This past April, the MBE Summit returned with the addition of the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium's (DMSC) QIF Summit. Held at MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) headquarters in Chicago, IL, the dual event brought together experts from academia, government, and industry. The MBE Summit provided a platform for participants to discuss challenges, implementation issues, and lessons learned related to design, manufacturing,…
A discussion at a past DMSC General Membership Meeting was enriched by the expertise of our DMSC board member, Sam Gambrell, on the topic of 2D QIF. The discussion indicated some confusion in the QIF community regarding the ability of QIF to support 2D drawings. [caption id="attachment_4807" align="alignleft" width="199"] Sam Gambrell, Director, DMSC Board of Directors[/caption] Since this is an…
One of the goals of the recent MBE/QIF Summit was to encourage dialogue among proponents of two standards – the STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product model data) community and the QIF (Quality Information Framework) community. Individually, both standards are well-known in the industrial manufacturing universe, and each comes from different starting concepts on the design vs quality approach…
The American National Standard (ANS), QIF 3.0 (Quality Information Framework), was formally approved and published by ANSI in 2018. That ANSI standard was submitted to and approved by ISO in 2020 as ISO 23952:2020. The DMSC has been working on expanding and updating QIF 3.0 through the Working Group (WG) process. Composed of an interested group of companies and individuals…
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