Settings for Guidelines (PE)

Plant Engineering > Settings > Settings > Guideline Tools...

The Guideline Tools menu item provides the following two functions:

Settings: AutoGuidelines and
Settings: Place parts on guidelines

Use these functions to specify the settings for the creation guidelines and the placing of parts onto them.

Settings: AutoGuidelines

Plant Engineering > Settings > Settings > Settings: AutoGuidelines

Use this function to specify the minimum c-edge length of a guideline, specify the parts you want to place on it and determine whether a collision check should immediately be carried out.

Place on guidelines:
To specify which parts you want to place on a guideline, select or deselect the appropriate check boxes in the dialogue. If the Flanges checkbox is activated, the required flange is inserted - if the guideline starts or ends at a flange.
Minimum edge length
Allowed minimum length of a guideline.
Maximum elbow angle
Allowed maximum angle of an elbow. This value is, for instance, taken into account when creating guidelines via end points.
Collision check
Activate the checkbox if you want an automatic collision check to be carried out.

HiCAD checks whether parts placed on guidelines collide with parts existing in the layout plan. It will however not be checked whether there are collisions of already existing parts. If collisions are detected, HiCAD generates the collided parts which can subsequently be found in the ICN, below the part "Collision group".

Always display this dialogue
Activate this checkbox if you always want the guideline settings window to be displayed for automatic guideline creation.

The next time you call the AutoGuidelines function, these settings will be considered.

Please bear in mind that the settings for AutoGuidelines and those for the placing of parts on guidelines influence each other!

Settings: Place parts on guidelines

Plant Engineering > Settings > Settings > Settings: Place parts

This function enables you to specify which parts you want to use for the automatic placing of parts on existing guidelines and whether you want to perform a collision check.

This function is largely similar to the Settings: AutoGuidelines function. However, the input fields for the minimum edge length and the maximum elbow radius are deactivated, as the settings apply to the placing of parts on existing guideline edges.

Make the required settings and exit the window with OK. When you now call the AutoPlaceParts on guidelines again, these settings will be considered.

Please bear in mind that the settings for AutoGuidelines and those for the placing of parts on guidelines influence each other!