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NIST Pubs

Status of PDES-Related Activities

Author(s)
Cita M. Furlani, Joan Wellington, Sharon J. Kemmerer
This report describes the standards and testing activities that relate to PDES (Product Data Exchange using STEP). PDES is the name given to the United States

QDES User

Author(s)
Steve Clark
QDES, the Quick-and-Dirty Editor for STEP, is intended to provide a temporary facility for adding tolerancing and other data to a PDES geometric model. The

NIST Express Working Form Programmer

Author(s)
Steve Clark
The Product Data Exchange Specification (PDES) is an emerging standard for the exchange of product information among various manufacturing applications. PDES
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