PartVersion

Description of Parts

Description of Parts In other formats like the KBL- or the KOMP-model the diverse types of parts (e.g. connector housing, terminal, wire) are differentiated by inheritance with a …

Lifecycle Information

Lifecycle Information An ItemVersion can carry information about the creation of the item. This means the creating timestamp and an optionally information regarding the creator or …

Usage Constraints

Usage Constraints A UsageConstraintSpecification is intended to describe the allowed usage of the constrainedParts. A UsageConstraintSpecification is a container for various …

Parts and Documents

Parts and Documents DocumentVersion and PartVersion are representing one of the most fundamental key concepts of the VEC. They are the only classes in the VEC model that are …

PartVersion

The PartVersion is one of the two anchors for PDM information in the VEC. All technical information about a PartVersion is contained in one or more documents. These describing …

VEC-Root

VEC-Root The diagram above defines the class VecContent which is intended to be regarded as the top level root element for VEC documents. It is the declared entry point to the …

Assemblies, Modules and Harness (Configurations)

Assemblies, Modules and Harness (Configurations) The KBL introduced different concepts for composite parts: harnesses, modules, harness configurations and assemblies. The KBL …

Instantiation of Components

Instantiation of Components It is a quite common pattern for complex product descriptions, to differentiate between types and their instances. A type is a general description that …

Part Substitutions

Part Substitutions A PartSubstitutionSpecification defines a set of PartVersions that can be used alternatively, due to an incomplete specification for the 150% product …

Contact System

Contact System A ContactSystemSpecification is a container for various ContactSystems. Each ContactSystem references exactly two PartVersions representing the interconnected …