Basic Settings

> Settings

In the Settings area, you can set the basic parameters for 2-D and 3-D construction, sheet metal processing and steel engineering. Furthermore, you can set additional parameters, e.g. for dimensioning or operation, in the General folder.

2-D

Lines

Colour, line type, layer etc.

LINPAR.DAT

Text

Colour, font, size etc.

TXTPAR.DAT

Section paths

Colour, line type, text font etc.

SCHNITT.DAT

3-D

Processing planes

Settings for processing planes and projection grids

ALG3DPAR.DAT

Edges/Surfaces

Edge and surface parameters like colour, layer, line type etc.

KNTPAR.DAT

Material

Default material

MECHANIK.INI

View

Attributes for sectional views and reduced views, visualisation settings etc.

ANSGEN.DAT

Sheet Metal

General

Settings for bend zones and angles, flanges etc.

ABWPAR.DAT

Material

Default material

MECHANIK.INI

Steel Engineering

Material/Weight

Default material and weighting

MECHANIK.INI

Identical Part Search and Itemisation

Settings for the identical part search and itemising in steel engineering

STB_PARAMETER.DAT

Representation

Representations of beams+profiles, plates, gratings etc.

STB_PARAMETER.DAT

Notch

Notch type and parameters

STB_PARAMETER.DAT

DAST connections

Angular deviation and air gap in DAST connections

STB_PARAMETER.DAT

General

Operation/Display

General settings like company header, cursor size, snap radius, interval for data backup etc.

ALGPAR.DAT

Referenced parts

 

Settings for external groups (2-D) and referenced parts (3-D)

ALGPAR.DAT, ALG3DPAR.DAT

Visualisation

Visualisation settings (element types)

ALGPAR.DAT

Hide Hidden Lines?

Attributes of hidden lines etc.

ALGPAR.DAT

Parametric dimensions

Visualisation and attributes for parametric dimensions of various 3-D parts

PARAMASS.DAT

Dimensioning

General settings for 2-D and 3-D dimensions (< Version 2008) like height and colour, dimension figure position, tolerance, symbols, dimension lines etc.

BEMPAR.DAT

Version 1702 - HiCAD Basics | Date: 9/2012 | © Copyright 2012, ISD Software und Systeme GmbH