Variant Editor for Plant Engineering (AnVarEdit)

Plant Engineering > Part Data Tools > Variant Editor

Pleas note the following:

Due to the changes of the part format in HiCAD Plant Engineering, the previously available Variant Editor, ANVAREDIT.EXE has been adjusted accordingly in HiCAD 2012. For Plant Engineering variants created with HiCAD 2012, please use exclusively this new Editor.

For other variants, the previous functionality of the Variant Editor is still available, but, as of HiCAD 2012, under the name VAD_Editor.EXE. Please use exclusively this Editor for VAD files outside of Plant Engineering.

We have designed the HiCAD Variant Editor to support the processing of value tables in variants (.VAA, .VAD) created with HiCAD. The Variant Editor also enables you to derive new variants, with different content in the value table and name, from an existing variant. The Editor automatically processes files belonging to these variants.

You can derive a particularly wide range of variants from structured variants. In this case, you simply press a button to toggle part elements on or off, transfer variable values from one element to another and much more.

Structured base variants are, for example, used for valves in HiCAD Plant Engineering.

You can import records (in whole or in part) from variant value tables of other variants or text files; whereby assignments between columns in the source and the target table can be specified. It is also possible to make automatic assignments, based on the variable names creating column headings.

It is also possible to export the value table of a variant as a text file.

Program call

You can start the Variant Editor from HiCAD or externally.

Start via HiCAD
Activate the Plant Engineering tab.
Select Part Data Tools > Variant Editor .

External Call

Start the application ANVAREDIT.EXE in the HiCAD EXE subdirectory.