Attributes in Annotation Tags (3-D)

Annotation tags can also contain different attributes. These can either be used in the Editor or in FTD files.


Part attributes / Article attributes

HiCAD part attributes as well as HELiOS article attributes can be directly selected from the right list box in the Annotation Editor.

Part attributes within a text block are displayed in curly brackets.

The preceding of article attributes with the string %DBAT (required in older HiCAD versions) is no longer necessary, i.e. %DBAT{Connection type 3 (Article master} is identical with {Connection type 3 (Article master}


Document attributes / Project attributes

HELiOS document attributes and project attributes, too, can be directly selected from the right list box.

Please note:



Attributes of superordinate parts

If you want to use attributes of the superordinate part when annotating a part, you can precede the attribute with the string %U. The letter U can also be used repeatedly so as to use the attributes in the structure of even higher parts, e.g.


Drawing attributes

If you want to use drawing attributes in an annotation, you can select them from the right listbox in the Annotation Editor:


Usage attributes of product structure

The usage attributes of the product structure, too, can be displayed in 3-D annotations. To do this, precede the attribute name in curly brackets with the string %DBVA, e.g.

Attribute name Meaning
POSITIONSNUMMER Item number
HEL_ANZAHL Quantity per part
BEMERKUNG Comment
TEILEART Part type (e.g. spare part, wear part etc.)

 

No automatic updating of the tags will be performed if the usage attributes are changed.


Referenced attributes

HELiOS offers the option to define referenced attributes. In the default configuration of the software product, this option is used for the attribute MATERIAL in the article master. The attribute points to a reference attribute (in case of the MATERIAL attribute this the same-named reference attribute) and "inherits" the properties of this attribute. In HELiOS masks, for example, you can refer, via the referenced attribute BZ, to the designation of the material, while in the standard database the quality of fasteners is entered there.

You can use the string

%DBAT(ATTTRIBUT:REFERENZ)

to write referenced attributes onto annotation tags, e.g.:

%DBAT(MATERIAL:BZ)


Use of text IDs (for Administrators)

Text IDs from the HiCAD text service (as shown in the TEXTTABLESEDITOR.EXE) can now also be used in annotations. This is not realised via the Annotation Editor, but needs to be set accordingly via template files (FTD):

%TS(Textid)

Example:

%TS(WrongWrapFaces) produces the text Wrapping is not possible with the selected facets.

Part Annotation (3-D)Multiple Selection of Texts

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