The 'Extras' Menu

Drawing > Others > Extras

The Extras menu provides tools such as the Colour Editor or Variant Editor as well as additional functions for 3-D grids and various Temporary settings.

If you click on the icon, the Colour Editor will be started. If you click on the arrow next to the icon, a pull-down menu with further tools and functions will be displayed.

	Novice configuration Simplifies the operation of HiCAD with various individual settings.
	3-D grid Grids are important auxiliary tools for design tasks in 3-D. Use this function to define 3-D line grids. The lines of the grid are also called "system axes".
	Text configuration This function enables you to assign different designations to HiCAD part types. These are assigned to the HiCAD attribute $02 (in the browser: H_designation 2). This makes it possible, for example, to assign individual additional texts to different beam types or even plates and pipes.
	Tools Activates the Tools menu with additional functions for filling in of title blocks, 3-D shading, various conversion functions, recalculation functions for cut-outs, detail views etc.
	Reference drawing Activates the Reference drawing menu for the referencing of 2-D parts.
	Settings, permanent Changes the coordinate system display.
	Temporary settings Activates the Settings menu for the applying of temporary changes (current HiCAD session) to various system parameters.