PartOrUsageRelatedSpecification

Before reading these implementation guidelines, it is highly recommended to read the “Description of Parts” section in the VEC Online Model Description. This section explains the concepts for the representation of part master data and component specifications in the VEC.

Part Master Definition Accessories Part A being an accessory for Part B means, that if Part B is used somewhere in a harness, then Part A might (or must) be used as well.

The VEC has two major key concepts: PartVersion and DocumentVersion. Both are ItemVersions and both are used to reference / identify a piece of relevant information in a PDM context unambigiously.

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 subclass for each type inheriting from the type corresponding to PartVersion.

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 subclass for each type inheriting from the type corresponding to PartVersion.

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 subclass for each type inheriting from the type corresponding to PartVersion.

General Technical Part The class GeneralTechnicalPartSpecification is intended to aggregate common technical attributes that are relevant for most kinds of parts (e.g. massInformation or information about valid temperature environments). With the composition of PartRelations other PartVersions can be defined as accessory parts.

General Technical Part The class GeneralTechnicalPartSpecification is intended to aggregate common technical attributes that are relevant for most kinds of parts (e.g. massInformation or information about valid temperature environments). With the composition of PartRelations other PartVersions can be defined as accessory parts.

General Technical Part The class GeneralTechnicalPartSpecification is intended to aggregate common technical attributes that are relevant for most kinds of parts (e.g. massInformation or information about valid temperature environments). With the composition of PartRelations other PartVersions can be defined as accessory parts.

Wire In the VEC wires are defined through a WireSpecification, regardless of their type. This means, for all types of wires (e.g. normal single core, multi core or coax wires) the same structure is used to describe them.