Itemise Part (3-D)

3-D Dimensioning + Text > Text > Itemise part

This function is used for fast annotation without the setting options of the Part annotation function, an item number being assigned to a part at the same time. The item number is displayed in curly brackets behind the part name in the part structure of the ICN, e.g. {5}. If the item number is a negative value, e.g. –5, it will be displayed as {5*}.

The Item number dialogue window is displayed for you to define the annotation.

It consists of the following input areas and functions:

Annotation template
General
Orientation

Please also note the Itemisation functions in the Edit menu.

You can specify in the Configuration Editor (ISDConfigEditor.exe) at System settings > Annotation tags > Querying of coincident points how to proceed for the identification of base points that coincide with other points.

No query
HiCAD identifies the uppermost of the coincident points.
Query
Here you will be asked to specify the point you want to identify. To do this, enter the corresponding point number. HiCAD numbers the points from front to back, i.e. the point in the front has the highest number. This is the default setting.
Use general setting
Here the general setting specified at System settings > Identification > Querying of coincident points will be used. If the checkbox has been activated here, HiCAD will display a query, otherwise not.

Annotation template

Here you define the attributes of which you want the annotation to consist. Examples include

the item number,
the designation,
designation and item number,
the article number (DB) and
the article number (DB) and the item number.

Various FTD files are supplied with HiCAD. If desired, you can also define your own FTD files using the Annotation Settings function. Choose the desired template.

Automatic, by part type
A template will be selected automatically for the respective part type. The following templates are assigned to the part types:
Steel Engineering plates: PosNummerStb_Blech.fdt
Steel Engineering beams: PosNummerStb_Profil.fdt
Sheet Metal: PosNummer_Kantblech.fdt
General parts: PosNummer_Allg_Bauteil.fdt

For all other parts the PositionsNummer.fdt template will be used.

Manual
Here you can select a particular annotation template, e.g. PosNummerSTB.ftd for Steel Engineering.

General

These settings will be evaluated for the functions described in the Alignment paragraph, and determine the behaviour of these functions.

Preserve item number	The current item number of the part will be used. If no item number has been assigned to the part, the corresponding entry in the annotation remains empty.
Prompt for item number	With this function you manually assign each part to an item number, i.e. HiCAD will ask you to specify the item number. The function proceeds analogically to the function Itemise part (via Drawing > Itemisation/Detailing > Itemisation)
Generate item number	The item number will be automatically generated by HiCAD. Enter an increment for the number and a start value. When you activate the function, the symbol will be displayed. Click on the symbol to view the warning message.
Prompt for frame	If this option is active, HiCAD will ask you to choose a frame for the item number.
Replace annotation	If this option is active, existing annotations for already annotated parts will be replaced. Otherwise, an additional annotation will be inserted.

If you want to insert the annotation at a certain angle, enter the desired Angle or choose a value from the listbox. The angle will only be applied for the Free annotation function.

Alignment

Free annotation
You use this function to assign the selected annotation to a 3-D part. The process flow of the function mainly depends on the Prompt for item number, Generate item number, Prompt for frame and Replace annotation checkboxes, which can also be combined.

The dialogue sequence is as follows:

Prompt for frame if checkbox is active
Prompt for item number or specify increments and start number, depending on active option
Identify part
Specify leader line
Identify next part

Prompt for frame
Once you have called this function, you are requested to select a annotation frame.

This selection applies to all subsequently itemised parts – within the current function call.

Prompt for item number
HiCAD asks you to enter the item number. If an item number has already been assigned to a part – either in the article master (DB) or in the part properties, it is displayed. You can accept this number or change it. Choose OK to exit the input window.

Generate item number
HiCAD automatically generates the item numbers. First specify the increment for the item numbers, i.e. the value by which you want the automatically generated numbers to increase each time. Choose OK or RET (left mouse button) to exit the input window . Then enter the start value for the numbering. As the default value, HiCAD offers you the value of the highest item number in the drawing + increment. Apply the default value or specify a new start value. End the value input.

Replace annotation
If the identified part has already been annotated, the annotation is deleted. The current settings of the item number menu are used as the new annotation. If the part has not yet been annotated, a new annotation is created.

Align annotation horizontally
This function generally works in the same way as the Free annotation function, the difference being that the tag is aligned horizontally to an existing reference tag.

Identify the reference tag. The remaining function dialogue depends on the settings as with the Free Item Number function. The new tag is aligned horizontally to the reference tag. The end point of the pointer line does not lie in the entered point, but is determined by the perpendicular of this point to the horizontal defined by the item number of the reference tag.

Align annotation vertically
The tag is aligned vertically to a reference tag here. The end point of the pointer line does not lie in the entered point, but is determined by the perpendicular of this point to the vertical defined by the item number of the reference tag.

Edit annotations

Clicking beneath Item... opens a pull-down menu with the following functions:

Increment range of numbers

Increases item number ranges by a particular value. Specify the first and the last item number to be changed. Define the increment.

For example, entering 1 4 3 causes item numbers 1 to 4 to be increased by 3, i.e. to become item numbers 4 to 7.

Align horizontally /

Align vertically

Subsequently aligns tags horizontally or vertically to a reference tag.
Identify the reference tag and then the tags that you want to align horizontally or vertically to it.

Further editing functions can be found in the context menu of an annotation. Right-click the annotation to open the context menu:

New

Use the functions of this menu to insert further annotations:

	With current setting Inserts an annotation with the settings last specified in the Itemize part dialogue window.
	With text + leader line
	Text + Item number
	Standard designation

Edit

Use this function to modify the annotation settings.

Move

Moves the selected annotation. Specify the new position of the inflexion points and the end point.

Delete

Deletes the selected annotation.

Clone

Copies the selected annotation to other parts. Just identify the part to which you want to assign a copy of the selected annotation.

Texts and Annotations (3-D) • Part Annotation (3-D)

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