Attributes in Annotation Tags

Annotation tags can also contain different attributes. These can either be used in the Editor or in FTD files.

• HiCAD and HELiOS attributes
• Attributes of superordinate parts
• Usage attributes of product structure
• Referenced attributes
• Using Text IDs

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HiCAD and HELiOS attributes

HiCAD and HELiOS attributes can be selected directly in the Annotation Editor. To do this, click on the Attributes button and select the desired attribute from the selection list.

The list is divided into the different attribute groups:

The selection list can be expanded and collapsed. Also, you have the option to search for specific attributes by entering the corresponding search term in the Find input field.

 

Each attribute is marked with a symbol indicating the attribute group.

	Part attribute	HiCAD
	Attribute from the article master of the part	HELiOS
	Attribute from the document master of the part	HELiOS
	Item attribute of the part	HELiOS
	Catalogue e.g. catalogue designation	HiCAD
	User-defined Plant Engineering attribute	HiCAD
	Drawing attribute	HiCAD
	Drawing properties, e.g. view scale, sheet name and sheet number of the drawing sheet on which the annotation has been created A different view scale only exists if the view scale and main scale are different. The sheet scale only exists if all views on the sheet have the same scale. Not relevant are sectional and detail views, views of sheet metal part developments and axonometries in workshop drawings. The sheet name only exists if a name has been assigned to the sheet.	HiCAD
	Document master of the model drawing	HELiOS
	Project attribute	HELiOS
	Folder attribute	HELiOS

 

When you move the cursor over an attribute, a tooltip will be displayed, showing you to which attribute group the attribute belongs.

 

Favourites

Frequently used attributes can be marked as favourites for faster access. Simply click on the symbol next to the attribute name. The symbol then changes its colour to yellow . Attributes marked in this way are listed in the selection window under Favourites. If Favourites are defined, the list of Favourites is automatically expanded when the Attributes button is clicked.

To remove an attribute from the Favourites list, simply click on the corresponding symbol - either directly in the Favourites list or in the attributes list.

 

After selecting an attribute, this attribute will be shown within a text block in curly brackets.

Please note:

• When using project attributes, the procedure is as follows. If the part master is assigned to a project, the project attributes of the part are used. Otherwise, project information from the model drawing will be evaluated.
• Prefixing the string %DBAD for document attributes or %DBAP for project attributes - as in previous HiCAD versions - is no longer necessary.

 

Please note:
If a model drawing contains annotations with HELiOS attributes, then from SP1 these are automatically updated when the drawing is loaded. This behaviour can be switched off in the Configuration Editor at System settings > HELiOS. There you can deactivate the Update annotation tags with HELiOS attributes checkbox.



Already released drawings will not be updated!

 

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Attributes of superordinate parts

If you want to use attributes of the superordinate part when annotating a part, you can precede the attribute with the string %U. The letter U can also be used repeatedly so as to use the attributes in the structure of even higher parts, e.g.

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Usage attributes of product structure

The usage attributes of the product structure, too, can be displayed in 3-D annotations. To do this, precede the attribute name in curly brackets with the string %DBVA, e.g.

Attribute name	Meaning
POSITIONSNUMMER	Item number
HEL_ANZAHL	Quantity per part
BEMERKUNG	Comment
TEILEART	Part type (e.g. spare part, wear part etc.)

 

No automatic updating of the tags will be performed if the usage attributes are changed.

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Referenced attributes

HELiOS offers the option to define referenced attributes. In the default configuration of the software product, this option is used for the attribute MATERIAL in the article master. The attribute points to a reference attribute (in case of the MATERIAL attribute this the same-named reference attribute) and "inherits" the properties of this attribute. In HELiOS masks, for example, you can refer, via the referenced attribute BZ, to the designation of the material, while in the standard database the quality of fasteners is entered there.

You can use the string

%DBAT(ATTTRIBUT:REFERENZ)

to write referenced attributes onto annotation tags, e.g.:

%DBAT(MATERIAL:BZ)

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Using text IDs (for administrators)

Text IDs from the HiCAD text service (as shown in the TEXTTABLESEDITOR.EXE) can now also be used in annotations. This is not realised via the Annotation Editor, but needs to be set accordingly via template files (FTD):

%TS(Textid)

Example:

%TS(WrongWrapFaces) produces the text Wrapping is not possible with the selected facets.

Part Annotation (3-D) • Multiple Selection of Texts