Settings Guide (CM)

Drawing

Annotations

Automatic annotation (Distance of text frame)

Dimensioning, 2-D (Default value for line colour, Line type of dimension lines, ...)

Dimensioning, 3-D (Show formulae in parametric dimensions)

Fits table (Table type, Add nominal dimension to deviation?), Decimal places, ...)

Grid annotation (Frame type, Frame colour, Line type of frame ...)

Plot stamp

System triangle (Size, Line colour, Line type...)

Weld symbol (Symbol colour, Symbol height, Line colour...)

Drawing frames

DIN A0 - DIN A4Q (Figure name, Frame width, Frame height, ...)

Views (Cut surface hatching, Arrangement of orthogonal views, Views in "4 views" function)

Hiding and overlapping of edges Hide tessellation lines, Hide/overlap centre lines, ...) ,

Representation of special lines (Detail view borders, Cut-out edges, Hidden edges, Highlighted edges/Contour edges)

Ident

Shortened views (Gap width, Break line excess length, Break line shape, ...)

Automatic drawing derivation

Production drawing (Rearrange existing views when adding view group?, Detail drawings for assemblies, Detail drawings for general parts, ...)

Drawing (Drawing frames, centre individual view group, Complete title block, ...)

Drawing frames

Annotations

Development (Development method, Bend line , Bend line texts)

Usage assignment (Metal Engineering, Railing, Steel Engineering, ...)

Usage-dependent

DEFAULT etc.

Mounting drawing

Drawing frames

Annotations

Modelling

Grid (Line colour, Line type)

Part creation

Mirror (Message in case of mirror symmetry)

Polyhedron approximation (Polyhedron approximation mode, Number of division points per quadrant, Polyhedron approximation accuracy)

Part properties (Weight calculation, Material, Calculate quantity in assembly, ...)

Change of part structure (Moving of parts out of main assembly allowed, Main parts and sub-parts automatically in assemblies, Handling of old drawings with mixed structure)

Weld seams (Execution class, Additional tolerances, Weld seam type, ...)

DIALOG (Line colour, Line type etc. for route identification)

Graphical representation (Type of graphical representation, Length of lines for symbolic representation, Distance between lines for symbolic representation, ...)

Steel Engineering

Assembly (Automatic creation of assembly points)

Usage (AutoAsssign Usages Column assembly and Girder assembly, Alignment for columns, Allowed angle deviation of beams from defined alignment (in degrees))

Cutting angle (Cutting angle reference in section schema, Show 45° cutting angle in section schema, Number of decimal places in section schema, ...)

DAST connections

Default material

DSTV-NC (Displacement of punch marks, Configuration of drawing number, Configuration of order number)

Notch (Dimension determination, Notching side, Notch dimensions acc. to DAST, ...)

Products

Vertical ladder

Railing (BOM-relevance)

Stairs (BOM-relevance)

Representation (Type of beam representation, Show axis, show end points, ...)

Weight calculation (Type of weight calculation for SE beams, Consider roll and bend radii, Type of weight calculation for SE plates, ...)

Metal Engineering (Seal length...)

Foil

Material (Catalogue assignment: Foil, Available on site/Own production)

Part creation

Check 2-D figures

Sealant

Material (Acrylic/Silicon/Sealing cord: Available on site/Own production)

Plant Engineering

Accessory parts (Allow direct assigning without accessory set)

Isometry and Pipe Spool drawing (Creation of new isometries and pipe spool drawings, Position in drawing frame, Pipe shortening in isometry, ...)

BOM layout

View arrangements

C-edge

Representation (Show axes, Colour of axes, Show points, ...)

Router (Minimum angle, Minimum length, Offer route for editing)

P+ID (Use DMO filter during symbol insertion)

Symbol Editor (Activate grid, Grid size... )

Sheet Metal

Bend zone tooling (Directory of LVD data, Bend angle tolerance...)

Connecting sheet (Bend zone limit for warning)

Assembling simulation (Number of motion steps)

Analysis

Design Checker

Max. dimensions and weight of assemblies

Max. length and weight of beams

Max. dimensions and weight of glass panes

Interfaces

General 3-D interface (Import, Export)

JT/PLMXML (Insert BREP, Detail level, File structure, ...)

3D PDF (Export displayed parts only, Unit of length, ...)

PRC (Export displayed parts only, Unit of length, ...)

STL (Export displayed parts only, Unit of length, ...)

U3D (Export displayed parts only, Unit of length, ...)

VRML (one file per part, Export displayed parts only, ...)

ANSYS Workbench (Command line options, Exchange format, Path to ANSYS Workbench)

Cadenas

PARTdataManager (Version number)

FEMAP (Exchange format, Path to FEMAP, FEMAP script)

HyperWorks (Command line options, Exchange format, Path to HyperWorks)

IFC (Attribute mapping configuration, Prefer CONTOUR part, Unit of length, ...)

LogiKal (Automatically update LogiKal items in HiCAD)

MSC Patran (Command line options, Exchange format, Path to MSC Patran)

WinIso2D (Call, Material file)

PDM

Management + BIM (Workflow status Checkup, Workflow status In progress, Generate n-digit item number, ...)

Production drawings (Production drawing for unprocessed beams, Generate n-digit drawing number, Drawing number per construction section, ...)

External production drawings (Create CAM data, CAM data for unprocessed beams, Create DSTV-NC data, ...)

Individual part type Main part of assembly, sub-part of assembly, ...)

Revision clouds (Create revision clouds, Colour of revision clouds, Combine revision clouds)

HiCAD-HELiOS interface (Leave locked documents in read-only mode?, Synchronize drawing with main part)

Product structure (AutoSave corrected parts, Transfer product structure attributes...)

Compatibility (Assigning of views in drawings without Sheet and Model area)

Annotations

Dimensioning, 3-D (Convert dimensions when loading...)

Itemisation, classic

Geometric identical part search (Also compare geometries of general 3-D part, Consider boltings, Consider type of processing for bores, ...)

Itemisation, individual parts (Check conflicts, Itemise identical parts)

Itemisation control (Re-temise all, Itemisation of identical parts, Number of planes (0=all), ...)

Item numbers (Main part numbers first, Type of start value, Start value, ...)

Updating (Set change mark when changing parts, Existing item numbers during insertion)

System settings

HCM sketch (Show dimensional constraints of sub-sketches)

Itemisation (Itemisation mode, Default settings, Update item text)

Projection grid (ON/OFF, Grid origin..., Grid line spacing...)

Processing plane (Colour of active processing plane, Colour of inactive processing plane, Default processing planes,...)

Sketches (purpose for new sketches, Purpose for new sketches in ME grid, ...)

Start configuration (Preset identification mode, ...)

Directories (Default path, Physical drive for external Bitmaps, Path for externally referenced parts, ...)

Load/Save (Save ICN attributes to drawing, Save user-defined catalogue entries to drawing, Always show all views when loading, ...)

Data save (Data save interval, Number of data saves, Dialogue window for data save, ...)

Identification (Activate snap option, List of point snap options in 2-D, List of point snap options in 3-D, ...)

Railing Generator (Marking colour for beams/profiles, Marking colour of start beam/profile, Marking colour for several selected beams/profiles)

Referencing (Generally activate referencing?, Refrenced 3-D parts On/Off, Show selection dialogue when saving referenced parts, ...)

Itemisation

Standard template for itemisation

Annotations

Dimensioning, 2-D (Origin marking for running linear dimensions, Position of origin marking, Running linear dimensions (right), Position of origin marking, Running linear dimensions(superscript), ...

Dimensioning, 3-D (Decimal separator, Rounding, Update dimensions in views, ...)

Annotation tags (Querying of coincident points)

Calculations (Approximation accuracy)

Radial pin calculation (List of Excel report templates)

Cylindrical pin calculation (List of Excel report templates)

Graphics (Height/Width of Switch drawing window)

Visualisation (Automatic ViewAll after projection change, Scale-dependent 3-D hatching, Show 3-D coordinate system, ...)

2-D (Text height of point designations, Rectangle axially parallel, Show symbols...)

Workstation background

Stereoscopy (Stereoscopy ON, Depth extension, Depth bias, ...

Views (Horizontal distance between views during view arrangement, Vertical distance between views during view arrangement, Scale for new detail views, ...)

View group (3-D) (Colour of frame, Line type of frame, Layer of frame, ...)

Workstation illumination

Feature (Highlight in graphic?, Warning for functions that are not logged, Use external references, ...)

Text

HiCAD fonts

Type (Font: Aspect ratio/Inclination angle)

2-D Lines (Line type, Colour, Layer, ...)

Miscellaneous (Bitmaps internal/external, Reply keys for YES/NO queries, Keep drawing-related data in cache when switching drawing, ...)

Catalogue (Track catalogue changes, Handling of catalogue tables)

Standard Parts (Centre line segments for bores, Write standard part variable to file, Overlap, ...)