Control of Part Names - General

A part name normally consists of a number of constituents that are combined to build up the name, separated by delimiters. Examples of constituents are the project name, names of assemblies, position (piece) numbers, etc. Delimiters can be any fixed strings but often consist of a hyphen (-) or a slash (/).

However, it may not always be necessary to present the part name in its full (maximum) size, but only a part of it. E.g. all parts in a drawing may belong to the same assembly and therefore it is enough to present the position (piece) number to uniquely identify the part within the drawing. Thus there is a need for a customer to set up rules for different levels of the part name for one and the same part. Depending on the environment or context alternative layouts can be chosen.

There may be different rules for the names of e.g. normal plates, brackets plates and stiffeners. Therefore there is a need that part names should be controlled individually for different types of parts.

The length of a part name is restricted to 48 characters. However, certain applications do not accept a part name of that length. It is recommended to restrict the part name length to

24 characters, if possible.