TPI Circles Back to SBCA Solution for Cross-Platform Initiative

The Truss Plate Institute (TPI) announced in a July update to its Cross-Platform Initiative Blog that it is building upon Uniform Data Standard (UDS), developed by SBCA’s IT Committee. TPI’s CPI Workgroup initially evaluated a BTLx format that is a free standard used for data exchange between different design software and machines, but determined it was not best suited for the component manufacturing industry.

The CPI Workgroup is continuing to determine its next steps for the development of a universal file format for the component manufacturing industry.  It will soon begin drafting a document describing units of work that would communicate with equipment using the UDS as its foundation. The Workgroup is scheduled to meet again toward the end of July and should have another update during SBCA’s Open Quarterly Meeting, August 6-8 in Savannah, Georgia.

For more information about the on-going progress on this TPI Initiative, visit the Cross-Platform Initiative Blog.

For more information on TPI’s CPI, please read the related articles below:

• Update on the TPI Cross-Platform Initiative
• Expanding Component Manufacturing Innovation: Introduction to the SBCA Unified File Format
• Update on TPI's Cross-Platform Equipment Initiative
• Cross-Platform Initiative Aims for 'Plug and Play' Equipment