Update - Procedure for the Pipeline Planning Module (PE)

If you have already used the Pipeline Planning module of a HiCAD version older than 2018, proceed as follows:

1. Backup

Make a backup of the current state of your database.

Before installing the HiCAD Update, check in the FILEGRUP.DAT file in the exe subdirectory of the existing old HiCAD version, check the entry at position 6:, which indicates the part directory for HiCAD Plant Engineering. This can either be the local directory PlantParts of your HiCAD installation (e.g. 6:C:\hicad\PlantParts), or a Server directory, e.g. 6:\\MyServer\hicad\PlantParts.

• If the Server directory has been entered here, make a backup of this Server directory.
• If the local directory has been entered here, make a backup of this local PlantParts directory.

2. Installation

Perform the HiCAD Update Installation.

Please do not start HiCAD yet.

3. Edit part directory

If a Server directory has been entered in the FILEGRUP.DAT file at position 6:, proceed as follows:

• Copy the content of the local PlantParts directory of the HiCAD installation to this directory.
• In the Server directory, delete the file _Upd_V170x.dat.

If the local PlantParts directory has been entered in the FILEGRUP.DAT file at position 6:, proceed as follows:

• In this directory, delete the file _Upd_V170x.dat.

4. Start HiCAD

• Start HiCAD. Try to create a new Plant Engineering drawing file.

• If the Update part variants dialogue appears, click Update now.
• In the next dialogue, click Start . After completion of the process, click End.

Important Notes on Updates (PE) • Procedure for the Plant Engineering Module