Drawing Management - What's New?
Service Pack 2 2023 (V 2802)
Updating mounting drawings
When updating mounting drawings created with the setting
New view group via active assembly(-ies),
from SP2 onwards only the parts of the view group belonging to the selected assemblies are taken into account and not all parts lying within the bounding box.
Example:
A mounting drawing with the setting New view group via active assembly(-ies) is to be created for the Assembly Outer frame shown below.
Now the two cross-beams (IPE200) are combined into one assembly, which is moved up one level in the hierarchy. This means that both assemblies are now on the same level. Next, the drawing is itemised and saved. Then the mounting drawing is updated with the function New view group via active assembly(-ies).
Although the IPE200 assembly is in the bounding box of the view group, it is now not included in the mounting drawing because it does not belong to the Assembly Outer frame.
Production drawings for mounting assemblies
In the Configuration Editor at PDM > Drawing Management > Production drawings the new parameter Production drawings for mounting assemblies is available. With this parameter, mounting assemblies (Type: Bolted assembly) can be excluded from the production drawings if required. The default setting is Yes.
If No is selected here, no production drawing is created for the mounting assembly. However, the drawings for the individual parts of the assembly are created.
Service Pack 1 2023 (V 2801)
Derive parts and assemblies
The following new Derive functions are now available:
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Derive article masters and linked drawings of the active assembly, incl. sub-parts With this function, a new assembly is derived (copied) from the active assembly - also possible with structure assemblies - including all sub-parts and all links. This means that article masters, indices, item numbers and all linked drawings are also copied. |
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Derive article master selected via HELiOS, incl. sub-parts and linked drawings This function works essentially like the function above. Here, however, the active assembly is not derived, but the part or assembly to be derived is selected by selecting the corresponding article in HELiOS. |
Major Release 2023 (V 2800)
Check, release, index models
To change the workflow status and to index models (.SZA files) that have not been automatically created by Drawing Management, it was previously necessary to switch to the HELiOS Desktop and call the corresponding function there via the context menu for articles/documents.
As of HiCAD 2023, these options are now available directly in the Drawing Management Ribbon via the Release function in the Model function group.
Output of PDF data in black and white
PDF files can now also be created in black and white. For this purpose, the settings in the Configuration Editor at PDM > Drawing Management > External production documents have been extended accordingly.
Workflow when creating general documents
As with production drawings, mounting drawings and customer drawings, it is now also possible to select when general documents in DXF, DWG and PDF format are to be created. For this purpose, the settings in the Configuration Editor at PDM > Drawing Management > External production documents have been extended accordingly.
