Project: HiCAD Basics

Part Libraries

Frequently required parts can be grouped in libraries that can be integrated into the screen menu. You can then use a pop-up menu to conveniently insert or execute parts belonging to the library.

• Create part library
• Enter part
• Delete part
• Insert part, from library

Create part library

Drawing > Insert Part > User Library > New part library

To create a new part library:

1. Select Drawing > Insert Part >User library .
2. In the User library menu, choose the New part library function.
3. Enter the name of the part library including the file group, e.g. C:component1. The library is stored in the directory defined by the file group. Each library has three files, NAME.DAT, NAME.MNU and NAME.MAC, with NAME being the specified library name. In addition, the following files are stored in the specified file group:

• the part files (in 3-D: .KRA, in 2-D: .FGA)
• in subdirectory \usrimg the preview images of the parts in EMF format.

4. Next, define the designation of the library, e.g. USER1. This designation is used to select  libraries in the User library pop-up menu.
5. The Part library pop-up menu is displayed.

You can now:

• insert new parts into the library (1),
• remove parts from the library (2) or
• insert parts of the library into the current drawing (3).

The bottom section of the menu (4) displays the parts that exist in the library as preview symbols.

Remember the part files and the preview images when saving your libraries!

Enter part

Drawing > Insert Part > User Library ... >

To enter parts into a part library, proceed as follows:

1. Open the part library, and click the .
2. Identify the part in the drawing.
3. Specify the position of the part in the library by clicking the desired field in the pop-up menu. Enter a help text, e.g. the part name, for the selected menu field. If icon help texts are activated, this text is then displayed as a short description for the menu field settings, e.g. cast part.
4. In the drawing, select a graphic as a menu field annotation. The graphic must not be shaded!
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for more parts or choose END to end the part selection.

Delete part

Drawing > Insert Part > User Library ... >

To remove a part from a library:

1. Open the part library.
2. Click the icon.
3. In the pop-up-menu, click the part you want to delete.

Insert part, from library

Drawing > Insert Part > User Library ...>

To insert a part from a library into the current drawing:

1. Open the part library.
2. Choose whether you want the part to be inserted as a main part , a sub-part or a 3-D steel engineering series beams .
3. Click the icon with the part. An enlarged preview of the part is displayed.
4. Use the point options to specify a fitting point on the part and its position in the current drawing.

User Libraries • Insert Existing Parts