NEW ASME Y14.41-2003 Standards - Comments?

Hi,

Anybody have any experience and/or comments on the
NEW ASME Y14.41 STANDARD FOR CAD - Extends ASME Y14.5 Into The Digital
Domain
Just curious about what other people think about it.

Cheers,

Len K. Mar, PEng
E-data Solutions

Snippet from official news release follows:



NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2003 - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME International) has announced a new technical standard, ASME
Y14.41-2003, which establishes requirements for preparing, organizing
and interpreting 3-dimensional digital product images.
ASME Y14.41-2003, Digital Product Definition Data Practices, which
represents an extension of the popular Y14.5 standard for
2-dimensional drawings, reflects the growing need for a uniform method
of documenting the data created in today's computer-aided design (CAD)
environments. Beneficiaries of Y14.41 include the departments of the
U.S. government and their subcontractors in industry, which for
several years have sought a manageable system for preparing and
interpreting CAD product data and recently approached ASME to request
a standard.

The standard also provides a guide for CAD software developers working
on improved modeling and annotation practices for the engineering
community. ASME Y14.41 sets forth the requirements for tolerances,
dimensional data, and other annotations.

ASME Y14.41 advances the capabilities of Y14.5, Dimensioning and
Tolerancing, the widely used standard pertaining to 2-D engineering
drawings. Y14.41 defines the exceptions as well as additional
requirements to existing ASME standards for using product definition
data or drawings in 3-D digital format.


ASME Y14.41-2003, Digital Product Definition Data Practices is
available from ASME, (800) 843-2763. Online purchasing is available in
the ASME Digital Store at www.asme.org/catalog. The price of the
standard is $95.

The ASME subcommittee that developed the new standard includes the
technical representatives of General Motors, Boeing, Caterpillar,
Rolls-Royce, and Raytheon, among other leading industrial firms. The
U.S. Department of Defense and EDS PLM Solutions, a major CAD/CAM
software developer, were members of the subcommittee.

The 120,000-member ASME International is a worldwide engineering
society focused on technical, educational and research issues. It
conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations,
holds some 30 technical conferences and 200 professional development
courses each year, and sets many industrial and manufacturing
standards.