Enter Part Class

Explanation

Use this activity to group similar parts into a common part class. This optional task is to be performed by a system administrator or equivalent person.

Part classes allow you to organize or classify engineering parts, together with main groups and standard names. A part class is the second most rough classification of engineering parts, main group is roughest classification. Examples of part classes are: cables, hardware, mechanics, or software. 

Part classes allow you to query for all parts categorized in a class. For example, you can query for all part classes used in a report. We advise you to use the categorizing possibilities in order to build up a hierarchical structure of parts instead of a totally flat structure using only standard names.

You can also connect document requirements to a part class. This ensures that these documents must be generated for all parts belonging to this particular part class.

A part class can also be created from an asset class, if Asset Design is installed together with PDM.

Prerequisites

This activity has the following prerequisites:

• A part class created from an asset class requires Asset Design to be installed together with PDM.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• Engineering parts can be connected to classes.
• Part classes are available in the Engineering Part Revision/Engineering Part window.
• A default document requirement profile can be attached to a class in order to define the required documents for a product prior to release.
• Part classes can be used as a search parameter when performing queries.

Window

Product Basic Data/Classes

Related Window Descriptions

Product Basic Data/Classes

Procedure

To perform this activity, follow these steps:

1. Open the Product Basic Data window.
2. On the Classes tab, create a new record.
3. In the Part Class field, enter up to 10 alphanumeric characters for the class part ID.
4. In the Description field, enter the description.
5. To connect a document requirement profile that must be fulfilled for parts which are a member of this class, select the document class from the List of Values in the Doc Req Profile field.
6. Save the changes.