ENGDAT is a specification which describes how CAD/CAM files and other engineering data can be transferred electronically between two parties.

Each ENGDAT transmission consists of a single EDI message and one or more CAD/CAM files. The EDI message is used to describe the files within the exchange, their format, generating system and any drawings contained within each file.

This allows a group or ‘folder’ of information to be transmitted between trading partners. The folder may contain a number of different files, each containing technical engineering data such as CAD/CAM drawings. These files may be in any number of different formats, and may have been generated by a variety of applications.

An ENGDAT package is the set of data files to be sent using an ENGDAT message i.e. the EDI message itself and all engineering data files linked to the message.

Version 3 of the message, updated by SASIG with 160 new changes and published jointly by Odette and SASIG, is a global message which takes into account all known requirements in the North American, Japanese and European automotive industries.

The deployment of this global message is now under way with the intention to promote its usage by proposing an up to date single solution for the exchange of technical data.

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