Copying DIN Standards

Procedure

To copy standards data to the classification system, proceed as follows:

1. From the classification menu, choose  Environment  Copy standard  Copy DIN standard  . You see a screen on which you enter the following information:

   Class	Name of the class you want to create
   Class types	Class type of the class you want to create
   Characteristic Description	Description of the class you want to create
   Logical file	File that contains the DIN standards data

1. Choose Execute .

   The system copies the following characteristics data from the file you entered:

   - Code letter

   - Description

   - Format

   • Length and

   • Unit when available

     Individual characteristics

     For each characteristic you copy, enter the name you want the characteristic to have in your system.

     You can also define whether you are required to assign a value to the characteristic on the characteristic value assignment screen when you classify an object.

2. Save your data.

   From the standards data you copied, the system creates a class. On the standards data screen of the class, the fields Standard, Standard number , Version, Issue date , and Char. table are automatically filled by the system. The class has status 0 . This means that you must release the class before you can classify standardized materials in this class.