Parts with unchangeable colour

The colour of parts added to a pipeline depends on the Plant Engineering Settings for Part insertion. If the checkbox Take over pipeline colour is active there, the part receives the current colour of the pipeline, more precisely of the part ~parts of the pipeline. If the checkbox is inactive, the part receives the current surface colour set in HiCAD.

Sometimes, however, it is desirable - especially with elaborate parts - if they retained their original colours during insertion. For example, the different areas of complex valve parts may have been coloured according to their function.

In order to mark such parts accordingly, an additional part attribute is available that specifies whether the colour of a part may be changed during insertion:

Attribute designation

Attribute name HiCAD

Attribute name HELiOS

Part colour must not be changed

FIXCOL

FIXED_COLOR

In order for this attribute to be available for the different part types, the file nnnnnnn.CatSearchAtt.txt belonging to a part type in the HiCAD subdirectory PlantParts\CatSearch must be extended by the line

S:FIXED_COLOR,

with nnnnnnn is the part type identifier.

This has already been preset for the following part types:

Part type

 

3-way valve

4300010.CatSearchAtt.txt

Corner valve

4200010.CatSearchAtt.txt

4-way valve

4400010.CatSearchAtt.txt

Valve

4100010.CatSearchAtt.txt

Pipe clamp

5810010.CatSearchAtt.txt

Other pipe part

5900010.CatSearchAtt.txt

Gauge part

5920010.CatSearchAtt.txt

 

If, for example, you also want to use this attribute for Saddle connector, you must adapt the file 6110010.CatSearchAtt.txt accordingly.

The attribute can be assigned to parts in the variant editor and in the PAA Editor.

 

 

To make this attribute available in your HELiOS database, you must first update HELiOS for Plant Engineering.

 

Please note:

The attribute only applies to the insertion of parts. If the pipe colour is subsequently changed, the colour of the parts added to the pipe is also changed.

Pipe Parts (PE) • Part Selection - Catalogue or Database (PE) • Using Connection Type Attributes (PE)