Classification Reference List

A drawing's classification says what kind of drawing it is: its category and its style among others. So that drawings of the same kind are classified the same way, and can be found together, the app has a reference list of the usual categories and of the standard styles' codes. It is offered in File › Drawing Properties…, read by extensions (classificationStyles(), classificationCategories(): see the Drawing API), and Ask Claude is told to use it.

The list is not complete, and nothing has to come from it: any text can be typed as a category or style.

Categories

Folding carton, Corrugated box, Rigid box, Display / POS, Insert / fitment, Sleeve, Tray, Shelf-ready packaging, Blister card, Label, Envelope / mailer, Bag; and for the app's other trades Gasket, Sheet metal part, Sign and Apparel pattern.

Industries

A drawing's industry (see Industries and Tool Sets) is one of General, Packaging, Sheet metal, HVAC, Pipework, Structural steel, Gaskets, Laser cutting, Carpentry, Sewing, Sign making, Picture framing, Vinyl cutting, Carpets and flooring, Labels, Leather goods, Foam and inserts, Glass, and Stone and tile; it is kept by its name (SheetMetal, Hvac, StoneAndTile …). The list knows other names for each (woodworking, ductwork, HTV, waterjet …), and the industry each category belongs to (a folding carton to packaging, a gasket to gaskets).

Styles

The FEFCO codes for corrugated board that are in common use, each with its short name, and the code series (a group of codes with a type in common):

Only codes the list is sure of are in it. Any other FEFCO or ECMA code can be typed (FEFCO 0711, ECMA A20.20): it is kept, and its series gives it a category.

How what you type is kept

A category or style typed (in Drawing Properties, in a CLASSIFY command, by an extension or by Ask Claude) is matched to the list loosely, and kept in the list's form:

• A FEFCO code however it is written: fefco 201, FEFCO-0201, 0201 and 201 all become FEFCO 0201; FEFCO 07xx becomes FEFCO 07. Words after a code are kept, unless they are its name (FEFCO 0201 – Regular slotted container and 0201 RSC become FEFCO 0201).
• An ECMA code: ecma a20.20 becomes ECMA A20.20.
• A style's name or other name alone becomes its code: RSC and regular slotted container become FEFCO 0201.
• A category in any case, with or without spaces and punctuation, or as a plural: folding cartons becomes Folding carton, POS becomes Display / POS.
• An industry by its name or another name it is known by, in any case, with or without spaces, or as a plural: sheet metal becomes SheetMetal, HVAC becomes Hvac, woodworking becomes Carpentry.
• Anything else is kept as typed (trimmed, its spaces single).

Choosing a style in Drawing Properties fills in its category if there is none yet, or offers to change it.

Your own list

To add categories and styles of your own (your company's house styles, say), put a file called classification.json in your Extensions folder (File › Extensions › Open Extensions Folder). It is added to the app's list; a category, style or industry with the same name or code as one of the app's replaces it. The app reads it when it starts.

{
  "categories": [ { "name": "Foam insert", "aliases": ["Foam tray"], "industry": "Foam" } ],
  "styles": [
    { "code": "ACME 12", "name": "Two-piece gift box", "category": "Rigid box", "aliases": ["Gift box"] },
    { "code": "ACME 2", "name": "ACME 2xx styles", "category": "Folding carton", "series": true }
  ],
  "industries": [ { "name": "Packaging", "aliases": ["Converting", "Cartonnage"] } ]
}

See also: Drawing Properties, CLASSIFY.