Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 System Manual page 58

Material management
5.2 Material classes
3. Select the "New" command in the shortcut menu.
The "Add material class" dialog opens.
4. Enter a name for the material class and click the "OK" button.
The material class is created with default properties and displayed in the navigation area.
Editing material classes
In the working area of the APF engineering tool, you can edit the following properties of the
material classes:
Name
Textlib ID
FB number
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Area
Name of material class
ID for multilingual management in the text library (non-editable; as‐
signed automatically)
Number of the function block that is generated for the material class.
Block numbers FB1775-1795 are reserved for APF blocks and must not
be overwritten.
Explanation
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