Cadenas PARTSolutions

If you open the Drawing tab of the Ribbon and select Insert Part > Exp. > ..., you have the following options to insert a Cadenas PARTSolutions part in HiCAD:

Select Drawing > Insert Part > Exp. > BIMcatalogs to access the product catalogue BIMcatalogs.net by CADENAS.

On the Internet, you can also directly download parts in HiCAD format at the HiCAD PARTCommunity CAD Data Portal by CADENAS.

Insert main part, PARTSolutions (Cadenas Program)

Drawing > Insert part > Exp. > PARTsolutions

If you use the CADENAS PARTSolutions software, you can also use the PARTSolutions interface or the Insert main part, PARTSolutions (Cadenas Program) function for the insertion of a main part (Drawing > Insert Part > Exp. > ...) . In the automatically opened PARTSolutions program, select the part you want to transfer to HiCAD.

Before the part is inserted, a dialogue window will be displayed in HiCAD.

Under Catalogue you can select a predefined assignment table. Under Attribute Mapping you can assign the Cadenas attributes in the left column to the corresponding HiCAD attributes in the right column. When parts are inserted, the attributes will be "translated" as specified.

If the Feature checkbox is activated, a recalculated takes place upon part insertion. If the checkbox is deactivated, no feature recalculation will be performed when the imported part is inserted in the drawing.

Click Save as to save the performed attribute mapping as an assignment table in XML format. When you perform the next PARTSolution import, this table will be offered for selection under Catalogue.

Click OK to insert the part.

 

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Insert main part online, via parts4cad (Cadenas)

Drawing > Insert part > Exp.> parts4cad

The parts4cad window enables you to directly access the CADENAS online standard parts library via HiCAD.

When you call the function for the first time, a dialogue for the recording of your customer data will be displayed. These data are required according to the End User License Agreement (EULA). please enter your name, company and your E-mail address here.

After this, a selection window will be opened that is operated in the same way as the HiCAD catalogue.

On the Catalogue tab at the top left you will see an overview of all suppliers of standard parts arranged in a tree structure. The levels below the supplier names contain the part designations (and series designations, if any).

At the bottom left, information about the suppliers is provided. In some cases you can also open a PDF file.

At the top right, you will find further part selections and, in the middle below the part selection, you can select further options and define values. The part will then be recalculated in the dialogue via Cadenas,because after manual change of a value, further, associated values may change automatically (e.g. dimensions) as well, thus influencing the configuration of the part.

After selecting Insert part, first select the fitting point of the part, and then its position in the drawing. The part will then be inserted.

 

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BIMcatalogs

Drawing > Insert part > Exp. > BIMcatalogs

If you have Internet access, the product catalogue BIM catalogs.net by CADENASPartSolutions will be available to you. To access the catalogue, open the Drawing tab and choose Insert Part > Exp. > BIMcatalogs .

When you call the function for the first time, a dialogue for the recording of your customer data will be displayed. These data are required according to the End User License Agreement (EULA). please enter your name, company and your E-mail address here.

After this, a selection window that is operated in a similar way as the HiCAD catalogue and the parts4cad dialogue window.

On the tab at the top left of the dialogue you can see the names of all standard part suppliers in a tree structure and, in the levels beneath the supplier names, the corresponding part types and (if any) series designations.

At the bottom left, information about the suppliers are displayed; in some cases you can call a PDF file with that information.

In the top right area of the window you can select further sub-types of a part and in the middle of the window you can select further options and define values. In the process the part will be recalculated in the dialogue, i.e. after manual changes of one value, other, related values will automatically change as well, so that a change may affect the configuration (e.g. the dimensions) of a part.

Click Insert part, specify a fitting point on the part, and then the position of this point in your model drawing.

 

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