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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Model-based definition of physical objects is not to be confused with <a href="Model-based_design" title="Model-based design">model-based design</a> of software.</div>
<p><b>Model-based definition</b> (<b>MBD</b>), sometimes called <b>digital product definition</b> (<b>DPD</b>), is the practice of using <a href="3D_modeling" title="3D modeling">3D models</a> (such as <a href="Solid_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Solid model">solid models</a>, 3D <a href="Product_and_manufacturing_information" title="Product and manufacturing information">PMI</a> and associated metadata) within 3D <a href="Computer-aided_drafting" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer-aided drafting">CAD</a> software to define (provide specifications for) individual components and product assemblies. The types of information included are <a href="Geometric_dimensioning_and_tolerancing" title="Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing">geometric dimensioning and tolerancing</a> (GD&amp;T), component level materials, assembly level <a href="Bill_of_materials" title="Bill of materials">bills of materials</a>, engineering configurations, design intent, etc. By contrast, other methodologies have historically required accompanying use of 2D <a href="Engineering_drawing" title="Engineering drawing">engineering drawings</a> to provide such details.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_of_the_3D_digital_data_set">Use of the 3D digital data set</h2></div>
<p>Modern 3D CAD applications allow for the insertion of engineering information such as dimensions, GD&amp;T, notes and other product details within the 3D digital data set for components and assemblies. MBD uses such capabilities to establish the 3D digital data set as the source of these specifications and design authority for the product. The 3D digital data set may contain enough information to manufacture and inspect product without the need for <a href="Engineering_drawings" class="mw-redirect" title="Engineering drawings">engineering drawings</a>. Engineering drawings have traditionally contained such information.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In many instances, use of some information from 3D digital data set (e.g., the solid model) allows for <a href="Rapid_prototyping" title="Rapid prototyping">rapid prototyping</a> of product via various processes, such as <a href="3D_printing" title="3D printing">3D printing</a>. A manufacturer may be able to feed 3D digital data directly to manufacturing devices such as <a href="Numerical_control" class="mw-redirect" title="Numerical control">CNC machines</a> to manufacture the final product.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Limited_Dimension_Drawing">Limited Dimension Drawing</h2></div>
<p><b>Limited Dimension Drawing</b> (<b>LDD</b>), sometimes <b>Reduced Dimension Drawing</b>, are 2D drawings that only contain critical information, noting that all missing information is to be taken from an associated 3D model.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For companies in transition to <b>MBD</b> from traditional 2D documentation a Limited Dimension Drawing allows for referencing 3D geometry while retaining a 2D drawing that can be used in existing corporate procedures. Only limited information is placed on the 2D drawing and then a note is placed to notify manufactures they must build off the 3D model for any dimensions not found on the 2D drawing.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standardization">Standardization</h2></div>
<p>In 2003, <a href="ASME" class="mw-redirect" title="ASME">ASME</a> published the <a href="ASME_Y14.41" title="ASME Y14.41">ASME Y14.41</a> <i>Digital Product Definition Data Practices</i>, which was revised in 2012 and again in 2019. The standard provides for the use of many MBD aspects, such as GD&amp;T display and other annotation behaviors within 3D modelling environment. ISO 16792<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> standardizes MBD within the ISO standards, sharing many similarities with the ASME standard. Other standards, such as ISO 1101 and of AS9100 also make use of MBD.
</p><p>In 2013, the <a href="United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> released MIL-STD-31000 Revision A to codify the use of MBD as a requirement for technical data packages (TDP).
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="ASME_Y14.41" title="ASME Y14.41">ASME Y14.41</a></li>
<li><a href="CAD_standards" title="CAD standards">CAD standards</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://model-based-enterprise.org/Docs/MIL-STD-31000A%20released%20on%20ASSIST%203%2013%202013.pdf">"MIL-STD-31000 Rev A"</a>, p36, 26 February 2013. Retrieved on 23 April 2015.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thilmany, Jean, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/design/digital-tolerance">"Digital Tolerance"</a>, "MBD is a method of annotating computer-aided design models with geometric and tolerancing information that allows engineers to draw directly onto a 3-D model.", ASME.org, March 2011. Retrieved on 23 April 2015.</span>
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