FlexFrame Specification Guide - Steelcase

Style Number Logic
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Logic and Rules
Codes and Abbreviations
Product Line Code:
1st two characters - 1 & 2
alpha / numeric
Examples:
FF = FlexFrame
E6 = Elective Elements 6
WL = Walden
Rules
line
class
Class Code:
next two characters - 3 & 4, alpha
only
Examples:
PD = Pedestal
LF = Lateral file
WS = Worksurface straight
dimension
Dimensions Code:
# of characters varies, numeric
only
Examples:
23 = 23 1 ⁄4"
18 = 18"
27 = 27 1 ⁄2"
feature
Feature Code:
last character restricted, alpha
only
Examples:
B = box / box / file
F = file / file
L = Left-Hand
Wood style numbers can be thought of as highly-abbreviated (codified), 11-character (maximum) descriptions of the product. Strict rules
have been applied to their naming convention to ensure consistency and intuitiveness; and to make these rules easy to remember.
1. Style numbers can only be influenced by shape, size, and configuration
2. Style numbers will not be influenced by commodity, locks, power, edge profiles, etc.
3. The 1st two characters will always be an abbreviation of the product line. Never 1 or 3.
4. The next two characters will always be an abbreviation of the product class.
5. Dimension codes will always be sequenced in the same order dependent on the product class.
These dimension codes are truncations of the actual product dimensions.
6. Feature codes are only one character, and are used only when necessary.
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6 FlexFrame Specification Guide
November 2010