{"id":1279,"date":"2025-02-14T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/?page_id=1279"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:35:17","slug":"usecases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/pdm\/usecases\/","title":{"rendered":"PDM Use Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page provides high-level description documents of the industrial Use Cases covered by the PDM-IF AP242 Recommended Practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Product and Assembly Structure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Use Case Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Current Version<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><em>Exchange of fundamental PDM capabilities of a Product Assembly Structure<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_PDM_capabilities_on_Assembly_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1292\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>February 2021<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Exchange of as-designed<\/em> <em>and as-planned product structures<\/em> <em>for manufacturing engineering<\/em> <em>purpose<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_As-Designed_As-Planned_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1291\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>December 2019<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Exchange of Alternate and Substitute Parts<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_Alternate_and_Substitute_Parts_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1289\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>January 2023<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Exchange of a Product Assembly with Export<\/em> <em>Control data based on Data Classification and Export Licenses<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_ExportControl_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1290\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>June 2024<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Exchange of a Product Assembly with Fasteners information<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_Fasteners_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1293\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>June 2024<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Exchange of multiple identifiers and multiple languages<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_Multi-Identifiers_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1294\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>June 2021<\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configuration Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Use Case Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Current Version<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><em>Exchange of Product Configuration based on Serial Effectivities<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_Configuration_Effectivity_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1295\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>January 2023<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Exchange of a Product Assembly with Version Branch Effectivities<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_VersionBranchEffectivity_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1296\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>December 2023<\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Use Case Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Current Version<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><em>Exchange of Work Order for Design Change<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_Work_Order_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1297\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>December 2023<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Exchange of design issues with redlining information (so-called \u201cVisual Issue Management\u201d &#8211; VIM)<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PDM-IF_Use_case_VIM_v1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1298\">Version 1.0<\/a><br><small>February 2021<\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security Classification and Export Control<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Use Case Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Current Version<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><em>Exchange of a Product Definition with Export Control information based on Security Classification and Export License<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PDM-IF_UseCase_ExportControl_v0.8.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1638\">Version 0.8<\/a><br><small>April 2026<\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page provides high-level description documents of the industrial Use Cases covered by the PDM-IF AP242 Recommended Practices. Product and Assembly Structure Use Case Name Current Version Exchange of fundamental PDM capabilities of a Product Assembly Structure Version 1.0February 2021 Exchange of as-designed and as-planned product structures for manufacturing engineering purpose Version 1.0December 2019 Exchange of Alternate and Substitute Parts Version 1.0January 2023 Exchange of a Product Assembly with Export Control data based on Data Classification and Export Licenses Version 1.0June 2024 Exchange of a Product Assembly with Fasteners information Version 1.0June 2024 Exchange of multiple identifiers and multiple languages Version 1.0June 2021 Configuration Management Use Case Name Current Version Exchange of Product Configuration based on Serial Effectivities Version 1.0January 2023 Exchange of a Product Assembly with Version Branch Effectivities Version 1.0December 2023 Change Management Use Case Name Current Version Exchange of Work Order for Design Change Version 1.0December 2023 Exchange of design issues with redlining information (so-called \u201cVisual Issue Management\u201d &#8211; VIM) Version 1.0February 2021 Security Classification and Export Control Use Case Name Current Version Exchange of a Product Definition with Export Control information based on Security Classification and Export License Version 0.8April 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":84,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1279","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1279\/revisions\/1640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbx-if.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}