Variant for Part Type: Vessels, Pumps, Other Components (PE)

Rules for the creation of Feature Variants for Plant Engineering parts

Named isolated points

Designation	Purpose	Description	Position in coordinate system
!	Connecting point or auxiliary point	Fitting point	in origin (0,0,0)
2, 3, 4 etc., unambiguous within the part	Connecting points or auxiliary points		arbitrary

Designation

Purpose

Description

Position in coordinate system

Connecting point or auxiliary point

Fitting point

in origin (0,0,0)

2, 3, 4 etc.,

unambiguous within the part

Connecting points or auxiliary points

arbitrary

Connecting points should preferably be created via the Component connection function, or (for various components) by the insertion of nozzles.

Each component connection (and the fitting point, if it is an auxiliary point) needs to be located in a plane belonging to the part. It needs however not be located within the surface boundary.

Example:

If the connecting point is located in the plane of the ring surface, the surface condition is fulfilled.

Caution: It would also be fulfilled if the point would be located in the same plane, but outside of the ring.

To assign an unambiguous orientation to a connection, a connecting point must not fulfil the surface condition for several surfaces at once.

VAA file

Use the Variant Editor to enter the suitable part type into the VAA file.

Then, use the Variant Editor to expand the VAA file in such a way that appropriate attributes such as HOEHE (HEIGHT), BREITE (WIDTH), LAENGE (LENGTH) etc.are assigned to the individual variables, enabling a distinguishing between various sub-types during part selection.

For variant synchronization you also need to enter the values for the attributes which are to apply to all sub-types of the variant.

Values must be entered for at least the following attributes:

AttributE	Description
BENENNUNG	Designation of the part
COMPONENT_TYPE	Part type (always = Semi-finished material+Plant Engineering) for HELiOS database only
NORMBEZEICHNUNG	Standard designation of the part (identical for all sub-types!) An entry is mandatory, even if the part corresponds to no standard.

AttributE

Description

BENENNUNG

Designation of the part

COMPONENT_TYPE

Part type (always = Semi-finished material+Plant Engineering) for HELiOS database only

NORMBEZEICHNUNG

Standard designation of the part (identical for all sub-types!)

An entry is mandatory, even if the part corresponds to no standard.

Rules for the Creation of User-Defined Parts (PE)

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