Project: HiCAD Plant Engineering

Guideline Tools

Plant Engineering > Guideline Tools

The Guideline Tools function group provides all kinds of functions for the creation and processing of guidelines.

Please note that the Work with guideline mode must normally have been activated if you want to use the Guideline Tools functions. If this is not the case, a corresponding message will be displayed:

If you click Yes, the Work with guideline mode will be activated in the Plant Engineering Settings and the function will be continued immediately.

The following functions are available:

	Create guideline Click to open a pull-down menu with further functions: Lengthen guidelines (only via end points) Merge (at end points) Fillet entire guideline Fillet corner Cut off corner Fit insulation Delete insulation Display insulation Specify nominal pipeline section diameter Assign guideline remainder to another pipeline   Highlight guideline   Create dummy guideline part   Copy guideline
	Draw guideline (only via end points)
	Process guidelines
	AutoGuideline
	AutoPlace parts on guidelines
	Delete individual 3-D edges To delete the entire guideline, click and select the Delete complete guideline function from the pull-down menu.

Many of the processing functions for guidelines can also be accessed via the context menu. You open the context menu with a right-click on a guideline. Furthermore, you can also use the 3-D C-Edge (Sketch) functions on the Sketch tab to process guidelines.

Plant Engineering Functions