Part Structure Representation in the ICN

The middle window of the ICN displays the part structure of the active drawing – separately for 2-D and 3-D parts. It provides you with information on the assemblies, main parts and sub-parts, part types etc. that exist in the current drawing. The first entry in the part structure is always the name of the current drawing. If you right-click this name, the context menu for drawings is displayed.

The display is in a tree-like structure, as is standard in Windows, starting from the name of the drawing file. Clicking a

sign expands the structural display further, i.e. the parts that are subordinate to a part are also shown. You can hide them again by clicking the

sign, accordingly.

The toolbar of the ICN window offers the following functions:

Opens the Find part(s) dialogue window

Cuts the active part (or part list) and puts it on the clipboard

Copies the current part (or part list) to the clipboard

Inserts the content of the clipboard

Copies the active part (or part list) to the HiCAD clipboard

Pastes the content of the HiCAD clipboard

Collapses the part structure and displays only the first level

Displays the first two levels of the part structure

Displays the first three levels of the part structure

Expands the entire part structure and displays all levels

Sorts the part structure display in the ICN according to different sort criteria, e.g. article number, or part name. The sorting of items is case insensitive.

To browse in the part structure, use the ↑, ↓, Page up ↑, Page down ↓, Home andEnd keys.

The following information is displayed for each part:

a graphic symbol for the corresponding part type,

the part name or the article number (from the part attributes),

naming 1 (from the part attributes) in curly brackets,

the item number in curly brackets.

Please note:

New and processed 3-D parts of the current drawing are marked with

in the ICN. When you next save the drawing, this marking is removed again. When exiting HiCAD or closing a drawing, you should therefore note whether there are parts marked with

in the part structure. This indicates that the current version of the drawing has not been saved yet.

If the Reference number (Designation) attribute has been assigned to a part, the article number is displayed in the part structure, instead of the part name. This is always the case for assemblies, steel engineering parts and sheets, as the article number is assigned automatically here.

The part structure can be processed directly in the ICN by means of Drag & Drop:

Place the mouse pointer in the ICN on the part to be moved.

Hold down the left mouse button and drag the part to the new position within the part structure. Point the mouse pointer to the part to which you want the selection (together with subordinate parts) to be assigned. Then release the mouse button.

Instead of the part names, you can also display the Reference Number and Naming database attributes or, if these are already displayed, you can update the display of the attributes:

In the ICN, right-click the drawing name. Choose the HELiOS Attributes, Show (update) function. If the display of the database attributes is already active, you can use the HELiOS Attributes, Hide function to switch back to display of the part name/part description.

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