{"id":32066,"date":"2017-03-21T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=32066"},"modified":"2017-03-20T10:54:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T14:54:59","slug":"3d-pdf-sample-national-institute-standards-technology-nist-test-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2017\/03\/3d-pdf-sample-national-institute-standards-technology-nist-test-assembly.html","title":{"rendered":"3D PDF Sample: National Institute of standards and Technology (NIST) Test Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently conducted their 2017 MBE PMI validation and conformance test for CAD vendors<\/strong><\/a>. They previously ran the test in 2012 and 2015. NIST created a \u201ctest system to measure the conformance of computer aided design software to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standards for product manufacturing information (PMI), specifically geometric dimensioning and tolerancing\u201d [1]. The test system includes a set of 11 models specifically designed to test the limits of Model-based definition software.<\/p>\n

The test cases are designed to determine whether or not the CAD software correctly implements the PMI concepts of ASME Y 14.5-1994 and ASME Y 14.41-2003 [1]. \u201cThe most current versions of ASME Y14.5 (2009) and Y14.41 (2012) are not included as they have not yet been widely implemented in CAD software\u201d [1]. Along with validating the implementation of standards, NIST\u2019s key objective was to verify the semantic representation of PMI for downstream manufacturing purposes.<\/p>\n

I personally was fortunate enough to manage and work very closely with the upcoming validation and conformance testing of SOLIDWORKS MBD 2017. I was in charge of upgrading the models and their product manufacturing information from SOLIDWORKS 2012 to SOLIDWORKS 2017. With all this being said, while we await the results I decided to assembly a few of the NIST test parts and create some 3D PDF\u2019s using SOLIDWORKS MBD<\/strong><\/a>. Out of the 11 NIST test models 4 of the parts can be assembled together. The assembly consists of NIST test case models 7, 8, 9, and 10. The assembly can be seen below.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1: NIST Test case assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One of my goals in assembling and publishing a PDF with the NIST assembly was to ultimately learn about 3D PDF\u2019s but also test its capabilities while doing so. To begin I created an assembly that contained fasteners, exploded views, multiple display states, and multiple configurations using the NIST parts.
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After organizing my PMI and creating all the necessary 3D views it was time to build my custom PDF template. I created a template with the design in mind that I wanted to print my PDF with multiple sheets for clear and easy viewing. I created a single assembly PDF template that contained a primary viewport on one page and independent viewports on the following pages to display the multiple configurations of the assembly.<\/p>\n


\nWith this template I would be able to easily print the published PDF and view the multiple configurations side by side. I even created a PDF template for each individual part of the assembly. One template was built for a multiple configuration part and the other was a simple part template.<\/p>\n

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Once I had my templates all set and ready to go all that was left was to publish a 3D PDF of the NIST assembly using SOLIDWORKS MBD. It\u2019s important to note the custom property placeholders and PDF text areas throughout my templates. With the use of these I can easily input information directly from my model into the PDF. I can even input my B.O.M tables. When publishing users are given the option to attach files directly to the PDF so I attached each individual part 3D PDF to the assembly 3D PDF. All the needed information was easily transferred in a matter of a few clicks from SOLIDWORKS into a single clean and easy to read PDF file. Once published, I filled in my notes directly within Adobe and the PDF was all set. I would say 3D PDF\u2019s passed the test in my book!<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0the full interactive 3D PDF here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Figure 6: Published 3D PDF of NIST assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Figure 7: Individual parts directly attached to assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Figure 8: Assembly Configuration A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Figure 9: Assembly Configuration B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Figure 10: Configuration comparison for NIST_07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Figure 11: Individual part 3D PDF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reference:
\n[1]lipman, Lubell, Hedberg, Feeney, Frechette,2017, \u201cMBE PMI Validation and Conformance Testing Project.\u201d From https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/el\/systems-integration-division-73400\/mbe-pmi-validation-and-conformance-testing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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