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4. Legal aspects of collaborative design
4.1 Intellectual property
The creation of a CAD model of a sub-assembly requires an investment based on know-how, and often results in an innovative solution. Diffusing this investment from the company, by transferring models to its customer or partner and, more generally, outside the company, can lead to spoliation of this intellectual property, which needs to be protected.
A first measure of protection is to ensure that the client or partner is satisfied with a "dead" model, i.e., one that has been purged of its embedded intelligence (the design rules used to create the model). A standardized format (ISO 10303, known as STEP) meets this need. It should be noted that this format is also an answer to the difficult question of long-term archiving.
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CAD file conversion
ACIS® SAT SAT files generated by Spatial Technologies®.
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Websites
A must-have encyclopedia that provides definitions and explanations of the various terms used in collaborative design. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accueil
The Dassault system glossary http://www.3ds.com/fr/plm-glossary/
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Directory
Some service providers and collaborative platforms
OREE http://www.oree.info (Opération Régionale pour l'Entreprise Etendue), a platform implemented by the Rhône-Alpes region's espace numérique entreprise. Collaborative work tools will be made available free of charge to companies in the region during the trial period.
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