At our June 28, 2022 QIF Tech Series Coffee Chat (1), Action Engineering CEO Jennifer Herron demonstrated how the Quality Information Framework Version (QIF) 3.0 defines the BoC as a list of all the characteristics applied to a product. If your team is working hard to create good GD&T as 3D annotations that robustly enable your producers the flexibility to fabricate your products while still maintaining your design requirements, that good data demands good interoperability. Model-Based Definition (MBD) is 3D CAD data that is digitally authored to be used automatically by manufacturing and quality engineers and planners to speed up fabrication and inspection in a highly accurate way. You must have the part built the right way while keeping costs low. That’s what GD&T was invented for. Now MBD leverages QIF to make that process digital; speeding up time to market and decreasing quality escapes.

Jennifer shared in an earlier Action Engineering news article how to maximize the QIF standard:

“Leveraging the modern QIF standard, the information in the annotations automatically populates the Bill of Characteristics, so all that data re-entry goes away. Then we take the semantic PMI, the associated geometry with its annotations, and . . . with a click of a button . . . program a CMM machine, or automatically do quality data analysis. For point-cloud data like CT scanning, we can overlay the CT scan data on our MBD model.” (2)

This is very cool technology, and no doubt saves time and money during production, but what about your people? Jennifer talked about that benefit too. These 3D data transformation techniques increase communication between typically siloed departments, such as Engineering and Quality. Studies show that companies and organizations that communicate effectively are 4.5 times more likely to retain the best employees. Who doesn’t want to implement innovative technology while attracting and retaining the best talent?

How does this benefit your business? You can expect:
• Increased product quality by eliminating human error due to manual data re-entry
• Increased use, re-use, and automation of 3D CAD data
• Increased product throughput during First Article Inspection activities
• Increased employee communications using digital twin techniques, thereby increasing employee retention.

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If you have questions about the role QIF plays in the digital thread, contact DMSC Executive Director Mark Thomas, mark.thomas@qifstandards.org.

Sources:
1) Learn How to Use the Bill of Characteristics BoC as Your Digital Twin Catalyst, by Jennifer Herron, YouTube July 12, 2022
2) Model-Based Definition (MBD) and QIF, by Jennifer Herron April 11, 2022

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Elysium Major Product Update
Now Supports QIF 3.0

Software company Elysium has announced support for QIF 3.0 (Quality Information Framework) in the latest product update of their 3DxSUITE EX9, available August 1, 2021. This newest update offers primary support of QIF 3.0 with bi-directional translation and validation of the MBD portion. Elysium also supports change detection within QIF, as with any supported format.

Elysium’s inquiries for QIF have grown the over past couple of years and their level of QIF support continues to evolve, responding to increasing customer demand. Annalise Suzuki, VP of Technology and Engagement elaborates, “The MBE first-movers are increasing their MBE objectives from MBD visual aides to leveraging more from semantic information to achieve machine-readable workflows, which is where formats like QIF and STEP AP242 can add lifecycle value for automation. Based on the increased demand in this area, we are excited to add support for QIF 3.0, with continued collaboration from our innovative customers.”

DMSC President, Curtis Brown, reflects on this recent development, “We are very pleased to see continued demand by the MBD community as our valued DMSC solution providers, such as Elysium, respond to their customer’s requests to include QIF 3.0 support.”

“Our multi-CAD exchange and 3D interoperability expertise provide an ideal position to strongly support CAD & QIF connectivity, as well as validation,” says Kentaro Fukuta, Global Business General Manager at Elysium Japan.

As a current DMSC member, Elysium has been jointly working with both customers in industry and metrology vendors for QIF-supported workflows. For more information about Elysium support for QIF, click here.

The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC, Inc.), founded in 2005, is a non-profit consortium organization with the responsibility of developing and maintaining the QIF standard (ISO 23952:2020), and other metrology standards. The broader DMSC mission is to promote, foster, and develop interoperability standards and quality data frameworks for the manufacturing field of digital metrology. The purpose of these digital metrology standards is to positively impact the digital thread for the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE). The DMSC is an ANSI Accredited Standards Developing Organization, as well as an A-Liaison to ISO. The consortium invites participation within the consortium of other standards groups and activities that seek to resolve the technology and other issues of automated (digital) metrology.

Mark Thomas
Executive Director, DMSC, Inc.
mark.thomas@qifstandards.org
585-451-5800

Elysium is a software company that has been in the forefront of 3D geometry handling and data translation for over three decades. With the rapid spread of 3D data and move towards accomplishing MBD/MBE initiatives, Elysium has been providing industry leading 3D interoperability and point cloud solutions throughout the world including industry leaders such as Boeing, Daimler, Alpine F1 Team, Toyota and more than 3,500 other companies.

Elysium also has OEM partnerships with leading companies worldwide.

Elysium has its global headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan as well as R&D and marketing offices in the US and Europe. With more than 90 employees worldwide and a network of international partners and distributors, Elysium solutions have become the de facto standard for many world-class companies.

Annalise Suzuki
VP of Technology and Engagement, Elysium
annalise.suzuki@elysiuminc.com
248-799-9800

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August 24, 2021 @ 11am ET
Introduction to C++ for QIF
Presented by Tom Kramer (Guest Researcher, NIST and QIF/Software Developer)

Recorded Presentation: watch now

Abstract

Tom Kramer delivers an Introduction to C++ for QIF.

Tom Kramer has been a guest researcher for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) since 1984. He has been working with the DMSC for over 25 years, first on DMIS, then on QIF. Tom brings a technical perspective to QIF implementation following a code writing approach using a common coding language. Viewers gain a better understanding of what the QIF is, how it can be used and implemented, and why it is needed for the connected digital cyber/physical enterprise.

Recorded Presentation: watch now

The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) member QIF End Users & Solution Providers present QIF Tech Series topics monthly through November 2021.

The webinar series will focus on QIF-centric topics and related subjects such as GD&T and MBE. The 20-30 minute presentations may be introductory level or more advanced content, and are intended to educate a broad variety of QIF implementers or future users. There will be a 15 minute Q & A session after each of the presentations.

Webinar technical content is provided by both QIF End Users and QIF Solution Providers with the goal of sharing real-life QIF or related implementations by advanced manufacturing operations.

Click Here for all QIF Tech Series Coffee Chats scheduled for 2021.

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Starting in April 2021, the DMSC kicks off the QIF Tech Series. This will be a series of “Coffee Chat” webinars intended to inform and educate the Quality/Metrology community about Quality Information Framework (“QIF”) implementations and best practices.

End-users and Solution Providers (SP) are invited to present their perspectives on QIF topics in a relaxed, non-competitive webinar venue. Each “Coffee Chat” will be a 20-30 minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes for questions and answers.

End-Users are encouraged to share their experiences on the “QIF Journey” with real-world stories and insight as to the future of what is needed for QIF to continue its progress as a mainstream strategy.

Solution Providers can introduce themselves, discuss technical solutions and share how their offerings have become key components in the QIF implementations by End-Users. Sessions by the SPs are intended to be solution-focused, and will undoubtedly be an opportunity to acquaint the QIF community with what solutions are available and who can provide them.

The DMSC’s “Coffee Chat” sessions will be offered monthly (at a minimum) throughout the summer/fall.

Topics of interest:

• What is QIF: Where did it come from, and where is it heading?
• QIF End-User Implementation Success Story
• Model-Based Definition (MBD) & QIF topics
• GD&T topics & QIF
• How Metrology Standards Benefit Advanced Manufacturing Companies
• End Users and Solution Providers are encouraged to add other topics that may be of value

DMSC Member End-Users and Solution Providers are requested to submit QIF-centric topics they would like to discuss with the DMSC Quality/Metrology community. Several sessions have been scheduled for the upcoming months. We encourage you to develop your presentation concept and submit it soon for consideration; June is the next available slot on our schedule.

DMSC Members are invited to submit their presentation title & abstract to DMSC Executive Director Mark Thomas as soon as possible: mark.thomas@qifstandards.org

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