Manage Favourites

For many functions, the settings specified in the dialogue window can be saved as favourites and re-used at any time if desired. Several functions for the management of Favourites are available that allow you to rename, delete, import, export or arrange these Favourites.

Functions supporting Favourites Management include, for example:

3-D import,
Staircase and Railing Configurator (Civil engineering functions in Steel Engineering),
Steel Engineering and Metal Engineering connections (Civil engineering functions),
Sheet Metal Design variants,
Development parameters for Sheet Metal parts,
Settings for 3-D fits tables (3-D Dimensioning),
Part filter (Transparent toolbar) or
Itemisation

Please note that Favourites always belong to a particular dialogue. This means that if you activate the Favourites Management in the dialogue window of the Staircase Configurator, only the Staircase Configurator-related Favourites will be displayed there.

To open the Favourites Management, click the Favourites symbol in the dialogue window.

Example: Context menu for Itemisation

Example: Context menu for Development parameters

Example: Context menu for Staircase configurator

At the bottom of the context menu, a list of already existing Favourites are being shown.

To some functions - such as the Itemisation or the Staircase configurator - settings predefined by ISD - ISD default settings and ISD factory defaults- are available in the scope of delivery of HiCAD. These are locked for editing and marked with in Manage Favorites. In order to change and reuse these settings, they must be saved under a different name.

Favorites markes with a lock symbol are locked favorites by your system admin. These, too, are not changeable or deletable. If you have questions, please contact your system admin.

Example: menu with locked favorites

In case of an update, the existing default settings can be prescribed by ISD and/or further settings may be added.

Functions of the context menu
	Save favourites Enter the Name under which the current settings are to be saved. In addition, you can enter a Comment (here: to Sub-folder 1).
	Manage favourites Use this function to rename delete, import, export Favourites or arrange them in folders. In addition, you can start the Windows Explorer via the dialogue window. Favourites are saved to the same-named sub-folder of the directory in which the HiCAD Configuration database is also located. If you have installed HiCAD from the red DVD with the ISD default settings, this will be the folder ProgramData\ISD Software und Systeme\HiCAD nnnn, with nnnn being the HiCAD version, e.g. 2017. For each functional area you have saved as a favourite a corresponding sub-folder will be created in the FAVOURITES folder, e.g. SteelEngineering\STAIRCASEconfigurator for the Staircase Configurator in Steel Engineering. Rename favourites Activate the desired Name field with a double-click and enter the new name. Change comment Activate the desired Comment field with a double-click and enter the new text. Delete favourites Right-click the desired row and select Delete favourites in the context menu. Export favourites Right-click the desired row and select Export favourites in the context menu. The export file will be created under the specified name and with the file extension .FAV in the selected folder. Import favourites Use this function to import .FAV files. On the right hand side of the dialogue window, right-click an empty area and select Import favourites in the context menu. Choose the desired .FAV file. Create folder Use this function to create new folders for a structuring of the Favourites. Right-click the folder name and select the function in the context menu. Delete folder To delete a folder, right-click the folder name and select the function in the context menu. Rename folder To rename a folder, right-click the folder name and select the function in the context menu. Enter the new name. Assign favourites to folder To assign Favourites to a different folder, mark the corresponding row on the right hand side of the dialogue window, and drag it while holding down the left mouse button, into the desired folder. Please note: The Favourites folder cannot be renamed or deleted! Favourites marked with the symbol cannot be renamed or deleted.
	Load favourites To re-use a Favourites file, select the desired file from the menu. The name of the currently selected file will be shown for a short moment after selection next to the symbol.
	ISD defaults Use this function to load the ISD default settings.
	Favourites marked with this symbol are supplied by the ISD. Name and Comment will be adjusted to the selected language and can therefore not be changed by the user.