Plates (3-D SE)

Steel Engineering > Plate, new

HiCAD enables you to fit all kinds of plates in Steel Engineering constructions. The Plates, new function group provides various functions for this.

	Rectangular plate	Insertion of rectangular steel engineering plates, e.g. front plates for beams.
	Fit stiffeners	Stiffeners with corner, chamfered or filleted (internally or externally), one-sided or two-sided, as partial stiffeners or full stiffeners.
	Plate from 3-D Part	Converts a 3-D solid to a plate part.
	Plate from sketch	Derives a plate from a sketch.
	Rectangular plate, Standard	Fitting of a rectangular standard plate based on a HiCAD variant (CAD). Click to open a pull-down menu with further functions for rectangular plates.
	Insert glass	Fitting of glass panes via beam-glass points.
	Grating DIN 24537, from sketch	Fitting of grating steps.

Please note:

If you select > Settings > Basic settings > General > Parametric dimensions: Yes, the plates are fitted with their parametric dimensions. You can then change the plate size quickly and easily by changing the relevant parametric dimensions. To do this, right-click the relevant parametric dimensions and choose the Parametric dimensions function in the context menu. Enter the new value and click OK to exit the input window. The plate is updated immediately.
When fitting catalogue standard parts and semi-finished products (Steel Eng. beams/profiles, plates) in HiCAD, values from the catalogue item are assigned to some part attributes of the HiCAD part (e.g. the "Attribute number" part attribute is assigned to the "BZ" column). This configuration is freely configurable.
In the catalogue tables you have the option to link a table column to a part attribute. When fitting a part from this table in HiCAD, the value of the linked column will then be assigned to the part. A user can, for instance, enter the article number and/or the supplier in a column, and the value will be assigned to a part attribute when fitting a part and can subsequently be used for part annotations or bills of materials. In the catalogue table (see Catalogue Editor) linked columns are identified by a link symbol in the column header. From version 2008 onwards, the "BZ" columns of tables for standard parts and semi-finished product are linked to the part attribute "$BB"; "CUSTOM1" columns are linked to the part attribute "CUSTOM1", and "CUSTOM2" columns are linked to the part attribute "CUSTOM2".