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Imagine a manufacturer picking up a machined part and being able to see data on that part’s geometry, how it’s assembled, and its product manufacturing
STEP (ISO 10303) is a widely-used standard for representing and exchanging data about manufactured parts and assemblies. NIST and the Systems Integration
ASTM just released a standard “dictionary” for defining, analyzing, and sharing additive manufacturing (AM) data. Existing AM data are stored in different