en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) announced that its Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) v1.0 standard has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard. This standard aims to provide a consistent and interoperable method for identifying, defining, and exchanging product characteristics in digital engineering models.
Designated as DMSC MBC v1.0 – 2026, the standard is formally titled "Persistent Identification and Related Digital Practices." It seeks to replace manual interpretation of traditional engineering drawings with machine-readable characteristic definitions. Through this approach, the standard enhances automation, improves data quality, and strengthens digital continuity throughout the product lifecycle.
ANSI's approval confirms that the standard has undergone a rigorous, consensus-based review process involving stakeholders from industry, government, academia, and technology providers. This certification reflects broad industry consensus, providing confidence for organizations adopting the standard in their digital transformation efforts.
DMSC President Curtis Brown stated that as organizations transition to a digital Model-Based Enterprise (MBE), standardized digital product characteristics provide a critical connection point, extending the digital thread directly to the product definition itself. By establishing a common, machine-readable language for characteristics, the MBC standard enables higher levels of automation, improved interoperability, and more trustworthy digital product information across the entire supply chain.
The MBC standard complements the DMSC's Quality Information Framework (QIF) standard, providing a standardized mechanism for defining and exchanging product characteristics between engineering, manufacturing, inspection, and quality systems, further strengthening end-to-end digital interoperability.
The standard is expected to benefit industries with high requirements for precise product definition and quality verification, including aerospace, defense, automotive, medical devices, and industrial equipment. Software developers, metrology providers, and system integrators can leverage the standard to create interoperable solutions, thereby reducing implementation costs and eliminating ambiguity in digital product definitions.
Download the MBC 1.0 standard: https://qifstandards.org/model-based-characteristics-standard/
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