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Text Configuration

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This function enables you to assign different designations to HiCAD part types. These are assigned to the HiCAD attribute $02 (in the browser: H_designation 2). This makes it possible, for example, to assign individual additional texts to different beam types or even plates and pipes.

Once you have called the function, the Text configurations dialogue window opens. This window allows you to do the following:

Create new text configurations or
Change text configuration
Remove text configuration

The pre-set text configuration DEFAULT uses the same configuration for the additional text for all objects. The text has the following structure:

Total number x Designation of the part -Length material designation, e.g. 1x HEB 260-124 S235JRG2

Create new text configuration

To create a new text configuration, proceed as follows:

Click the Create new button.
Enter the name of the drawing.
Define the text in the Beam annotation dialogue window. The window is operated in the same way as for entering 3-D texts or notations.

The text can consist of fixed and variable entries

You can enter fixed texts simply into the input window. Special characters can be selected in the top left list box and copied to the input window with the symbol.

Variable texts (attributes) are selected via the top right list box and then copied with the symbol. They are marked by curly brackets.

The Load text function enables you to load ASCII files or formatted text (*.RTF, RichText)

Furthermore, you can copy texts from the Clipboard .

Choose OK to end the text configuration. The Part assignment dialogue window is displayed.
To use the configuration previously defined, you need to use a type of filter to define the parts to which you want this configuration to apply. These can be parts of a certain length, a certain type etc

To define a filter, i.e. an assignment, right-click in the Attributes column . Choose Insert.

In the list box, select the desired attribute, e.g. Material designation . Next, enter the desired value, e.g. S235JRG2, and click OK to exit the window. The assignment is copied to the Part assignment window. This assignment means that the previously defined text configuration is used for all objects with material S235JRG2.

You can define more filter criteria in the same way.
If you have defined all filters/part assignments, choose OK to exit the Part assignment window.
Choose OK to exit the Text configuration window.

Please note:

Text configurations are saved in the file TEXTCONFIGURATION.XML in the HiCAD SYS directory.
If an attribute, e.g. a part type, occurs multiple times in an assignment, these entries will be linked by "or", e.g.

applies to all parts of the type Beams or Elongated plates with a length of 1 m.

Entries for various attributes will be linked by "and", e.g.

applies to beams and profiles of the type Flat steel with the Material S235JR.

For the Part type attribute you can also use the internal module number as value:

No.	Module
0	Standard
1	Steel Engineering beam
2	Steel Engineering plate
3	Steel Engineering grid
4	Sheet Metal flange
5	Bend zone
6	Standard part bolting
7	Plant Engineering, Guideline
8	Plant Engineering, Elbow (with guideline)
9	Plant Engineering, Pipe part (with guideline)
10	Plant Engineering, Others
11	Plant Engineering, Straight pipe (with guideline)
12	Plant Engineering, Vessel
13	Steel Engineering assembly
14	Individual standard part type
15	Standard bore
16	Weld seams
17	Axis type
18	Thread
19	Development, 2-D reference
20	Plant Engineering, Pipeline
21	Plant Engineering, Connection
22	Steel Engineering Standard part
23	Bar element
24	Standard part group
25	Bolting group
26	Plant Engineering, Insulation
27	Assembly
28	Metal Engineering, LogiKal dummy part
29	Plant Engineering, Component connection
30	Packed bolting group
31	Welded group
32	Assembly group
33	Sheet Metal main part
34	Plant Engineering, Pipe part group
35	Plant Engineering, Dimensioned part
36	Plant Engineering, Dimension line part
37	Plant Engineering, Rise triangle (Group)
38	Plant Engineering, Rise triangle (Part)
39	Plant Engineering, Symbol (Part)
40	Plant Engineering, Full part
41	Plant Engineering, Connection symbol
42	Plant Engineering, Accessory1
43	Plant Engineering, Accessory2
44	Plant Engineering, Pipe length
45	Purchased part
46	Glazing assembly
47	Mullion assembly
48	Transom assembly
49	Glass assembly
50	Inserts assembly
51	Planning grid
52	Steel Engineering, Powder marking lines
53	Plant Engineering, conn_comp_info
54	Plant Engineering, conn_pipe_info
55	Steel Engineering, Glass
56	Steel Engineering, Grating
57	Bolting group, referenced BOM
58	Standard part, referenced BOM
59	Weld seam, referenced BOM
60	Plant Engineering, Auxiliary accessory part
61	Metal Engineering part, 3-D
62	Foil
63	Individual weld seam
64	Not mountable

Example:

Let us assume that you want to create a configuration for Sheet Metal flanges (Module 4). Click Create new, enter the name of the configuration, and specify the annotation. Click Part assignment to select the Part type attribute and enter the value 4.

Please make sure that the same filters (part allocations) are not used in different configurations. Otherwise, HiCAD will use the first configuration it finds.

Change text configuration

The Text configuration dialogue window provides the following buttons for the changing of text configurations:

Remove	Enables the deletion of the current text configuration.
Change text	Enables the changing of the current text configuration. The text is edited in the same way as when creating a new text configuration.
Part assignment	Enables the changing of the part assignment for the current text configuration. You can then add, change or delete assignments (right-click the Attribute column).

Remove text configuration

The configuration shown in the Configuration listbox will be removed, i.e. deleted from the TEXTCONFIGURATION.XML file.

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