Drawing Frame and Title Block


Insert drawing frame

Drawing > Insert Part > Frame

HiCAD provides drawing frames in various DIN formats, which you can load into your drawing.

To insert a drawing frame, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose whether you want the title block to be completed or not.
  1. If you are working with HELiOS, you can automatically complete the title block with the article attributes or the document attributes. To do this, activate the corresponding option. If you are working without HELiOS, the current drawing attributes will be considered.

You can then modify the value if desired. When you close the window with OK, the scale of the drawing will be adjusted accordingly before insertion of the drawing frame. If you close the window with Cancel, the scale will remain unchanged.

  1. Specify the position of the frame in the drawing. The fitting point of the frame in the drawing is the intersection point of the diagonals above the title block.

The drawing frame is always inserted as a 2-D main part in the drawing. It will only be displayed in the ICN if you right-click the name of the drawing in the 2D-Part structure tab and select Auxiliary parts On/Off.

 

Please note:

If no Sheet area is active when you call the function (Views tab of ICN), HiCAD will ask you whether you want to switch to the 1st Sheet area for drawing frame insertion.


Complete title block subsequently

Drawing > Others > Extras > Tools > Title block...

If you are working without a database, you can also subsequently change or complete the title block of a drawing frame. On the Drawing tab, select Extras > Tools. A sub-menu with the following functions will be displayed:

Complete title block, without DB

Choose this function if you want to make the title block entries manually.

HiCAD will ask you to specify, one after the other,

  • the Drawing number,
  • Designation 1,
  • Designation 2, and
  • the Scale.

Right-click to jump one step back, click the middle mouse button to cancel the function.

(Please note: the cursor must be placed outside the input window in the process)

Complete title block, with attributes

This function uses the drawing attributes for the title block.

 

Please note:

Variables/Attributes in Title BlocksApply Title Block ChangesChange Drawing Frame - Preparation

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Date: 30/10/2018

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