Itemise Part

3-D Dimensioning + Text > Text > Itemise part

This function is used for fast annotation without the setting options of the Part annotation function, an item number being assigned to a part at the same time. The item number is displayed in curly brackets behind the part name in the part structure of the ICN, e.g. {5}.

The Item number dialogue window is displayed for you to define the annotation.

It consists of the following input areas and functions:

Please also note the Itemisation functions under Drawing > Itemisation/Detailing.

 

You can specify in the Configuration Editor (ISDConfigEditor.exe) at System settings > Annotation tags > Querying of coincident points how to proceed for the identification of base points that coincide with other points.

Annotation template

Here you define the attributes of which you want the annotation to consist. Examples include

Various FTD files are supplied with HiCAD. If desired, you can also define your own FTD files using the Annotation Settings function. Choose the desired template.

For all other parts the PositionsNummer.fdt template will be used.

General

These settings will be evaluated for the functions described in the Alignment paragraph, and determine the behaviour of these functions.

Preserve item number

The current item number of the part will be used. If no item number has been assigned to the part, the corresponding entry in the annotation remains empty.

Prompt for item number

With this function you manually assign each part to an item number, i.e. HiCAD will ask you to specify the item number. The function proceeds analogically to the function Itemise part (via Drawing > Itemisation/Detailing > Itemisation)

Generate item number

The item number will be automatically generated by HiCAD. Enter an increment for the number and a start value.

When you activate the function, the symbol will be displayed. Click on the symbol to view the warning message.

Prompt for frame

If this option is active, HiCAD will ask you to choose a frame for the item number.

Replace annotation

If this option is active, existing annotations for already annotated parts will be replaced. Otherwise, an additional annotation will be inserted.

 

If you want to insert the annotation at a certain angle, enter the desired Angle or choose a value from the listbox. The angle will only be applied for the Free annotation function.

Part selection

Selected part

If this option is selected (default), the part selected after leaving the dialogue window will be annotated.

1st sub-part level

If this option is active, only the 1st sub-part level will be annotated. This means that if a part is selected, then the highest superordinate BOM-relevant part of the 1st sub-part level will automatically be searched for and annotated. This can be particularly useful in complex drawings if only the assemblies are to be annotated.

Example:

We consider the illustrated drawing.

Now the Itemise part function is called, the option 1st sub-part level is activated and the L-profile (1) is selected. In this case, the highest superordinate and BOM-relevant part is the Assembly Tensioning Elements, which is highlighted in colour by HiCAD. This assembly will then be annotated.

If the function had been executed with the Selected part option, the L-profile would have been annotated instead.

 

Alignment

Free annotation
You use this function to assign the selected annotation to a 3-D part. The process flow of the function mainly depends on the Prompt for item number, Generate item number, Prompt for frame and Replace annotation checkboxes, which can also be combined.

The dialogue sequence is as follows:

  1. Prompt for frame if checkbox is active
  2. Prompt for item number or specify increments and start number, depending on active option
  3. Identify part
  4. Specify leader line
  5. Identify next part

Prompt for frame
Once you have called this function, you are requested to select a annotation frame.

This selection applies to all subsequently itemised parts – within the current function call.

Prompt for item number
HiCAD asks you to enter the item number. If an item number has already been assigned to a part – either in the article master (DB) or in the part properties, it is displayed. You can accept this number or change it. Choose OK to exit the input window.

Generate item number
HiCAD automatically generates the item numbers. First specify the increment for the item numbers, i.e. the value by which you want the automatically generated numbers to increase each time. Choose OK or RET (left mouse button) to exit the input window . Then enter the start value for the numbering. As the default value, HiCAD offers you the value of the highest item number in the drawing + increment. Apply the default value or specify a new start value. End the value input.

Replace annotation
If the identified part has already been annotated, the annotation is deleted. The current settings of the item number menu are used as the new annotation. If the part has not yet been annotated, a new annotation is created.

Align annotation horizontally
This function generally works in the same way as the Free annotation function, the difference being that the tag is aligned horizontally to an existing reference tag.

Identify the reference tag. The remaining function dialogue depends on the settings as with the Free Item Number function. The new tag is aligned horizontally to the reference tag. The end point of the pointer line does not lie in the entered point, but is determined by the perpendicular of this point to the horizontal defined by the item number of the reference tag.

Align annotation vertically
The tag is aligned vertically to a reference tag here. The end point of the pointer line does not lie in the entered point, but is determined by the perpendicular of this point to the vertical defined by the item number of the reference tag.

Edit annotations

Clicking beneath Item... opens a pull-down menu with the following functions:

Align horizontally/vertically

Subsequently aligns tags horizontally or vertically to a reference tag.
Identify the reference tag and then the tags that you want to align horizontally or vertically to it.

Increment range of numbers

Increases item number ranges by a particular value. Specify the first and the last item number to be changed. Define the increment.

For example, entering 1 4 3 causes item numbers 1 to 4 to be increased by 3, i.e. to become item numbers 4 to 7.

If the By top level assemblies itemisation mode is active, only the numbers of the parts that were also itemised in this mode will be increased.

 

Further editing functions can be found in the context menu of an annotation. Right-click the annotation to open the context menu:

New

 

Use the functions of this menu to insert further annotations:

With current setting
Inserts an annotation with the settings last specified in the Itemize part dialogue window.

With text + leader line

Text + Item number

Standard designation

Edit

Use this function to modify the annotation settings.

Move

Moves the selected annotation. Specify the new position of the inflexion points and the end point.

Delete

Deletes the selected annotation.

Clone

Copies the selected annotation to other parts. Just identify the part to which you want to assign a copy of the selected annotation.

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