ISO 10303-46:2011

Industrial automation systems and integration — Product data representation and exchange — Part 46: Integrated generic resource: Visual presentation

Scope

ISO 10303-46:2011 specifies the integrated resource constructs for Visual
presentation.

ISO 10303-46:2011 specifies the integrated resources for the visualization
of displayable product information. Presentation data as described in ISO
10303-46:2011 are combined with product data and are exchanged together between
systems with the aim that the receiving system can construct one or several
pictures of the product information suitable for human perception.

ISO 10303-46:2011 specifies the generic resources required to describe the
desired visual appearance of product information in its picture. The actual
generation of the picture from the product information and its presentation data
is left to the receiving system. The actual depiction can deviate from this
target because of limitations in the capabilities of graphics systems.

Product information can be visualized in two ways: either by realistic,
life-like images according to the rules of projective geometry and light
propagation and reflection, or by symbolic presentations that conform with
draughting standards and conventions. ISO 10303-46:2011 supports both types of
presentations. The two types of visualization processes require different kinds
of graphical transformations and these can be combined in the same picture.