Itemisation Parameters - Attributes

Here you specify which attributes are to be considered for identical part search and itemisation. A distinction is made here between HiCAD part attributes and HELiOS article attributes, whereby HELiOS article attributes are used exclusively for sorting. The criterion for the differentiation is always the article master itself (usually the article number + index).

If you point the cursor at the icon, the name of the corresponding attribute will be displayed.

 

Meaning of the symbols

Displays important information; here:

Add attribute
Adds a new attribute at the end of the attribute list.

Remove selected attribute
Deletes the marked attribute.

Edit selected attribute

Move up

Move down

In practice, a sorting is often desired in which the numbers are not sorted as text, i.e. alphabetically, but as numbers. Therefore, as of SP2, it is possible to specify for many attributes how the sorting should be done for the respective attribute. For this purpose, the Attributes tab has been adapted accordingly. New is the column Options, in which you can select the sorting mode by clicking on the corresponding symbol:

Compare numbers as a whole

Example: IPE 080 < IPE 100 < IPE 80

Compare digits like letters

Example: IPE 080 = IPE 80 < IPE 100

The default setting as of SP2 is Compare digits like letters

 

A simple example:

 

Sort alphabetically

This icon is only displayed for HELiOS attributes with Predefined lists. These are multilanguage attributes, such as the part type (COMPONENT_Type) and - if defined accordingly in HELiOS - string or integer attributes. With a click on the icon you switch from alphabetical sorting to user-defined sorting. The icon representation changes to . In this case, the Determine user-defined order icon is also displayed..

Determine user-defined order

With a click on the symbol you can individually change the sortting order for HELiOS attributes with Predefined lists, e.g. for the article attribute Part type (COMPONENT_TYPE):

see also Example 4

Determine the distinguishing/sort criteria

Select attribute

To edit a distinguishing criterion, mark it with the cursor and click on the symbol (alternative: double-click). A list of the available attributes will then be displayed for selection. A distinction is made between HiCAD Part attributes and HELiOS Article attributes.

Select the desired attribute and confirm with OK.

Please note:

  • Article attributes can only be selected if the Article master checkbox is activated on the General tab.

  • The order of the distinguishing criteria and the selected sorting for them will influence the assigning of item numbers.
  • If defined in HELiOS, article reference attributes are also offered for selection.
  • HELiOS article attributes are exclusively used for sorting.

 

Sort

For each attribute that you selected as a distinguishing criterion you can specify in which order the search is to be performed.

Possible options are:

 

Please note:

The sorting always refers to one itemisation run. This means in particular that the sorting will only be truly chronological if the complete drawing will be itemised.

Example 1 - Simple example with 4 distinguishing criteria

The drawing on the left consists of 7 beams that differ only with regard to their Comment attribute. The attributes

were chosen here.

On the right hand side you can see the effects of the sort criteria on the assigning of item numbers on the basis of Comment. For the attributes Article number, Part type and Substance/Material, Only difference was chosen.

In this example, the favourites for steel engineering have been used.

 

Where Only difference was selected, the check and the assigning of item numbers took place consecutively. Where Ascending was selected, the beam with the "lowest" Comment was found and the check and the item number assignment was started from there. Accordingly, the beam with the "highest" Comment was found where Descending was selected.

Example 2 - More complex settings

In this example we will use somewhat more complex settings:

We consider a drawing with the following parts and attributes:

Attribute

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part type

PT1

PT2

PT1

PT2

PT3

PT2

PT3

PT1

PT2

PT3

PT1

PT3

PT1

Article number

AN001

AN002

AN003

AN004

AN005

AN006

AN007

AN008

AN009

AN010

AN011

AN012

AN013

Weight

0.754

0.854

0.754

0.754

3.945

0.854

3.945

0.754

3.945

3.945

0.854

3.945

0.754

Material

UF

UP

UF

UF

S355JR

UP

S355JR

UF

S355JR

S355JR

UP

S355JR

UF

Comment

Comment  1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Comment 1

Designation 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Coating external

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Coating internal

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Assembling ID for bolts and screws

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Usage

 

 

 

 

Girder

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column

 

3 different part types TA1, TA2 and TA3 are being considered in this example.

 

Step 1: Search for the lowest part type PT1

The model drawing contains five parts with this part type Part 1, Part 3, Part 8, Part 11, Part 13.

The highest weight is to be found among these three parts 0.854

Only Part 11 has this weight. Because only one part has been found, the remaining criteria, i.e. material or comment become irrelevant.Part 11 is assigned to Item number 1.

Now, the remaining parts with the article number SN001 are being checked. These are Part 1 and Part 2. The parts agree completely with all the other criteria, i.e. they are considered as the same ones. Thus, both parts are assigned to Item number 2.

Because just one part has been found, the remaining criteria, i.e. material or comment become irrelevant. Part 3 is assigned to Item number 3

Thus, all parts of Part type PT1 are itemized.

 

Step 2: Search for the next highest Part type PT 2

The model drawing contains four parts with this part type Part 2, Part 4, Part 6 and Part 9.

Thus, all parts are itemized.

 

Step 3: Search for the next highest Part type PT 3

The model drawing contains four parts with this part type Part 5, Part 7, Part 10 and Part 12.

Thus, all parts are itemized.

 

Example 3 - HELiOS Article attribute as sorting criterion

In this example the article attribute Resourcing (COMPONENT_PROCUREMENT) is to be used as a sorting criterion.

The drawing consists of 6 assemblies with different resourcing characteristics.

For the sake of clarity, in this example we select the six assemblies in the ICN and then call the Itemisation with options function.

On the General tab we select the settings shown.

On the Attributes tab we select the article attribute Resourcing (COMPONENT_PROCUREMENT) instead of the part attribute Part type.

The itemisation then gives the following result:

Example 4 - HELiOS Attribute with Predefined list and user-defined sorting

In this example, the HELiOS attribute Part type (COMPONENT_TYPE) is used as sorting criterion. This is a multilanguage attribute so that the sort order can be selected individually.

The example drawing consists of different parts with different attribute values for the Part type (COMPONENT_TYPE) in the HELiOS article master.

Part type

Article number

Individual part

SN_027544

SN_027545

SN_027546

Others

SN_027548

SN_027549

SN_027550

Standard part

SN_027553

SN_027554

Looose part

SN_027555

Assembly

SN_027551

SN_027552

For illustration we choose simplified settings here.

If the sorting shown above is not changed, then assemblies are itemised first, then individual parts, loose parts, standard parts and finally other parts.

If the sorting were to be changed as shown below, the result would be different:

Itemisation Functions • The "Drawing" Tab