Catalogue Editor

Depending on the configuration of the purchased HiCAD product, various Standard Part catalogues are available to the user. These are located in the KATALOGE folder, which is a sub-folder of the HiCAD program folder. This folder contains all standard parts, sheets+plates, beams+profiles, standard processings etc. The folder is in turn subdivided into several sub-folders containing various part categories, e.g. FASTENERS (bolts+screws, nuts etc.) or SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS (beams+profiles, plates, gratings etc.). Possibly you will only require some of these standard parts, and it may also happen that standard parts with particular dimensions are not available. The HiCAD Catalogue Editor provides the perfect tool for such use cases.

The HiCAD Catalogue Editor is an external program enabling you to edit the standard part and beam/profile catalogues supplied with HiCAD, as well as user-defined catalogues.

You have the following options to start the Catalogue Editor:

• Double-click the CATEDITOR.EXE file in the HICAD EXE directory.
• On the Windows task bar, select All programs > ISD Software und Systeme > Administration > .
• Click the symbol on the Desktop.
• In HiCAD, select Settings > CATEditor.

Please note: You require administrator rights on your computer to be able to work with the Catalogue Editor.

Performance Overview 

• Editing/expanding of HiCAD Standard Part and Beam/Profile catalogues

You have the option, for example, to define part sub-types as main parts or sub-parts, to lock standard parts against unauthorized use in HiCAD, to insert further standard parts, or to change the files of existing standard parts.

• Definition/Management of graphical factory standard catalogues

2-D, 3-D parts, assemblies, prototype beams+profiles, variants, materials and macros can be saved directly from the HiCAD drawing to selected catalogues. These user-specific catalogues can be created, managed and processed with the Catalogue Editor. You can then access these catalogue objects in HiCAD - as you would do for the fitting of standard parts - via a photo-like selection system.

• Exchange your catalogues with those of other users

Use the Import/Export functions to exchange your catalogues with those of other users, and adjust them accordingly.

• Link to HELiOS attributes

The Catalogue Editor enables you to assign article master data of the PDM system HELiOS to items of standard part or beam/profile catalogues.

• Link to HiCAD attributes

When inserting standard parts and semi-finished products (beams and plates) from the catalogues in HiCAD, the values from the catalogue items will be directly assigned to various attributes. This assignment is freely configurable.

Please note:
Some functions of the Catalogue Editor apply only to the Factory standards catalogue. These functions are marked appropriately in the overviews of Table Functions and Catalogue Functions.
Which catalogues will be available depends on your software licenses.