Changing Design Object Class—Exercises

Basic Data Setup

Creating Classes

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to create a design object class.

Windows:
Class
Classes

  1. Create design object class.

General exercise for Creating Classes. 

Creating a Design Object

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to create a design object.

Windows:
Design Object
Design Objects

  1. Create a design object to use in the exercises to come

General exercise for Creating a Design Object.

Main Exercise

Purpose: The purpose of these lessons is to learn how to perform a class change and observe its impact.

Windows:
Design Object
 Design Objects
 Linear Assets
ID Model

Changing the Class for an Object of the Default Class

  1. Open the Design Object, Design Objects or Linear Assets window and search for an object in the *,default class. If more than one design object is displayed, select the required design objects. Make sure the Object Status is set to Under Design. If such an object doesn't exist, create a new object in this class. New objects are created with an object status of  Under Design.
  2. Right-click and click Change Class. The Change Class dialog box opens.
  3. In the Change Class to field, use the drop-down list to select the Pump class.
  4. Click OK.
  5. On a design object tree view in the Business Object Explorer, navigate to the object, which has been removed from the * Default Class folder and relocated to the Pump class folder. The object has a new icon. This icon was applied using a class property assigned to the Pump Class.
  6. Select the object to display it in the Design Object window. The technical attributes for the Pump class are applied and can be viewed in Attachments/Characteristics (compare by displaying a similar object in the *, default Class).

Changing from a Temporary Class to a Permanent Class

  1. Open the Design Object, Design Objects or Linear Assets window and search for an object in the Pump class. If more than one design object is displayed, select the required design objects. Make sure the Object Status is set to Under Design. If such an object doesn't exist, create a new object in this class. New objects are created with an object status of  Under Design.
  2. Right-click and click Change Class. The Change Class dialog box opens.
  3. In the Change Class to field, use the drop-down list to select the Pump Centrifugal class.
  4. Click OK.
  5. On a design object tree view in the Business Object Explorer, navigate to the object, which has been removed from the Pump class folder and relocated to the Pump Centrifugal class folder.
  6. Select the object to display it in the Design Object window. The technical attributes for the Pump Centrifugal class are applied and can be viewed in Attachments/Characteristics (compare by displaying a similar object in the *, default Class)

ID Models and Class Change

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to illustrate the impact of a class change on an object's ID, which is based on the ID model for that class.

  1. Open the ID Model window and enter Pump_ID_Model in the ID Model field.
  2. Click the Design Object ID Models tab, and in the Class field  enter the Pump Screw class using the List of Values.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Open the Design Object window and click New.
  5. Select class Pump Screw and click Next to advance.
  6. In the Facility Code field, enter PS.
  7. In the Functional Type field, enter 001.
  8. In the Description field, enter Screw Pump and click OK to create the object.
  9. Open the Design Object window and click New.
  10. In the Class field, enter the Pump Centrifugal class and define the object with the following information:
Class Facility Code System Type Code Sequence No. Description
Pump Centrifugal PM 311 PM 001 Centrifugal Pump
  1. Click Save to create the object.
  2. Right-click and select Change Class to open the Change Class dialog box. 
  3. In the Change Class To field, select Pump Screw.
  4. Click OK to change the object's class.
  5. Refresh the new pump screw object to display in the Design Object window. 
  6. Double click in the Object ID node to display the object ID and how it adapts to the changed ID model. Three of the four object ID parts are concatenated into the Functional Type field.

Note: If an object exists in IFS/Asset Design and IFS/Equipment, the current class and the class to which it will be changed, must share a common ID model for the class change to be permitted.