PDM-UG: Part Properties

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The PDM Schema allows specifying properties associated with parts. A property is the definition of a special quality and may reflect physics or arbitrary, user defined measurements. A general pattern for instantiating property information is used in the PDM Schema. A number of pre-defined property type names are also proposed for use when appropriate.

A special case of part properties is that of the part shape property - a representation of the geometrical shape model of the part. Various relationships are defined between external geometrical models to represent geometric model structure and the associated transformation information required for digital mock-up of assembly structures.