Enterprise Item Number” (or “EIN”) is an identifier of an engineering definition, which is recognized by single or multiple organizations.
In the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, users can set such a number from several authoring applications. By doing so, the extension “Enterprise Information” will be added to the correspondent Engineering Item with the “Enterprise Item Number”:
Administrators can control the definition of the numbering convention used in the EIN, based on their company policies:
- Manual definition
- Automated definition using a business logic (defined by the administrator)
- Automated definition (defined by the administrator) based on a formula that uses values of the Engineering Item attributes, in a specific order.
Here is an example:
EIN = ‘Text (PN)’ + ‘Attribute value (Title)’ + ‘Counter’ + ‘User Input (UserInput1)’
Counter unicity attribute:
When using a counter, the administrator could also specify on which attribute the counter value “depends on”:
The counter will be reset to its first value upon the modification of the value of this attribute.
Example:
Assuming we have an Engineering Item with two attributes that have list of values:
- “Series”: A, B, C…
- “Domain”: Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical
Formula of the EIN based on four parts (#1 #2 #3 #4):
‘Series’ + Free text (user input)’ + ‘Domain’ + ‘Counter’
Administrator can define that the “Counter” is rest based on the value of the attribute “Domain”. The EIN will then vary based on the value of “Domain”:
#1 (Series) | #2 (Free text) | #3 (Domain) | #4 (Counter) | |
EIN1 | A | abc | Electrical | 0 |
EIN2 | B | def | Electrical | 1 |
EIN3 | A | ghi | Electrical | 2 |
EIN4 | C | Ijk | Mechanical | 0 |
EIN5 | B | lmn | Mechanical | 1 |
EIN6 | A | Opq | Electrical | 3 |
The counter is reset upon the change of the value of the attribute “Domain”.
Apps used for EIN definition:
The definition of the EIN can be done from various locations:
Web apps (Widgets):
- Engineering Release (available in Role: Product Release Engineer (XEN))
- Product Structure Editor (available in Role: 3D Product Architect (PAU))
CAD applications:
- 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA
- SOLIDWORKS
Here are three videos showing how to define the EIN formula, how to create EIN from: Engineering Release and from 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA (both are formula-based)
Note: Engineering and Manufacturing:
Currently, when generating Manufacturing items based on Engineering items, the EIN will be available in the “Title” of the Manufacturing item by default in case it was defined in the “Title” of the EIN. This behavior can be customized using a Business logic (BL) script.
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