Description of useful engineering data content for open collaborative mechanical engineering
Q: What information and data is required for community development of mechanical engineering systems?
A: Finding an answer to this question is the subject of this repository. You may want to use the Discussions feature of this repo.
Q: How to edit the file?
A: One choice is LibreOffice Draw
Q: Why would we need native CAD files when we have STEP 3d files?
A: Native files contain system design parameters that control the development intent for assemblies and systems.
There are different approaches between different CAD systems; too numerous to list. A good example is top-down design; explained here: https://youtu.be/ycvaCOCResU
Snapshot of diagram:
