Examples
Three diagrams this tool made, with the thinking behind each one. Every part number here is invented and represents no real product.
The diagrams are in Japanese, the language they were made in, and left that way on purpose: they show that the layout handles Japanese correctly, and the reasoning in each explanation applies whatever language you write in.
Taking a unit's part number apart
Four items: series, width, mounting and color. A straightforward first diagram.
What this one shows: The ordinary case — items with one option mixed with items that have several
| In the part number | Item | Options |
|---|---|---|
PNC |
シリーズ |
PNC = 標準シリーズ（架空）
|
240 |
本体幅 |
240 = 240 mm 320 = 320 mm
|
RS |
取付方式 |
RS = ラックマウント WS = 壁掛け
|
W |
本体色 |
W = ホワイト K = ブラック
|
An item with one option is still an item
Series has only one value, and it is still written out. For a reader, knowing that a position is fixed is information too.
Left and right are decided for you
Which side an item goes on follows from where it sits in the part number. You can override it, but it is quicker to build the diagram first and adjust only if something bothers you.
Keep the note inside the picture
The caveat that this is not a real product is a note, referenced from the middle of a description. The diagram then means the same thing wherever it is pasted, with nothing left behind.
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A part number with a lot of options
Four items: sensing method, range, output and connection. One item carries three options.
What this one shows: How it reads once the options multiply, and how units and abbreviations are handled
| In the part number | Item | Options |
|---|---|---|
SNS |
製品分類 |
SNS = センサ（架空）
|
PX08 |
検出方式と検出距離 |
PX04 = 誘導形・検出距離 4 mm PX08 = 誘導形・検出距離 8 mm CP10 = 静電容量形・検出距離 10 mm
|
NPN |
出力形式 |
NPN = NPNオープンコレクタ PNP = PNPオープンコレクタ
|
M8 |
接続 |
M8 = M8コネクタ M12 = M12コネクタ CB = ケーブル直出し 2 m
|
Two facts in one item, or two items?
Here the sensing method and the range share an item, because those four characters mean one thing together. Split the range in two if you would rather have them apart.
A unit never breaks from its number
"8 mm" stays whole at the end of a line, and so does a unit inside a sentence.
A note belongs to one option
Only the capacitive type needs the caveat, so the note sits inside that description. Its position says it is not a warning about the whole thing.
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A longer part number, with five items
Five items: kind, length, connector, jacket color and shielding. A part number with many segments.
What this one shows: What happens to the leader lines as items pile up on one side, and how to fix it
| In the part number | Item | Options |
|---|---|---|
CBL |
品種 |
CBL = 接続ケーブル（架空）
|
2M |
長さ |
05M = 0.5 m 2M = 2 m 10M = 10 m
|
RJ45 |
コネクタ |
RJ45 = RJ-45（両端） M12D = M12 Dコード（片端）
|
BK |
被覆色 |
BK = ブラック GY = グレー YL = イエロー
|
S |
シールド |
S = あり U = なし
|
More items, more crowding
Four items land on the right, so the leader lines step downwards. If a combination ends up unreadable, the checks say so and 「組み直す」 searches for another left/right arrangement.
Write comparable options the same way
Keeping "0.5 m", "2 m" and "10 m" consistent in unit and digits lets a reader compare them at a glance. The part number's own spelling (05M, 2M, 10M) does not have to match.
Conditions belong in a note
A long condition inside an option wraps onto more lines and becomes hard to read. Move it to a note, and it sits together with the others under the diagram.
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