June 18th 2015, Slide Pack from the webinar: Optimize S1000D & ATA Technical Illustration Production

1. Presenter:
David Manock
Optimize S1000D & ATA
Technical Illustration Production
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Welcome to the Webinar
18th June 2015
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2. Agenda
• Welcome
• David Manock – President – Vizualsite
• Webinar Housekeeping
• Company Overview
• Leonardo Overview
• Live Product Demo
• Webinar Summary
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3. Webinar Housekeeping
• All participants audio will be on mute
• Please ask questions or comments using panel
highlighted in red
• Answers will probably provided post webinar, dependent
on the volume received
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4. Company Overview
• Vizualsite over 20 years experience in the Technical
Publications industry
• Services
• Arbortext IsoDraw & Editor – Consultancy and Training
• S1000D, iSpec 2200 and DITA Specification - Consultancy and Training
• Software Development Services
• Stylesheets - XSLT
• Integration - API
• Macro Development
• Vizualsite & Partner Products

5. Overview
• CGM: Computer Graphics Metafile
• an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standard for vector
and composite vector/raster picture definition since 1987
2D Technical Illustrations/Graphics
the ATA and S1000D Specification
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6. Introduction
• The context: production of 2D technical illustrations within
the standards of the Aerospace & Defense sectors
• S1000D and ATA iSpec 2200
• Projects expect illustrations that are fit-for-purpose and
specifications compliant
• File validation against CGM profiles
• Visual inspection against style and format rules
• We insist on valid XML for exchange, we must expect the
same for graphical content
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7. Focus on CGM
• CGM: a standard for the storage and exchange of 2D vector
graphics, raster graphics and text defined by ISO/IEC 8632
• The CGM format is a very complex way to describe a 2D vector
drawing
• The core ISO CGM specification includes everything you should ever
need to define a drawing
• The core ISO CGM specification also includes many features and
concepts that you will rarely need…
• To make sense of the complexity, CGM Profiles limit or extend the
core ISO CGM specification
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8. What is a CGM profile?
• CGM Profiles may be layered to further refine the CGM
definition…
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ISO/IEC 8632-1 (1999-12-15) CGM
Model Profile Edition 2
WebCGM Profile Edition 2.1
S1000D Profile

9. What is a CGM profile?
• A CGM profile contains up to 170 requirement clauses for CGM content
• A further 21 requirements for CGM generators and viewers
• ‘Simple’ example:
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10. Illustration – Mode of Presentation
• Each specification demands profile
compliance, but what about the style
and format of the illustration?
• S1000D devotes 72 pages to the
visual style while ATA iSpec 2200
manages 165 pages…
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11. Illustration Business Rules
• These presentation requirements are NOT handled by CGM
profile compliance!
• The style and format are classed as illustration business rules
• Definitions for:
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 Allowed Image areas
 ICN/GNBR format
 Line and edge weights
 Font sizes
 Hotspot definitions
 Color definitions
 Plus others…

12. The Leonardo Product Suite
• Mastering the creation, change and validation of standards-
compliant technical illustrations
• Leonardo S1000D & ATA: The Illustrator’s tools for rapid S1000D
and ATA iSpec 2200 compliant content production.
• LeoValidate: A high-performance batch validation solution for CGM-
based technical graphics.
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Leonardo S1000D
Leonardo ATA
LeoValidate
Arbortext
IsoDraw

13. Leonardo S1000D & Leonardo ATA
• Based on PTC Arbortext IsoDraw
• Compatible with :
• IsoDraw Foundation 7 & IsoDraw CADprocess 7 (7.0 to 7.3)
• IsoDraw is the world-leading technical illustration software
• Seamlessly integrated as an extension application
• Available in French, English and German
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14. Benefits for the Technical Illustrator
• Predefined working environments for getting your
illustrations started quickly
• Line Styles, Pens, Text Size and font, Colors
• Create/Modify Illustrations
• While conforming to Standards and Project Business Rules
• Speed-up time-consuming, repetitive series of commands
• Use the Right Output Format, associated with the required
CGM Profile
• … Master the complexity of ATA iSpec 2200 and S1000D
Specifications
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15. Benefits for the Technical Illustrator (2)
• Profiles corresponding to the chosen project
• S1000D
• ATA iSpec 2200
• A Leonardo Profile contains
• Attributes definition (pens, texts, colors)
• Image area definitions
• ICN/GNBR format rules
• Hotspot naming conventions
• Export format definition
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16. Benefits for the Technical Illustrator (3)
• Define the navigation
• Views
• Locators
• Sections
• Define callouts
• Simple callouts
• Complex callouts
• Information tools
• Dimensions
• Extraction arrows
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17. Benefits for the Technical Illustrator (4)
• Hotspot (definition & data) is created automatically and
simultaneously with the drawing
• Rules follow the specifications as well project specific, user
defined Business Rules
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18. Benefits for the Technical Illustrator (5)
• Verify that all the graphic information is compliant with the
project definitions
• Check all graphic elements and text
• Errors displayed in a log file
• Indication of the element error, with the type of error
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19. Leonardo
S1000D & ATA
Live Demonstration

20. Leonardo - Summary
• Substantially reduce production costs
• Improve quality of delivered data and minimize rework
• Shorten production and revision cycles
• Ability to verify the illustration conformance to the standards
• Optimize production workflow
• No deep knowledge of the specifications required
• Provide better service for your customers
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