Designation:D6963−13StandardTerminologyRelatingtoSewnProductsAutomation1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6963;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisstandardisacompilationofallterminology,whichisrelatedandspecifictoSewnProductsAutomation.1.2Diagramsandillustrationincludedinthiscompilationareintendedtoprovideabetterunderstandingoftheconceptsdefined.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D6673PracticeforSewnProductsPatternDataInterchange—DataFormatD6674GuideforProficiencyTestProgramforFabrics3.Terminologyalternategradereferenceline,n—anoptionalinternallinewhoseorientationisusedforthe“x”axisofagraderule.DISCUSSION—Theapplicationofagraderulewillbeorientedtothegradereferencelineunlessanalternategradereferencelineisspecified.(Seegradereferenceline.)annotationtext,n—optionalusertextthatcanbespecificallydefinedanddisplayedwhenthepatternpieceisplotted.DISCUSSION—Annotationtextisusuallyplacedinspecificlocationswithinthepieceboundarytoidentifyimportantinformationsuchasthedrillholediameter.basesize,n—thedigitizedorcreatedsizeofastyle.(Seesamplesize.)block,n—forcuttingstandarddef.,asequenceofcommandswithinacutfileandwhichactivatearesponsebytheautomatedfabriccutter.DISCUSSION—Ablockkeywordshouldbeusedtoidentifythestartofinformationforapatternpieceandanendblockkeywordisusedtostopthedataexchange.command,n—atwolettersequence,alwayswrittenincapitalletters,thatgovernsinterpretationofformatteddata.Alsoknownasasyntaxcommand.curveinterpolationpoint,n—thoseintermediatepointsgen-eratedbetweencurvepointsbymeansofaCADvendor’ssystemcurveinterpolationalgorithm;thosepointsusedtocreateacurveinordertorepresentacontour.curvepoint,n—auserdefinedpointonacontour.DISCUSSION—Whenacurveinterpolationalgorithmisusedtogener-ateacurve,theresultingcu...
