Internal Referencing (3-D)

Drawing > Save/Reference > Reference part, Save, Detail Drawing

In addition to external referencing, you can also reference 3-D parts internally, i.e. without saving the part. This enables you to manage identical parts within a drawing without saving referenced parts.

To reference parts of your construction internally, proceed as follows:

1. Activate the relevant part.
2. Choose the Referencing, Save, Detail drawing function.
3. Activate the Internal referencing radio button.
4. If required, activate the Also reference identical parts checkbox if you also want identical parts of the active part to be referenced. HiCAD then searches for parts that match the part to be referenced in terms of name and geometry. All found parts to which this applies are automatically internally referenced.
5. Press Next to exit the window .

To re-use internally referenced parts, you can simply copy the part. To do this, use the Clone functions on the 3-D Standard tab of the Ribbon, or the Copy/Paste functions in the context menu of the ICN.

Please note:

• You find the function on the Drawing tab and in the context menu for parts.
• Internally referenced parts are marked in the ICN by the symbol.
• In contrast to external referencing, the parts are not saved as a KRA file. Therefore, the Without save option has been preset here. However, a saving as detail drawing is also possible for internally referenced parts.
• When changing internally referenced parts, the automatic updating of identical parts in the current drawing can be switched off, allowing a manual updating of referenced parts instead. This behaviour can be set in the Configuration Editor, at System settings > Referencing, via the parameter Automatically update referenced parts after each change.

Please note:
Please do not insert referenced parts as sub-parts of externally referenced parts, as this may lead to errors!

External Referencing (3-D) • Referencing Functions (3-D)