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Summary
Name	Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES)
Version	5.x
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: model/iges PUID: x-fmt/158
Family
Classification	Model
Disclosure
Description	Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, or IGES, establishes information structures for the digital representation and exchange of product definition data. It supports exchanging this data among Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD and CAM, respectively) systems. IGES defines file structure and language formats to represent geometric, topographical, and non-geometric product definition data. These formats are independent of the modeling method used, and they support data exchange using physical media or electronic communication protocols.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released	01 Dec 1999
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description	Further information about this file format can be obtained at http://www.wiz-worx.com/iges5x/version5x/version5x.pdf
Last updated	28 Aug 2012
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