Plant design using classes throughout

July 2010

Introduction

As stipulated in the topic "FunctionalPhysicalObject to be deprecated" the objects in Plant Design shall be subtypes of Class.

In this topic we will explore this a bit. See also here.

Application models

Below you will find a few often-used application models.

Property

Instead of:

use this:

Note: The details about quantification of such a property/property range are not shown.

IndirectProperty

Instead of:

use this:

Note: The details about quantification of such a property/property range are not shown.

Assembly

Instead of:

use this:

Note: The details about temporal parts are not shown.

Connection

Instead of:

use this:

More examples to follow in due course (please send suggestions)

Formal issue of data collection

Any time you add one of the above pieces if information you change the class definition. That isn't as bad as you think, as long as you keep record of the stuff you issue. See here...