Settings: Flange Connections, Bolted (PE)

Plant Engineering > Settings > Settings > Flange connections, bolted

Use saved bolted flange connections

For bolted flange connections in Plant Engineering you have the option to reuse connections that have already been saved during insertion. For this to happen, the Use saved bolted flange connections checkbox on the Flange connection, bolted tab of the Plant Engineering Settings dialogue window must have been activated. This is the ISD default setting.

In this mode HiCAD 2018 SP1 will proceed as follows:

Once used, a bolted flange connection will be saved as referenced KRA file, namely, to the HiCAD subdirectory RefTeile1. In the HELiOS database, a document master and an article master will be automatically created for this KRA file, which will be classified as a Bolted flange connection. In the article attributes, the following data will be saved:

• Nominal diameter of flange,
• Number of bolts,
• Bolt hole pattern diameter,
• Diameter of bolt holes,
• Clamping length (without washers),
• Level of detail (i.e. compressed, without details or with all details), and
• Standard designation defined as search pattern in the settings.

Bolted flange connections matching these attributes will be regarded as "identical parts" with regard to referencing and updating.

When inserting a new bolted flange connection, HiCAD will use these attributes to check whether a matching article and document master exists in HELiOS. If this is the case, the matching bolted flange connection (KRA) will be loaded from the RefTeile1 directory and inserted as a referenced element. If this is not the case, a new bolted flange connection will be generated and saved as a referenced element.

Due to the referencing, subsequent changes will now affect all identical bolted flange connections (=identical parts).

Do not use saved bolted flange connections

If the checkbox on the Flange connections, bolted tab has been deactivated, HiCAD will not check whether a suitable bolted flange connection has already been saved. In this mode, no referenced KRA files will be created and no entries in the database will be made.

Search pattern for standard designation of bolt

Here you can enter a search term for the standard designation of the required bolts (e.g. "DIN*"). When performing a search for an already saved existing bolted connection, the search term for the standard designation will also be used - in addition to the above criteria.

Please note:
If you load a model drawing with bolted flange connections that were created with a HiCAD Version before 2018 SP1, adjustments will be applied automatically.

Link to P+ID (PE) • Plant Engineering Settings (PE) • Pipe Parts: Flange (PE)