Project: HiCAD 2-D

Referenced Parts

2-D Part > Referencing

You can use referencing to manage reused parts (identical parts). Referenced parts are changed across drawings and automatically identified during saving. You construct a part (e.g. a wheel) only once, and referencing enables you to use it again and again. If you change one of the identical parts, the others can be updated.

You can create referenced parts

internally for the drawing or
externally as a file across drawings.

You use the Clone function group to copy the internal parts. The clones and the original are referred to as a group.

Referenced parts
	Reference active part internally
Pull-down menu External
	Reference active part externally	Break up referencing
	Move	Rotate about fitting point
	Scale about fitting point	Referencing info for active part
	Change referencing number	Mark externally referenced parts
	Change path for externally referenced parts	Settings for externally referenced parts All externally referenced parts in the drawing are marked accordingly.
	Delete element content of externally referenced parts	Delete (active part + identical parts) This function deletes the internal group, i.e. the active part and all identical parts.

	Update identical parts
Pull-down menu Update
	Update identical parts from file

	Save referenced part Once you have defined the external part, you need to save it. The elements of the part are not automatically transferred when you save the drawing.

Part Functions (2-D)

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