Modify Icons

Tools > Modify Icons

Use this function to:

  • Determine which type files can be selected by the user in the various construction functions.
  • Modify the graphical presentation of a type file (if applicable; this cannot be done to all types).

Depending on the application, this function reads type files from the following directories:

  • 2D-Contek: %ncgnorms%\uitsp2d or %ncgnorms%\profs2d
  • 3D-Contek: %ncgnorms%\uitsp or %ncgnorms%\profs
  • 3D-Show: %ncgnorms%\uitsp3d or %ncgnorms%\profs3d

When the icon selection for panels changes, the corresponding type files need to be generated again for all sites as follows:

  1. Start with the main site and make modifications for each icon selection.

  2. Save the norms to COS.

    Important: If the norms are not saved, the other sites will not be able to get them and stay up to date.

  3. On the same site, start the construction functions.

  4. On the satellite site, get the norms and then start the construction functions.

To get a clear presentation of the type, the standard profile height has been set to 200 mm, and the standard thickness to 10 mm. The H1 variable is therefore assigned the value 200 and the variable B1 the value 10. The standard profile length is 1000 mm.

Before the assigned values can be checked, a corresponding type macro (type*.cmd file) file must be created. If the type macro and the type file have been placed in the proper directory (depending on the application, as mentioned above), the icon may be created and viewed. See Type macro in the Norms Type Files Administrator's Guide.

See Customizing weld symbols in the Weld Management and Traceability Reference Guide for information on how to modify weld symbol models.

Modifying Icons

The Types list contains groups of construction types for which you can modify icons. Select a group to see the currently deactivated and activated icons that belong to that construction type group.

An icon that appears under Activated icons is available for the users to select. You can change the position of an icon by using the up and down arrow buttons on the right side of the dialog

An icon that appears under Deactivated icons is not available for the users to select, but it remains in the Hull system.

You can move icons between the Deactivated icons and Activated icons by using the right and left arrow buttons between the fields.

Click Info to see the information of the selected type: Type number, Description, and the Default parameters for the icon. A field is empty if the information is not properly stored in the type file T line, or in the type macro after label 4.

From CADMATIC 2017T3 onward, to support composite profiles, the system uses a new "tab" file for profile end types. To ensure the availability of composite profile end types for users in cases where the same norms directory (centralized norms) is used in different projects, the Modify Icons function must be performed with CADMATIC Hull version 2017T3 or newer.

Foreground and Text colour

The currently selected foreground and text colour are shown in the buttons. To change the foreground or text colour, click Foreground or Text, respectively, and select the desired colour from the colour palette.

The defined colours are stored per project, in the project's norms directory. The next time this function is activated, these colours are used.

Modify

Click Modify to open the Modify Type number dialog, where you create the selected icon. You can use pre-filled parameters which come from the type macro, or you can change the parameters as desired by typing in the new ones. Click OK once done.

Edit icon

Click Edit icon to open the icon editor, where you can edit the selected icon by using various image editing and drawing tools. The preview area in the middle shows the result of each edit.

Click OK to apply the edits, or Cancel to revert back to the icon's original appearance.

Recreating all icons

Click Recreate all to re-create all icons of the selected construction type group. The parameters for creating the icons will be taken from the information after label 4.

After adding a new type file, you must place the file in both the profs and profs3d, or the uitsp and uitsp3d directories. This is to make it more suitable to be used in the 3D-Show application. By default, the arc definition is replaced by a single-line definition. The replacement of an arc with various lines will create a better presentation in 3D Show, particularly when the radius is greater.

The type macro only needs to be stored in the profs and uitsp directories.

Important: Do not modify a type without a good reason. The CADMATIC Hull system uses the type as a sort of base item. A modification of a type may directly influence drawings or other data. Deleting a type file may seriously affect construction. An error in the type file only needs to be corrected in the type file itself. The entire drawing and the construction database will be modified automatically after that.