As classifying of connection points by Published elements plays an important role, this field has its central place on the tabbed page 3D view. In the Preview, connection points are displayed and can directly be selected.

Tabbed page "3D view"

Furthermore they can be selected in the Preview via context menu command Choose connection point.

Choose connection point

	Tip
	After selection in the dialog Choose connection point, the connection point becomes highlighted in red and with mouseover the name is shown in a tooltip.

On the left side, following additional functions are found:

ARCHICAD

By Categories: Classification according to categories. Details can be found under Section 5.12.3.2, “Classification (By Categories) - (By Countries) - (By Functionality)”.

By Countries: Classification according to countries where the respective company sells products and/or has subsidiaries. Details can be found under Section 5.12.3.2, “Classification (By Categories) - (By Countries) - (By Functionality)”.

By Functionality: Classification according to functions. Details can be found under Section 5.12.3.2, “Classification (By Categories) - (By Countries) - (By Functionality)”.

BIMHawk PDT

CIBSE PDT

CNS: For example, the CADENAS classification uses placing information, published elements and attributes for the CAD integration or order number, type code, certificate information. For details see Section 5.12.3.1, “Classification (CNS) ”.

CoBie:

Delivery Countries

eCl@ss: Standardized classification system for product groups and product attributes with the objective of enabling electronic trading of classified products.

eCl@ss is offered as standard for the exchange of information between supplier and customer and is characterized by a four-stage hierarchical classification key with a catchword index of thousands of terms.

Table variables from standard or supplier catalogs or fixed values can be assigned to eCl@ss attributes via dialog box Class variables. Later for these eCl@ss attributes (terms) can be searched in PARTdataManager.

Class variables by example of eCl@ss

ETIM (Electro-technical information model) 4.0: Classification designed to meet the requirements of the electrical industry

FSF: Classification for Railway

FCSI:

ICS (International Classification Standards): International classification system to classify all economic sectors and activities that use technical standards

IFC: Classification using an international open standard to describe building and construction industry data

IFC4

OmniClass

PDT:

Revit

Standards: Standardization system provided by CADENAS. Structured in three parts according to DIN number.

Standards BN

Standards GN

Standards Wuerth

Uniclass2015:

UNSPSC: Product classification given by the United Nations. The standard shows an universal classification schema for different product groups for worldwide use.

VDI 3805: Building services