Project: HiCAD Basics

Itemisation Parameters - Part Attributes

Here you specify which part attributes are to be considered for identical part search and itemisation.

The ISD default setting is:

1. Comment
2. Article number
3. Part type
4. Substance/Material

This means:

1. First HiCAD will check for which parts the Comment is identical.
2. For parts with identical Comment it will be checked which of these parts have the same Article number.
3. For parts with identical Comment and identical Article number it will be checked which of these parts have the same Part type.
4. For all parts with identical Comment, Article number and Part type it will finally be checked which of these parts have the same Substance/Material. The found parts will then be interpreted as "identical" - at least with regard to their part attributes. Whether they will actually obtain the same item number depends on the further settings specified on the General tab.

Meaning of the symbols

Determine the distinguishing criteria

Select attribute

To edit a distinguishing criterion, mark it with the cursor and click on the symbol (alternative: double-click). A list of the available attributes will be displayed for selection:

Select the desired attribute and confirm with OK.

Please note that the order of the distinguishing criteria and the selected sorting for them will influence the assigning of item numbers.

Sort

For each attribute that you selected as a distinguishing criterion you can specify in which order the search is to be performed.

Possible options are:

• Only difference
• Ascending
• Descending

Example 1

The drawing on the left consists of 7 beams that differ only with regard to their Comment attribute. The attributes

• Comment
• Article number
• Part type and
• Substance/Material

were chosen here.

On the right hand side you can see the effects of the sort criteria on the assigning of item numbers on the basis of Comment. For the attributes article number, part type and substance/material, Only difference was chosen.

In this example, the favourites for steel engineering have been used.

Where Only difference was selected, the check and the assigning of item numbers took place consecutively. Where Ascending was selected, the beam with the "lowest" Comment was found and the check and the item number assignment was started from there. Accordingly, the beam with the "highest" Comment was found where Descending was selected.

Example 2: ISD default settings

In this example we will use somewhat more complex settings:

We consider a drawing with the following parts and attributes:

3 different part types TA1, TA2 and TA3 are being considered in this example.

Step 1: Search for the lowest part type PT1

The model drawing contains five parts with this part type Part 1, Part 3, Part 8, Part 11, Part 13.

• Now, the lowest Item number will be searched among these parts IN001.Three of them have these article numbers Part 1, Part 11 und Part 13.

The highest weight is to be found among these three parts 0.854

Only Part 11 has this weight. Because only one part has been found, the remaining criteria, i.e. material or comment become irrelevant.Part 11 is assigned to Item number 1.

Now, the remaining parts with the article number SN001 are being checked. These are Part 1 and Part 2. The parts agree completely with all the other criteria, i.e. they are considered as the same ones. Thus, both parts are assigned to Item number 2.

• The next highest number is to be searched (with part type PT1) AN008 Part 3

Because just one part has been found, the remaining criteria, i.e. material or comment become irrelevant. Part 3 is assigned to Item number 3

• The next highest Item number is to be searched AN008 Part 4 Item number 4

Thus, all parts of Part type PT1 are itemized.

Step 2: Search for the next highest Part type PT 2

The model drawing contains four parts with this part type Part 2, Part 4, Part 6 and Part 9.

• Now, the next highest Item number will be searched among these parts AN002. Because only one Part has been found, the remaining criteria become irrelevant. Part 2 is assigned to Item number 5.
• The next highest Item number (with Part type PT 2) is to be searched AN004 Part 4 Item number 6.
• The next highest Item number (with Part type PT 2) is to be searched AN006 Part 6 Item number 7.
• The next highest Item number (with Part type PT 2) is to be searched AN009 Part 9 Item number 8.

Thus, all parts are itemized.

Step 3: Search for the next highest Part type PT 3

The model drawing contains four parts with this part type Part 5, Part 7, Part 10 and Part 12.

• Now, the lowest Item number will be searched among these parts AN005 Part 5 and Part 12. Both parts differ from their usage, i.e. Part 5 is assigned to Item number 9 and Part 12 is assigned to Item number 10.
• The next highest Item number (with Part type PT 3) is to be searched AN007 Part 7 Item number 11.
• The next highest Item number (with Part type PT 3) is to be searched AN010 Part 10 Item number 12.

Thus, all parts are itemized.

Please note:

The sorting always refers to one itemisation run. This means in particular that the sorting will only be truly chronological if the complete drawing will be itemized.

Itemisation Functions • The "Drawing" Tab