Project: HiCAD Dach/Wand/Fassade

Customer-specific Dialogues for Installation Elements - Basic Procedures

Creating new dialogues

To create a new dialogue, proceed as follows:

• Create the installation element in HiCAD and assign the corresponding variable to it.
• Save the installation element to the catalogue Factory standards >Installation Planning - Parts and Processings > Element installation > Installation elements.
• Export the variables of the installation element asCSV file. This file will be needed for the Dialogue Editor.
• Start the HiCAD GUI Creator and create a new file there by importing the previously created CSV file.
• Design your dialogue by dragging the variables into the dialogue and, if desired, adding further toolbox objects to it. Then, save the dialogue, creating a dialogue archive in the .ISDGUI format in this way. This file contains:
• the dialogue in the XML format,
• the images that are required in the dialogue, and
• a file called UnusedCollectionData.dat with a list of all variables that are not used in the user dialogue.
• To be able to use the dialogue, enter the name of the dialogue archive in the DIALOG column in the table of the corresponding installation element in the Catalogue Editor.

Editing existing dialogues

Case 1:

You have created the dialogue with a version before HiCAD 2019 SP2, i.e. a corresponding XML or ZIP file exists.

• Import the file to the HiCAD GUI Creator.

• Check and (if required) change your dialogue. During import it may happen that fields will be marked with the symbol and the Duplicate message. The reason for this is that in the HiCAD GUI Creator, variables and images may be used only once in one dialogue. If required, you need to adjust the concerned dialogues accordingly.
• Save the dialogue in the format .ISDGUI.
• To be able to use the dialogue, enter the name of the dialogue archive in the DIALOG column in the table of the corresponding installation element in the Catalogue Editor.

Case 2:

You have created the dialogue with the HiCAD GUI Creator.

• Open the appropriate .ISDGUI file.
• Modify the dialogue as required.
• Save the dialogue in the format .ISDGUI.
• To be able to use the dialogue, enter the name of the dialogue archive in the DIALOG column in the table of the corresponding installation element in the Catalogue Editor.

An example of a Customer-specific Dialogue for Installation Elements can be found here.

Customer-specific Dialogues for Installation Elements • The HiCAD GUI Creator