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 in the record 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.
The object type must exist in Equipment Basic Data.
As a result of this activity, a new type designation is created and you can link it to equipment objects while entering object information.