Define Type Designation

Explanation

Use this activity to define a new type designation. The type designation ID should represent a group of objects with similar features and functions such as Pumps, Motors etc.

To the type designation you can connect a technical class which has a set of characteristics. This is done via Characteristics for Attachments. Characteristic values can be entered for the type designation. This information will automatically be displayed in the object's Type Designation tab when assigning a type designation ID to an equipment object. Subsequently, objects with the same type designation ID will have the same characteristics and values.

The characteristics for a type designation typically represent settings, features and functions that a certain type of functional object should have in order to perform fully. The characteristics can also represent actual settings, features and functions that a certain type of serial object has. This allows you to handle the entry of design data in a centralized way, instead of defining the characteristics and the values for each object ID.

New technical classes and attributes are entered in Characteristics Basic Data.

Prerequisites

The object type must exist in Equipment Basic Data.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, a new type designation is created and you can link it to equipment objects while entering object information.

Window

Equipment Basic Data

Related Window Descriptions

Equipment Basic Data 
Equipment Basic Data/Type Designation

Procedure

1. Open the Equipment Basic Data window and click the Type Designation tab
2. Create a new record (F5).
3. In the Type Designation field, enter an identity for the type designation.
4. In the Description field, enter a short description of the type designation.
5. In the Object Type field, use the List of Values to select an object type. 
6. Save the information (F12).