Auto Naming Settings

Specification Components (SPCO) are automatically named based on the catalog or template reference name. Each specification component must be assigned a unique name in the database.

Catalog and specification items in ACP follow a strict naming convention which allows for easy management of specification items. AVEVA recommends that a similar convention is followed for user specifications, this makes identification of components easier, and ensures unique names.

For example, a Catalog Joint from ACP is named:

JOIN: /J1S1_WEL_ANGL_ANGL_A_001

The name is derived using various identifiers:

J1 - Specification Type is Beam to Beam Joints.

S1 - Sub-Type is Equal Size Beams.

WEL - The Joint Specific Type is Welded.

ANGL_ANGL - The Owning Section (Generic Type - GTYPE) and Attached Section GTYPE are both ANGL.

A - The letter indicates there are multiple categories which have the same criteria as above. This joint is type A.

001 - This is the first Joint in this category.

The corresponding Spec Component for this joint is:

SPCO: /J1S1-WEL-ANGL-ANGL-A-001

This is the same name as the catalog element, except all underscores are replaced with hyphens. This convention is followed for all structural specification components in ACP.

Use the Configure Auto Naming window to define the auto naming rules.

By default, the Configure Auto Naming window displays the Spec Components tab.

Note:
The specification component name must not exceed 50 characters. A specification component name with more than 50 characters causes the specification component to fail the validation check.