Freely Definable Margins in Drawing Frame

You can individually determine the area of the drawing frames used by the isometry or pipe spool drawing. This enables e.g. the creation of asymmetrical filling margins etc.

The determination takes place via definition of a hidden frame called INNER within the 2-D parts for the drawing frames. Furthermore, you can block drawing frame areas against the use by the isometry or pipe spool drawing. For this, you create a 2-D part called BLOCKED. Several blocked areas can be created as sub-parts to the BLOCKED 2-D part.

Proceed as follows:

Create a new drawing on a 1:1 scale.

Load the drawing frame to want to change, e.g. DIN A4H (A4, portrait). Right-click the drawing area and select the Insert drawing frame function in the context menu.

Drawing frames are auxiliary drawing parts and are normally not shown in the ICN. If the drawing frame does not appear in the 2D-Part structure tab of the ICN, right-click the name of the drawing in the ICN, and select the Auxiliary parts On/Off function. In the dialogue window, click the Auxiliary parts On button. The drawing frame will then appear in the 2-D part structure of the ICN.

In the 2-D part structure, right-click the name of the drawing frame, e.g. DINA3, and select the New sub-part (2-D)

function in the context menu. Assign the name INNER to the new sub-part.

Use the functions on the 2-D Geometry tab to draw the desired area.

If you want to block any particular areas of the drawing frame against use by the isometry, create a new sub-part called BLOCKED and use the functions on the 2-D Geometry tab to draw the area to be blocked.

If you want to define several blocked areas, create further sub-parts below the part BLOCKED, e.g. BL01, BL02 etc., and draw the corresponding areas.

After defining all desired areas, assign Level 0 to the parts INNER and BLOCKED. This is necessary to make these sub-parts invisible. In this way, the drawing frame will remain utilisable for other HiCAD modules as well. To change the level, right-click the corresponding part, select the Change level function and set the level to 0.

Save the changed drawing frame. Right-click the name of the drawing frame, e.g. DINA3, and select the Save part (2-D)

function. Select the options Save as 2-D part and Without database. Target directory is the HiCAD sub-directory SZENEN (=DRAWINGS).

You can now use the modified frame for the isometry or pipe spool drawing.

Example

Please note:

As a precaution, save the original drawing frame.

Create back-up copies of the changed drawing frames, to prevent an accidental overwriting when making updates or new installations.

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