Sheet Metal > Process > Coating 
Steel Engineering > Further functions > Coating
Use the Coating function to define the coating description, the coating colour (RAL, NCS and System colour, Drawing colour) and the coating type (outside, back/inside and front surface) of sheets and plates as well as beams, profiles and 3-D parts.
The coating description and the coating type are transferred to the part attributes and can thus also be made available to the bill of materials.
Areas of the dialogue window:
- Selection of parts
- Coating
- Surfaces to be coated (sheets)
- Surfaces to be coated (profiles)
- Backside deviating
- Apply/discard inputs
Selection of parts
When calling up the function, a preview of the coating is displayed for the active part (in shaded representation). You can now select further parts and apply the coating with OK.
An arrow 
is displayed in the middle of sheets and hollow profiles after the selection. Use this arrow to exchange the outside with the back of sheets or the inside with hollow profiles. For non-hollow profiles, the specification for the inside has no meaning.
If you have already assigned an outside to the sheet with the function Determine visible side it will be taken over during the coating process.
If you click on a selected part in your drawing, it will be removed from the selection list. With the Remove elements from list 
in the dialogue window you delete all parts from the list.
If you want to select more parts, select the 
icon to identify them.
Coating / Back side deviating
You can select a RAL or NCS colour from the catalogue or a system or construction colour as the coating colour. You can load a list of RAL or NCS colours by activating the catalogue icon 
. Also, the system and drawing colours are available.
If you have selected a catalogue colour, you can also take over the description from the catalogue 
. The description is taken over into the part attributes. You activate the part attributes with a right-click on the part in the ICN and selecting Properties > Part attributes.
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RAL |
RAL colours are standardised colours that RAL GmbH creates and manages. This is a series of colour systems and colour catalogues used worldwide, each comprising a palette of standardised colours (digital and printed). Each colour is assigned a unique number. In this way, for example, the colour of paints can be precisely communicated without having to hand over a colour sample. |
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NCS |
The Natural Colour System (NCS) is a standardised colour system based on human colour perception. It currently comprises 1950 colours, which are logically arranged according to their hue and colour saturation. All colours that are given as theoretical values in the NCS system can also be produced in practice. They are named by a combination of numbers and letters. |
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System colours |
System colours System colours are edge and surface colours - which are loaded by HiCAD with the current system settings. They can thus differ on different computers. |
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Drawing colours |
Drawing colours are saved with the drawing, i.e. directly in the SZA file. In this way, drawings can also be displayed in exact colours on other computers (e.g. by other users or customers). |
Surfaces to be coated
The following coating types are composed of the surfaces of the sheet or profile:
- Coat outer side only
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Coat outer side and back side
- Coat outer side, front surfaces and processings
- Coat outer side, back side, front surfaces and processings
The front surfaces and the processings can be displayed in the colour of the outside or the back. This setting is transferred to the part attributes.
if the Back side deviating checkbox is deactivated, the second colour selection is greyed out and both sides get the same colour.
(1) Coat outer side, (2) Back side/inner side deviating, (3) Coat front surfaces and processings of sheets like back side, (4) Do not coat front surfaces of hollow profiles, (5) Coat processings (of hollow profiles) like inner side
Apply/discard inputs
Once you have entered all the necessary data, the coating can be assigned. If you select Apply, the coating is accepted, but the dialogue window remains open - in contrast to OK. This way you can change the data and assign it to another component with Apply. If you leave the dialogue window with Cancel, the function is cancelled without any changes.
Please note:
Incorrect entries are marked with this 
symbol. Move the cursor over the symbol to display the error message. If the function cannot be executed with the entered data, this symbol 
appears at the OK button. Move the cursor over the symbol to display an error message.
Example: Hollow profile and solid primitive
(1) Coating, (2) Back side / inner side deviating, (3) Front surface not coated, (4) Processings same as back side/inner side
Please note:
If you activate automatic development instead of the base sheet when performing a sheet development , the side with the processing direction symbol is developed. If the Sheet Metal part does not have a processing direction, the coated side will bedeveloped.
