Project: HiCAD Basics

Select Parts for Itemisation

Drawing > Itemisation/Detailing >Itemise > Change parameters

Here, you select the parts to be itemised. These can be

• all parts,
• all visible parts or
• all parts visible in the active view

Additionally, you can further restrict the number of parts to be itemised by specifying filters. You can also use these filters, for example, to choose different item number ranges for different part types.

How to set filters

In the Filter area of the Itemisation dialogue window, select "Default Filter Configuration" in the list box and click the Configuration button. The Attribute filters dialogue window is displayed.

• The filter configuration file
  The filter criteria specified in the Attribute Filter window can be saved as DAT files and re-used at any time. The default file shipped with HiCAD is located in the sub-directory FILTER in the HiCAD SYS directory. When you call the dialogue window, the configuration file that was used last is displayed.
• Choose attributes
  In order to define the filter criteria, you must first activate/deactivate the attributes in the left column. Activate, for example, the attributes

Part type and
Material

if you want to itemise only particular parts with a particular material

• Specify filter criteria
  Every attribute selected in the left column has a corresponding column on the right-hand side of the window. This column is automatically created/removed if the attribute is active/inactive

If no filter criteria have previously been defined for the active attribute, the column is initially empty. Right-click a line and choose New row. The row is created and highlighted in green. Now, double-click in the corresponding column to choose the filter criterion, e.g. Select catalogue with Attribute Part type.

Example:

1. In the Part attributes column, select Part type and Material.
2. Insert a new row (RMB -> New row) in the Part type column on the right-hand side of the window.
3. Under Part Type, double-click in the new line and choose Select catalogue > Semi-finished products > Beams > L-Beams.
4. Under Material, double-click  in the new line and choose Select catalogue > Steels > General construction steels > S235JRG2.

5. If you want to insert a further line, repeat the operation, e.g. Part type > Select catalogue > Semi-finished products > Plates.

The filter criteria are processed line-by-line from top to bottom during itemising

To remove one or more lines, select them, right-click the selection and choose Remove selected rows.

The "Start value" attribute

The Start value attribute has a special meaning. It allows you to define the start number individually for parts which fulfil the specified filter criteria. In the above example, you can choose different start numbers for itemising L-beams and plates.

The filter criteria displayed in the table would have the following impact:

• L-beams consisting of material S235JRG2 are itemised. The start number is 500.
• Plates are itemised. The start number for itemising plates is 700.

Itemisation Functions (3-D SE) • Settings/Management (3-D SE) • Steel Engineering Functions