HiCAD 2010 - New in Steel Engineering (3-D SE)

Steel Engineering Connections

Design Variants for double-sided column connections - symmetrical and asymmetrical - according to DAST IS (SP1)
Design Variants for double-sided angle connections according to DAST IW (SP1)
Design Variants for base plates and anchor plates (SP1)
Enhanced Steel Engineering connections providing more flexibility in various fitting situations
Definition of complete parameter sets for connections, re-use for similar situations
You can now also use the girder connection according to DAST IW (305) in case of perpendicular flanges. Furthermore, the maximum number of vertical bolt rows has been increased to 5.

Automatic collision-free and space-saving annotation of all parts and assemblies of a view.
Individual and flexible definition of annotation parameters

The functionality for Workshop Drawing creation has been completely redesigned and significantly enhanced:

Output to a new or existing sheet area of the active drawing
Output to a new drawing
Extended selection options for the parts in the automatically created workshop drawing (all parts, active part list, select individually)
Management of all views of a part or an assembly in a view group. Many new functionalities are available for view groups such as:
Frames around entire view groups for an unambiguous assignment of all drawing views of a part
Automatic arrangement of all views within a view group with various configuration parameters (e.g. horizontal/vertical distances between views)
Total scale for all views in a view group. Individual views can however still be assigned an individual view scale.
Automatic generation of a drawing BOM for all parts in a view group
Optimal arrangement of views
Spreading of production drawings over several drawing sheets, with drawing frames
Automatic integration of assembly-BOMs
Automatic annotation of 3-D weld seams. This option can be switched on or off via Drawing, Workshop > Change settings > Settings for views.
As an alternative to side views, you can also create sectional views
Individual dimensioning settings for workshop and detail drawings

Invalid or replaced standards are identified by the symbol.
Multiple linear fitting of Standard Parts between 2 points, enabling you to insert linear rows of bores along a beam axis.

You can now copy ("clone") beam annotations and assign them to other beams and profiles. To do this, use the Clone function in the context menu.

If the BOM-relevance of an assembly is removed, the assembly main part ID is retained (SP1).
When loading series beams from the FACTORY STANDARDS > SERIES catalogue, the user-defined columns CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 are (if available) also evaluated. These can, for instance, be used for links to ERP systems. (SP1).
You can now use the STB_PARAMETER to separately set the number of decimal places for cutting angle specifications
When processing beams to which an item number has already been assigned, the item number will be marked with a negative sign after processing. When changing part attributes, the negative sign will only be applied if the attributes is taken into account for identical part search.
New catalogue for bulb plates
You can now also take over cross-sections of beams derived from sketches.
Dimensioning and annotation of countersinks (e.g. DIN 74), including standard processing and nominal diameter
User-defined part attribute masks for beams and plates
API support for Steel Engineering constructions
DSTV-BOM output via API script