ISO 14306-1:2024

International
Standard
ISO 14306-1
First edition
Industrial automation systems
2024-08
and integration — JT file format
specification for 3D visualization —
Part 1:
Overview and fundamental
principles
Systèmes d'automatisation industrielle et integration —
Spécification de format de fichier JT pour visualisation 3D. —
Partie 1: Aperçu et Principes Fondamentaux
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1 Terms and definitions .1
3.2 Abbreviated terms .1
4 Overview of the ISO 14306 series . 2
4.1 Overview of the purpose of the ISO 14306 series .2
4.2 Overview of the scope of the ISO 14306 series .2
4.3 Fundamental principles of the ISO 14306 series .2
4.4 Structure of the ISO 14306 series .2
5 Conformance . 3
5.1 Conformance classes .3
5.2 General file structure .3
5.3 Precise geometry .3
Annex A (normative) Information object registration. 4
Bibliography . 5

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Foreword
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Introduction
The ISO 14306 series describes a file format which is used in industry for the representation of computer-
interpretable 3D product data. The objective of the industrial user when using data contained in the format
described in the ISO 14306 format is 3D visualization to enable collaboration, validation and information
sharing throughout the extended enterprise.
The file format description is flexible in design focusing on compression for compact and efficient 3D data
representations. Computer Aided Design (CAD) models, represented as data according to the ISO 14306
format are significantly smaller than the size of the original authored CAD data. Software applications that
use this description focus on workflows requiring high-performance, both capturing and repurposing of
lightweight 3D data that includes content such as product assembly structure and
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