Standardisation is an important means to cut costs for manufacturing companies. A decrease in part variety leads to a considerable reduction of the administrative effort and produces larger part series in production.

It is the aim of the Classification to bring parts with similar characteristics together, e.g. production similarities of products and their components. Classes are formed according to selected attributes and connections are defined between these classes. Dimensions or material of a part may be the criteria, but also production criteria like production method, dimension and form tolerances or composition of the surface. Searching within a specific range of the class, e.g. within a certain diameter range, allows for a further restriction of the search result.

Class Lists of Characteristics are defined to search systematically and effectively for repetitive parts. Characteristics describe the part independent of its origin and use. The gradual specification of characteristics can be used to limit the number of objects in question. This technique permits a fast and secure access to the parts, assemblies, documents and projects managed by HELiOS neXt, even for very complex data. The list will help you to display information about parts and assemblies used in your company already in a considerably more transparent way.