as the hollow body representation.
6. Check part with the Check variant, Geometry function.
7. Load the new VAD file from PlantParts\Parts3with the Variant Editor and modify it as desired (assign attributes, enter attribute values). Save the part, i.e. create a VAA file.
8. Check the VAA file with the Check variant, VAA file function.
9. Activate the Part data synchronisation function to perform the part data synchronisation (this function calls the VarToCat tool).

If you want to initially create only one representation type for a Plant Engineering part in order to check whether the part functions in the way you expect it, you can omit three steps in the procedures described above:

• If you initially only require the solid body representation, omit the steps 1 - 3.
• If you initially only require the hollow body representation, omit the steps 4 - 6. Continue with step 7 to load the KRA file from PlantParts\Parts2.

If you want to add another representation type later (here: hollow body), the following steps are required:

1. Construct a parameterised, hollow body in HiCAD 3-D.
2. Save part as feature variant to PlantParts\Parts2 with a different name than the other representation type.
3. Check part with the Check variant, Geometry function
4. Load the new VAD file from PlantParts\Parts2with the Variant Editor . Do not modify it, but save it immediately, i.e. create a VAA file. (If you have created the solid body representation instead of the hollow body representation, load the new VAD file from PlantParts\Parts3).
5. Now load the VAA file of the representation type that you have first created and tested (here: Solid body) from PlantParts with the Variant Editor . Use the Edit archive option to add the second representation type (here: Hollow body) from the corresponding VAA file. In the Variant Editor, save the - still open - VAA file of the first representation type, whereupon it will contain both representation types. The VAA file of the second representation type is now no longer needed.

Another part data synchronisation will not be required if you have only added the second representation type.

 Related Topics

Rules for the Creation of User-Defined Plant Engineering Parts (PE) • Check Part (PE)