Text Configuration (3-D SE)

Steel Engineering > Further functions > Settings > Text configuration

This function enables you to assign different descriptions to steel engineering objects. These are assigned to the HiCAD attribute $02 (in the browser H_designation 2). This makes it possible, for example, to assign individual additional texts to different beam types or even plates and pipes.

Once you have called the function, the Text configurations dialogue window opens. This window allows you to do the following:

• Create new text configurations or
• Change existing configurations
• Remove configurations

The pre-set text configuration DEFAULT uses the same configuration for the additional text for all objects. The text has the following structure:

Total number x Designation of the part -Length material designation, e.g. 1x HEB 260-124 S235JRG2

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Create new text configuration

To create a new text configuration, proceed as follows:

1. Click the New button.
2. Enter the name of the drawing.
3. Define the text in the Beam annotation dialogue window. The window is operated in the same way as for entering 3-D texts or notations.

The text can consist of fixed and variable entries

You can enter fixed texts simply into the input window. Special characters can be selected in the top left list box and copied to the input window with the symbol.

Variable texts (attributes) are selected via the top right list box and then copied with the symbol. They are marked by curly brackets.

The Load text function enables you to load ASCII files or formatted text (*.RTF, RichText)

Furthermore, you can copy texts from the Clipboard .

4. Choose OK to end the text configuration. The Part assignment dialogue window is displayed.
5. To use the configuration previously defined, you need to use a type of filter to define the parts to which you want this configuration to apply. These can be parts of a certain length, a certain type etc

To define a filter, i.e. an assignment, right-click in the Attributes column . Choose Insert.

In the list box, select the desired attribute, e.g. material designation . Next, enter the desired value, e.g. S235JRG2, and click OK to exit the window. The assignment is copied to the Part assignment window. This assignment means that the previously defined text configuration is used for all objects with material S235JRG2.

6. You can define more filter criteria in the same way.
7. If you have defined all filters/part assignments, choose OK to exit the Part assignment window.
8. Choose OK to exit the Text configuration window.

Text configurations are saved in the file TEXTCONFIGURATION.XML in the HiCAD SYS directory.

Change text configuration

The Text configuration dialogue window provides the following buttons for editing text configurations :

Remove configurations

The configuration shown in the Configuration listbox is removed, i.e. is is deleted from the TEXTCONFIGURATION.XML file.

Example

T-beams need to have their own text configuration defined.

1. Activate the Text configuration function.
2. Click the Create new button.
3. Enter the name of the drawing, e.g. T-beam

The text should comprise the following:

Beam type: {designation of the part} material: {material designation} length: {Length}

4. Enter the text Beam type:.
   In the list box, select Designation of the part and click .
5. Do the same for the other text components.
6. Click OK to exit the window.
7. Now define the part assignment. Text configuration in this example is intended to apply to all T-beams with material S355J2G3

Right-click in the Attributes column and choose Insert. In the list box, choose Additional Text 5:Category and enter the value T–Beams.

8. Right-click again in the Attributes column and choose Insert . In the list box, choose Material designation and enter the value S355J2G3.
9. Choose OK to exit all windows.

When a T-beam with material S355J2G3 is fitted, the text configuration defined above is used. In the case of these beams, in other words, the text defined by the text configuration is assigned to attribute $02 (H_designation2), e.g

Beam type: TPS 40 material: S355J2G3 length: 380

The default setting or, if it exists, a configuration assigned to these parts is used for all other objects.

Please make sure that the same filters (part allocations) are not used in different configurations. Otherwise, HiCAD will use the first configuration it finds.

 Related Topics

Settings/Management (3-D SE) • Steel Engineering Functions