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LECT-standard For Data Exch

Standards for CAD data exchange are needed because different CAD systems use proprietary data formats, requiring translation between formats. Several neutral interface standards have been developed to allow exchange of manufacturing data between CAD/CAM/CAE systems without information loss. The most widely used standards are IGES and STEP, which define common data representations and exchange file formats. For effective data sharing across diverse systems, interfaces need to support all relevant geometry and metadata in a standardized, platform-independent way.

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LECT-standard For Data Exch

Standards for CAD data exchange are needed because different CAD systems use proprietary data formats, requiring translation between formats. Several neutral interface standards have been developed to allow exchange of manufacturing data between CAD/CAM/CAE systems without information loss. The most widely used standards are IGES and STEP, which define common data representations and exchange file formats. For effective data sharing across diverse systems, interfaces need to support all relevant geometry and metadata in a standardized, platform-independent way.

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Standards for CAD Data Exchange

• The CAD data is of four types


• Shape
• Non shape
• Design
• Manufacturing data
Product Data Management
Product Design CAD data is used throughout
Product
Design
Engineering
and Analysis
the organization
(CAD) (CAE) Marketing

Customer
Neutral I/F Requirements

Product
Information
Management Product
Databases

Neutral I/F

Manufacturing Supply Management


Engineering
Materials Suppliers
Manufacturing Procurement
Process Databases Planning
Planning Customer
Installation
and
Fabrication, Assembly & Test Operations Distribution
Typical Situation

Major supplier Partner uses


uses I-DEAS Unigraphics

Major company
uses CATIA

Small supplier
Small supplier uses Solid Edge
uses AutoCAD
The Problem
• Every CAD system uses its own proprietary
data format
• Design data must be converted from one
format to the other
Direct Translation between CAD Systems
• Need a translator from every CAD
I-DEAS Unigraphics package to every other
• For 4 CAD packages, need 6
translators
• For 6 CAD packages, need 16
translators!

CATIA Pro/Engineer
Data Exchange Standards
• To address the problem, many standards for
CAD data exchange have been developed
• CAD systems can import and export to many
of these standard formats.
• To deal with all CAD systems, you must
support I-DEAS, Unigraphics and CATIA ,Pro /E
• For small companies, this is very difficult.
A Better Solution
• A better solution is development of reliable
data exchange standards, using a neutral
interface
Neutral Interface

CAD 1 CAD 2 CAE 1 CAE 2

Neutral Interface

CAPP PP&C CAM CAQ


Requirements of an Interface
• The interface must be capable of handling all
manufacturing data
• There should be no information loss
• The system must be efficient to be capable of
handling the realtime requirements of
manufacturing
• The system should be open-ended to permit
extensions or contractions
Requirements Continued
• The system should be adaptable to other
standards
• The system must be independent of the
computer and architecture used
• Test procedures must be provided to verify
effectivety.
Evolution of Data Standards

Interfaces Standardization Organization

CAD/CAD CAD/CAM National & European International ISO

IGES
PDES ANSI (USA) Product Data Structure
PDDI

SET AFNOR (France)

VDA/FS DIN (Germany) STEP

CAD*I ESPRIT (EEC) ( A full data model)


CIM-OSA ESPRIT (EEC)

EDIF USA Electronics Industry ???


Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES)

• IGES defines neutral database in the form of a


file format, which describes an IGES model of
modeling data of given product
• IGES model can be interpreted by dissimilar
CAD/CAM systems.
• Supports many 2D and 3D CAD entities
• Has gone through several versions since 1980
• Widely supported
Data Exchange using IGES

Native
Database Preprocessor IGES Post processor Native
Database

Archiva
l data
base
File structure and File format
• Put IGES Flag section(Optional)

• Get IGES Start section

Global Section
Directory Entry section

Parameters Data section


Combined
in
compressed
ASCII
format Terminate section
Testing
• Reflection Test
• Transmission Test
• Loopback Test
Problems with IGES
• Many incompatible “flavours”
• Unreliable translation, particularly for complex
geometry
• No formal information modelling basis
• Insufficient support for conformance testing
PDES
• PDES is an exchange for product data in
support of industrial automation.
PDES Architecture
Mechanical Electrical AEC Application
products Products Products N Applicati
on Layer

Generic App. specific Logical


entities entities
Layer

File format Physical


and data
structure Layer
Product data exchange using PDES

Product
data
Product
data

Discipli Preprocessor Three layer Data exchange unit


ne Discipline
architecture Post processor
model model

Archival
product
data

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