General Information
A type can be applied on a value to raise the semantics of this value.
The authorized types for engineering specification values are the following one: - Basic types: string, integer, real.
- Specific types: NOMINAL_PIPE_SIZE and DS_MATERIAL
- Magnitude types: LENGTH, ANGLE, TIME, MASS, VOLUME, DENSITY, AREA, ENERGY, FORCE, MASSFLOW, PRESSURE, TEMPRTRE, LINEMASS, VOL_FLOW, FREQUENCY, POWER, VOLTAGE, RESISTANCE, COURANT, ACCELRTN, ANGACCELRTN, SURFACICMASS, SPEED, HEATTRANSFERRESISTANCE, HEATTRANSFER, HEATCAPACITY, MASSICFLOW, THERMALCONDUCTIVITY.
Specific Types
Specific types must follow particular rules.
Nominal Pipe Size
The NOMINAL_PIPE_SIZE (NPS) values are strings with size names but do not correspond to real sizes with the Length type.
Any NPS must have a unique computable numeric equivalent, to be able to order a list of NPSs. The structure of this string follows this rule: the string must be composed of four parts: - the 1st part is a beginning area that contains text.
- the 2nd part is a numerical area representing units, decades, hundreds, fraction,...
- the 3rd part is a separator zone being a free string of information. The separator can be a blank or any chain of characters that does not include a digit or a fraction sign.
- the 4th part is another numerical area representing units, decades, hundreds, fraction,...
- the 5th part is the terminator area being a free string of information. The terminator area can be absent or any chain of characters that does not include a digit, comma, dot, or a fraction sign.
The numerical area 1 is the only one mandatory, even if its value can be a blank. In this case, it is equal to 0. The following table is an example of some NOMINAL_PIPE_SIZE types: | Nominal_Pipe_Size | Beginning area | Numerical Area 1 | Separator | Numerical Area 2 | Terminator Area | Numerical Equivalent (real) |
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| Example 1 | 11 | | 11 | | | | 11.0 | | Example 2 | 11 3/4 | | 11 | | 3/4 | | 11.75 | | Example 3 | 3/4 | | 3/4 | | | | 0.75 | | Example 4 | 2/5" | | 2/5 | " | | | 0.4 | | Example 5 | 11inch2/5 | | 11 | inch | 2/5 | | 11.4 | | Example 6 | .75 | | | . | 75 | | 0.75 | | Example 7 | 11 3/4 inch | | 11 | | 3/4 | inch | 11.75 | | Example 8 | 12" 4/5 | | 12 | " | 4/5 | | 12.8 | | Example 9 | DIN50 | DIN | 50 | | | | 50 | | Example 10 | D40.2mm | D | 40 | . | 2 | mm | 40.2 |
DS_Material
A value with the DS_Material type references a DS Material PLM entity. In a Technological Table, each valuated cell with the DS_Material type is linked to a DS Material PLM entity. In each cell containing a material, the displayed value is the material name. |