General

Many components that are managed in ConnectMaster have similarities: Category, number of connection points, length,...

The description of these characteristics can be summarised as follows:

Component type

A component type is the description of component characteristics. It defines the appearance, functionality, etc. Each component is allocated to exactly one component type. All characteristics of a component type are inherited to the component of the component type.

Definitions

The characteristics of a component type can be subdivided into three areas:

•General characteristics of the component type.

•Characteristics that are inherited to the component level and may be changed there.

•Additional category-related characteristics. Before structuring and/or entering network data, a few basic points must first be clarified.

Attributes of component type

Besides the fixed characteristics of a component type, the user can define additional characteristics himself – the attributes.

Characteristics of the connection points

Each component type has connection points and connection positions for each connection side. Please also refer to Chapter “Category”.

Grouping of connection points

As an additional option, connection points can be grouped in any order.

Characteristics and groupings of the connection points of a component type are also inherited to the components.