Steel Engineering
Stiffeners with holes for galvanisation
If, for the connections Stiffener (2401), Beam to web, with 2 plates and stiffener (1211) and Front plate connection to flange (2330) Ext. fillet is selected in the Type field under Internal corner when creating the stiffeners, then you can determine from SP1 whether the stiffeners are to be provided with holes for galvanisation.
Staircase Configurator
- From SP1 onwards the Staircase Configurator offers elongated plates as stringers for staircases.
- In addition to platforms at the stair start and stair end, several intermediate platforms are now possible. It should be noted that intermediate platforms must be added depending on the DIN standard. For example, according to DIN 18065, a maximum of 18 steps without intermediate platforms is possible for building staircases. This means that the staircase may have to be divided into several staircase segments, whereby an intermediate platform must be installed between two staircase segments.
Railing Configurator
The post connection for the substructure can now be determined separately for start, intermediate and end posts and corner posts. Start and end posts can also be determined individually, i.e. independently of the intermediate posts.
Steel Engineering plates with processing direction
As with Sheet Metal parts, the calculation of the length and width of Steel Engineering beams now also takes into account whether a processing direction is assigned to the plate.
Prototype beams from catalogue
When installing prototype beams, an article master assigned to the beam in the catalogue editor was not taken over until now, since the dimensions can be changed individually during installation. For this reason, two new functions are available as of SP1. In contrast to the previous functions for prototype beams, here prototype beams from the catalogue are installed, whose dimensions (except for the total length) cannot be changed in the dialogue. If assigned, the article master is also taken over.
Shipping list, short, with image
The Excel template HiCAD_Stahlbau has been extended by another worksheet: Shipping list, short, with image. This shows the same information as Shipping list, short, but additionally contains a picture of the parts.
Steel Engineering plates - Attribute: Designation 2
In the case of steel engineering plates, the width was previously output before the length in the Designation 2 attribute. From HiCAD 2021 SP1 this behaviour has been changed. In the same way as for Sheet Metal parts, the length is now output before the width.
Drawing Management
Automatic updating/creation of drawings via part filter
The automatic updating and creation of drawings can now also be restricted via parts filters. For example, you can search for specific beams or plates and update/create drawings only for these parts.
Template for attribute assignment of manually created drawings
A corresponding template for attribute assignment is now also available for manually created drawings.
Drawing frame / Title block
The View scale and the Sheet name can now also be output in the title block in the Drawing Management. It is sufficient to adjust the title blocks in the drawing frames by using the variable belonging to the respective special attribute in the title block.
Managing dummy parts
Analogous to general 3-D parts, from SP1 the automatisms of the Drawing Management can also be used for dummy parts.
Metal Engineering
Article numbers for foils
In the Foil dialogue you can now influence the Article number of the created foil. You can either enter your own article number or, if you use a semi-finished product from the catalogue, take the article number from the catalogue.
Insulations along c-edges
For the installation of an insulation based on a cross-section, in addition to using a sketch, you now have the option of automatically deriving a contour from a section view. To do this, instead of selecting a sketch, you can instead identify a point in the section view. Starting from this point, a closed contour is then searched for.
Compressed insulations
With the functions Insulation along sketch and Insulation from border, it is now possible when using a semi-finished product to compress it to a different thickness. An example of this would be if insulation material with a width of 60 mm is to fit into a gap with a width of 55 mm.
Building materials
With the new functions Building material along sketch, Building material from cross-section and Building material from border it is now possible to create general building materials in a drawing. The operation of the functions is based on the corresponding functions for creating Insulations.