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.
Lines |
Colour, line type, layer etc. |
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Text |
Colour, font, size etc. |
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Section paths |
Colour, line type, text font etc. |
Processing planes |
Settings for processing planes and projection grids |
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Edges/Surfaces |
Edge and surface parameters like colour, layer, line type etc. |
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Material |
Default material |
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View |
Attributes for sectional views and reduced views, visualisation settings etc. |
General |
Settings for bend zones and angles, flanges etc. |
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Material |
Default material |
MECHANIK.INI |
Material/Weight |
Default material and weighting |
MECHANIK.INI |
Identical Part Search and Itemisation |
Settings for the identical part search and itemising in steel engineering |
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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 |
Operation/Display |
General settings like company header, cursor size, snap radius, interval for data backup etc. |
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Referenced parts
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Settings for external groups (2-D) and referenced parts (3-D) |
ALGPAR.DAT, ALG3DPAR.DAT |
Visualisation |
Visualisation settings (element types) |
ALGPAR.DAT |
Attributes of hidden lines etc. |
ALGPAR.DAT |
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Visualisation and attributes for parametric dimensions of various 3-D parts |
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Dimensioning |
General settings for 2-D and 3-D dimensions (< Version 2008) like height and colour, dimension figure position, tolerance, symbols, dimension lines etc. |
Version 1702 - HiCAD Basics | Date: 9/2012 | © Copyright 2012, ISD Software und Systeme GmbH