Details of the changes in V2

Two enhancements have been added to the ENGDAT message, which is used extensively throughout the European automotive industry for transferring CAD/PDM files between business partners. These are:

1. Extension of the e-mail address from 35 characters to 70 characters in all segments where e-mail addresses are defined. This change was necessary, because in some cases e-mail addresses have more then 35 characters and therefore it was not always possible to use this segment properly.
2. Personal address code has been added into the Sender (SDE) and Receiver (RDE) segments. The address code in the segment allows the routing of the engineering files to a specific person and department within a company.

This additional field was necessary to avoid different cases of using fields for routing information like UNB segment, e-mail addresses, or some characters in the virtual file name. The new field standardises all the different used cases for routing incoming and outgoing data packages and simplifies data exchange management software and administration.

Notes for Software and Service Providers

The recommended implementation timetable for ENGDAT is as follows:

• ENGDAT V2 will run in parallel with V1 for a limited period of time.
• All data should be generated with V2 by the end of 2002.
• Reading of data can continue with V1 up to the end of 2003. Thereafter V1 will not be supported

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