ASME has announced a new 2012 Edition of ASME Y14.41, “Digital Product Definition Data Practices,” and it will be available from Document Center Inc. when it is released in June. 3D modeling has come into its own and ASME Y14.41 sets the rules, extending ASME Y14.5 into the 3D world.
The development of this National Standard was initiated at the request of industry and the U.S. Government.
It establishes requirements, and references documents applicable to the preparation and revision of digital product definition data, referred to as data sets. ASME Y14.41 defines the exceptions and additional requirements to existing ASME standards for using product definition data sets or drawings in 3D digital format. This standard supports two methods of application: model only, and model and drawing in digital format.
The structure of the standard begins with the requirements common to both methods (model only, and model and drawing in digital format), and then branches to the other sections that have differing requirements for each method.
It also provides a guide for the many computer aided design (CAD) software packages to develop better modeling and annotation practices for CAD and engineering disciplines.
You can purchase all ASME current standards and many obsolete ones, as well as pre-order the new Y14.41, at our website, www.document-center.com. Or contact us by phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com). We are available during business hours, Pacific time, to assist you with all your standards requirements.
