CLASSIFY
Says what the drawing is: a field of its classification, such as its category, its style or tags to find it by. The classification is for software as much as for people: Ask Claude gives one to every drawing it makes, extensions read it, and a save extension can send it on to a database.
Syntax
CLASSIFY "field","value"
| Argument | Meaning |
|---|---|
| field | Which field: one of those below, or a name of your own. |
| value | Its value. "" removes the field. |
| Field | What it says |
|---|---|
category |
The kind of thing: folding carton, corrugated box, display, insert, label … |
style |
The standard it follows, by its code: FEFCO 0201, ECMA A20.20 … |
product |
What it is for: a shipping case, a cosmetics box … |
tags |
Words to search by, separated by commas. |
description |
A sentence or two: what it is, what it holds, its options. |
industry |
The industry it is drawn for: packaging, sheet metal, HVAC … typed loosely and kept by its name ("sheet metal" is kept as SheetMetal). The toolbar and Edit › Tool offer its tools (see Industries and Tool Sets). |
Examples
CLASSIFY "category","Corrugated box"
CLASSIFY "style","FEFCO 0201"
CLASSIFY "product","Shipping case"
CLASSIFY "tags","RSC, regular slotted, shipping"
CLASSIFY "description","A regular slotted case with a glued joint, sized on its inside length, width and depth."
CLASSIFY "industry","Packaging"
CLASSIFY "style",""
Notes
The standard fields are named in lower case whatever case they are typed in, and are kept and written in the order
above, before any of your own. Tags are tidied: split at commas (or semicolons), trimmed, and each kept once. A
category or style is matched to the reference list loosely and kept in its form: fefco 201
becomes FEFCO 0201, folding cartons becomes Folding carton; anything not in the list is kept as typed.
The classification is saved with the drawing. File › Drawing Properties… shows its standard fields to fill in and change without typing commands: see Drawing Properties. Unlike a note, which can say anything about an order or a customer, the classification says what the drawing itself is.