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• - CAD Format Information Wiki Pages (single PDF)

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• LIST OF PAGES:
• - 2D Drawings
• - 3D Formats Evaluation
• - Adobe Flash
• - Autodesk Navisworks
• - Formats In Archive
• - IndustryFoundationClasses
• - Internal Signatures
• - Public:Adobe 3D PDF
• - Public:Research Assistant Reports on CAD
• - References in Files
• - Revit
• - STEP
• - STEP/Comparing with Adobe 3D PDF

Links to Selected Documents

• - Report 01 CATIA
• - Report 02 AutoCAD 2006
• - Report 03 Gehry Documentation Guidelines
• - Report 04 STEP/IFC in CATIA AutoCAD
• - Report 05 STEP and IFC and relation between them
• - CATIA v4 to Adobe 3D PDF

Technical representation information on CAD and related file formats

Adobe 3D rendering of MIT Stata Center CAD model

Pages from the FACADE research project wiki that have been categorized as related to CAD Format Information

These include Technical representation information on CAD and related file formats. (See also the Digital Preservation Topic Page)

This set of wiki pages has been collected to a single PDF.

(Page sort order is alphabetical by title.)

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Brief Annotations on Topic Wiki Pages

2D Drawings

Considerations of how we handle 2D (as Sets, otherwise; treat as Selected Objects; include in Exhibit or not).

3D Formats Evaluation

A short survey of a few 3D modeling and/or graphical formats.

Adobe Flash

Some pros and cons re: Flash as a derivative format.

Autodesk Navisworks

Some notes on file formats this proprietary "hub & spoke" (somewhat "universal") reader tool can interpret.

Formats In Archive

Discussion re: the Format Categories determined for file formats to be archived: Original; Standards-Based Equivalent; Essential Geometry; Presentation/Dissemination Copy; Thumbnail.

IndustryFoundationClasses

Definition, comments on, collection of information about IFC.

Internal Signatures

Notes on the pattern or sequence of bytes within a file that is characteristic of a certain format; here for CAD formats primarily.

Public:Adobe 3D PDF

A detailed survey of Adobe's 3D PDF document format and its applicability to the FACADE project.

Public:Research Assistant Reports on CAD

Page with links to documents on CAD and derivatives generation, from School of Architecture and Planning graduate student research assistants.

• Report 01 CATIA
• Report 02 AutoCAD 2006
• Report 03 Gehry Documentation Guidelines
• Report 04 STEP/IFC in CATIA AutoCAD
• Report 05 STEP and IFC and relation between them
• CATIA v4 to Adobe 3D PDF

References in Files

Page that considers the challenge of CAD files that refer to (and include) others, when trying to archive all file components.

Revit

Includes information on Revit export options to IFC.

STEP

Information on CATIA models used for STEP export testing. Also STEP viewer (LV viewer)

STEP/Comparing with Adobe 3D PDF

Further details re: 'STEP to PDF via U3d' and 'STEP to PDF via PRC'

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