Load Drawing

Drawing > New/Open > Open

The dialogue for loading (= opening) HiCAD drawings depends on whether you are working with or without HELiOS (PDM), i.e. whether or not you manage your drawings in the database.

 

Please note:

 

Important:


Procedure without HELiOS

  1. Select the Open drawing function from the Ribbon or the QuickAccess toolbar, or use the CTRL+O key.
  2. Choose path and name of the desired file.
  3. ClickOpen.

 

Please also note:

If you open a drawing via the Explorer that has already been opened on another workstation, HiCAD will display a preview image with the Open drawing, read only checkbox. If you want to open the drawing in read-only mode, activate the checkbox and click Open. The drawing will then be loaded, without any further queries, in read-only mode.

If you do not activate the Open drawing, read-only checkbox, HiCAD will issue the following message:

If you click OK, and then confirm with Yes , you can open the drawing in read-only mode:

A saving of the drawing with the same name and to the same location is not possible.

The above-described behaviour of drawings that have already been opened on other workstations is the preset default behaviour. It can be specified with the ISD Configuration Editor, via PDM > HiCAD-HELiOS interface > Load locked documents in read-only mode?. The following options are possible:

 

Please note:


Procedure with HELiOS

  1. Select

Load drawing, via DB document master

if you want to load the file via the document master , and

Load drawing, via article master

if you want to load the file via article master.

  1. Select the drawing file via the document master data or the article master data, respectively.

 

Please note:

If you do not want this dialogue to be displayed, you can set this in the Configuration Editor, at HiCAD > PDM > HiCAD - HELiOS interface:

Do not load
Locked documents will not be opened.

Always load
Locked documents will be opened in read-only-mode.

Ask user
The message shown above will be displayed, i.e. you will decide whether you want to open the document or not. This is the default setting.

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