Eye on Integration (CAD/CAM Systems)

Kandu's Lathan, also part of the committee, has been involved in the production of the DDES3 draft since 1993. He points to two of the many issues addressed by the standard: line types and measurement tolerances.

With DDES3, committee members have aimed to establish control over the connection between the type of line drawn on-screen and the physical reality of that line as rendered by the final product. DDES3 provides a standardized set of different line types, Lathan says, to clarify whether a given line represents a perforation, crease, cut, etc.