1.1.5.  Dimension search - Automatic assignment based on standard information such as standard number, dimension, material, etc.

In order to perform a dimension search, please load the respective template.

  1. To do this, click on the icon Load predefined template.

  2. In the Pipeline Template Selection dialog box, select the Dimension search option.

    Load template for dimension search [Dimension search]

    Load template for dimension search [Dimension search]

[Note]Note

A prerequisite for using the dimension search [Dimension search] template is that the values required to identify the specific characteristic of a part are listed in a column containing the corresponding information.

In the Standard catalog mostly the variable "NENN" contains the variables which are required for a clear identification of the characteristic (line). For a bolt these are diameter and length, which is mirrored in the line description (M20x30).

This example uses 19 specifications from DIN 912 to DIN 915 (see adjacent CSV file) and is intended to provide an overview of a complete standard procedure based on the dimension search [Dimension search] template.[a]

The decisive parameters can be found in the Standard, Dimension and Material columns.

Again, the already read in sample catalog is used.

Information on the import of the CSV catalog is found under Section 1.1.3, “Create catalog from CSV file”).

Standard number and dimensions (NENN) as identification parameters

Standard number and dimensions (NENN) as identification parameters

[a] The example file used article_meta_search.csvcan be found at "$CADENAS/training/partdatacenter/article_number_assignment".