Settings for External Production Drawings (ManBIM)

For the parts of the production drawings of the current model drawing, different file formats can be automatically created, managed in HELiOS and linked accordingly.

This is possible for the following formats:

Different file formats can also be created for complete production drawings. Possible formats are PDF, DWG and DXF.

To ensure that these formats can be created you need to specify the settings in the Configuration Editor at PDM > Management + BIM > External production drawings accordingly.

 

External part data

Here you specify which CAM data are to be created for the parts and under which circumstances the CAM data creation is to take place.

Create CAM data

This setting determines whether the CAM data are to be created automatically or not.

The following options are possible:

  • Manual
    The creation of the CAM data must be carried out manually. For this to happen, use the Production function in the same-named function group. This is the default setting.
  • Automatically upon Release and Checkup
    The CAM data are created automatically upon Checkup and Release.
  • Automatically upon Release
    The CAM data are created automatically upon Release.

Important:
Only those CAM data will be created that you explicitly selected in the settings. For instance, if all settings for the Create ... data parameters have been set to No, no CAM data will be created. This applies both to the automatic and to the manual creation, i.e. even the Production function will then generate no CAM data.
CAM data for unprocessed beams

Depending on the corresponding feature entries, you distinguish between processed and unprocessed beams in your model drawing. For example, a lengthening, trimming, or moving points in a rectangle will not make the beam a "processed" beam. All other functions, e.g. as bores, subtractions, notches etc. on a beam will make the beam a "processed" beam.

Here you can determine whether "unprocessed" beams are to be considered for the creation of CAM data or not. The following settings are possible:

  • Yes
    Unprocessed beams will also be considered for derived drawings. This is the default setting.
  • No (cuts are no processings)
    The HELiOS link No drawing required will be assigned to unprocessed beams when the model drawing is saved. This means that no drawings will be created for these beams. Cuts are not interpreted as processings, i.e. they will not be considered for derived drawings.
  • No (cuts are processings)
    The HELiOS link No drawing required will be assigned to unprocessed beams when the model drawing is saved. This means that no drawings will be created for these beams. Cuts are interpreted as processings, i.e. they will be considered for derived drawings.

Create DSTV-NC data

DSTV-NC files of the parts can be created either

  • for beams and plates or
  • only for plates.

The default setting is No, i.e. d.h. no DSTV-NC files fill be created.

Create DXF data

Here you specify whether the DXF data are to be auto-generated as well.

This is possible for

  • sheets and plates or
  • only (Sheet Metal) sheets.

The default setting is No, i.e. d.h. no DXF files fill be created.

Create NCW/NCX data

NCW files can be created for

  • beams and plates or
  • only for beams.

The default setting is No, i.e. d.h. no NCW files fill be created.

For the NCW export two same-named files (*.NCW and *.DXF) will be created. These files have the same document number and are linked to each other via the "NCF-DXF data" link. To be able to distinguish the documents they are assigned the Sheet number 1 (NCW) and 2 (DXF), respectively. When the attribute Document type is added in the the HELiOS result list the different will become apparent.

Create STEP data

Here you specify whether the STEP data are also to be auto-generated. The default setting is No.

If you set the parameter to Yes, you can select the part types to be considered for the STEP export from a selection window that you open in the Collect part types for STEP export row:

 

External drawing data

Here you specify whether DXF, DWG or PDF files of the production drawings are also to be auto-generated. Possible settings are as follows:

Default setting is No.


If you select In case of checkup and release, the files will already be entered upon creation and update into the database as Empty documents.

 

Important for PDF files:

Internally, a Postscript file will first be created, which will then be converted to the PDF format.

For this to happen, the following requirements must be met:

C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.05\bin\gswin64c -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dPDFA -sDEVICE="pdfwrite" -sOutputFile="<FilePath><FileName>.pdf" <CurrentFile>

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