Itemisation: Handling of Identical Parts (3-D SE)

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Itemisation of identical parts
Consider for identical part search
Consider for geometrically identical part search

Itemisation of identical parts

Identical parts can be itemised:

consecutively for the entire drawing,
within assemblies of the drawing or
for the active assembly (=active part and sub-parts). In addition, you can also specify the number of sub-part levels to be taken into account here.

In the file ..\sys\stb_parameter.dat you can specify in the text line

[Consider all parts for identical part search (o = no, 1 = yes)]

whether all parts are to be taken into account for (geometrically) identical part search. If this value is set to 0, only the geometries of Steel Engineering parts will be compared. All other parts will initially be regarded as "geometrically different" and will therefore obtain different item numbers. If the part attributes comparison has been activated in the itemisation settings and the article number has been selected in the list of attributes to be compared, all parts with the same article number will obtain the same item number. This is the case after copying of parts, even if individual parts are modified afterwards. If, however, the parts are referenced, an identical part search is carried out during referencing, and parts with different geometries will obtain, due to the referencing function, different article numbers. A subsequently performed itemisation without geometry comparison will then deliver the desired result. This means that if you want sheet metal parts or other non-Steel Engineering parts to be always compared geometrically during identical part search, this has to be set accordingly in the above-mentioned file before re-starting HiCAD.

Consider for identical part search

Here you specify the conditions to be taken into account for identical part search.

Part attributes
If this checkbox is active, the settings of the Master part attributes for itemisation are considered. If desired, you can use the Configuration checkbox to change these settings.

DB part master
If this checkbox is active, the part master entries for HELiOS are created automatically during itemisation, with the settings of the Master part attributes for itemisation being considered. If desired, you can use the Configuration checkbox to change these settings.

In addition, you can also use the Part assignment button here to specify filters for generating the part master entries. This allows you to determine that the part master entries are only generated for parts that fulfil certain criteria, e.g. all plates or only beams of a certain material.

Attribute	Value
%TA($07)	S235JRG2

-> only parts with material S235JRG2

Consider for geometrically identical part search

Here you specify which components are to be taken into account for geometrically identical part search.

Boltings
If boltings are to be considered, activate this checkbox.
Production type for bores (workshop, site...)
If you want the production type of bores to be taken into account for identical parts search, activate this checkbox. In this way you can, for example, deactivate mounting holes during output to NC programs.
Weld seams
If you want weld seams to be taken into account, activate this checkbox.

Mathematical tolerance for facet comparison
In this field you can specify a tolerance for identical part search. Default value is 0.001. This means that two points are regarded as identical if their distance is less than one hundredth millimetre.