Temporary Settings

Drawing > Others > Extras > Temporary settings

The Temporary settings function in the Extras menu enables you to change various settings for the current HiCAD session.

Coordinate system
Representation
Colour display
Angle grid
Others
Save ICN display with drawing

Coordinate system

Length of CS axes

Determines the length of the coordinate system axes (0=no axes)

Length of CS cube edges

Determines the size of the space cube (0=no space cube)

CS display Off

Hides the coordinate system. To show it again, you need to choose a value > 0 in the Length of CS axes and Length of CS cube edges functions.

Representation

Object marking in graphic ON/OFF

If you move the mouse pointer over your drawing objects, each of the found parts (default: magenta) and its sub-parts (default: orange) is highlighted in colour. This display can be switched off and on (default).

Colour display

You use these functions to define the colour in which you want the parts of the drawing to be highlighted when you select them. This setting is used, for example, when you move the cursor over the objects in the drawing. The HiCAD standard setting is as follows:

The active part is displayed in magenta.
Sub-parts of the active part are displayed in orange.
All other parts are displayed in the colour assigned to them.

	All 2-D/3-D parts in edge /surface colour The HiCAD standard setting is used for the colour display of 2-D and 3-D parts in your drawing, a previously selected colour display being reset.
	Highlight active 2-D/3-D part The active part is displayed in the colour assigned to it, all other parts in a less intensive colour.
	2-D part structure in colour The part structure is marked by different colours.
	2-D overlap level in colour Overlapped graphical elements are displayed in colour, other graphical elements in the default colour.
	Bitmap representation Defines whether Bitmap files and other pixel graphics lie in front of or behind the geometry.

Angle grid

Angle grid ON

Activates the 2-D Angle Grid

Angle grid OFF

Deactivates the 2-D Angle Grid

Others

	Reload general parameters Applies the changes to the settings in the system file ALGPAR.DAT if it has been changed during the current HiCAD session.
	Path for referenced parts Referenced 3-D parts are saved with the file name extension .KRA, and only in the directory predefined for referenced parts. The ISD-side default setting for this directory is the HiCAD subdirectory REFTEILE1, to which the short description L: is assigned in the system file FILEGRUP.DAT. This default setting can only be changed temporarily using this function.
	Factor for View All Specifies the distance that you want the total view of the drawing to have from the edge of the drawing. This is taken into account in the View All function.
	3-D Undo ON/OFF Temporarily switches off the Undo function for 3-D models.