This part of ISO 10303 specifies the use of integrated resources necessary for the scope and information requirements for the analysis and related design of composite and metallic structural parts. This part of ISO 10303 satisfies the need for the exchange of computer-interpretable composite and metallic structural product definitions, including product shape, associated finite element analysis (FEA) models, material properties, and analysis results.

The following are within the scope of this part of ISO 10303:

• the definition of composite structural parts;
• the definition of metallic structural parts;
• linear static finite element analysis;
• linear modes and frequencies finite element analysis;
• the product definition and configuration control information pertaining to the design through analysis stages of a product's development;
• the information relating the part to the adjoining components in an assembly by either explicit or external reference;
• the 2D and 3D models depicting the product shape;
• the five types of geometric and topologic model representations:
  • wireframe and surface without topology;
  • wireframe geometry with topology;
  • manifold surfaces with topology;
  • faceted boundary representation;
  • advanced boundary representation.
• the representations for design and analysis disciplines and the association of nominal design shape, idealized analysis shape, and finite element node shape representations;
• the association of the constituents of composite and metallic parts with the constituent shape model;
• the depiction of composite laminate tables describing the material, stacking sequence, ply orientation, and constituents of the composite or a portion of the composite with a defined shape;
• the identification of material specifications from internal and external sources and their properties for a specific operating environment;
• the finite element analysis model, analysis controls, and analysis results information;
• the plane stress and simple plane strain types of linear static and linear modes and frequencies finite element structural analyses;
• the graphical presentation of:
  • finite element model maps;
  • analysis output information displays on top of the finite element model mesh;
  • line drawings or images which document the part aspects subjected to detail analysis.
• the tabular presentation of the analysis assumptions, loadings, and critical locations in finite element and detail analysis performed for the assessment of the margin of safety;
• the administrative information necessary to track the approval and configuration control of the design and analysis of a product at a point in the life cycle when approval and configuration control are necessary;
• the identification of the supplier of a product, design, or analysis and, where required by an organization, the qualification information for the supplier;
• a change to a design and an analysis, including information to identify the change, at a point in the life cycle when tracking a change is necessary;
• the identification, when required, of the contract under which a design is developed and an analysis is performed;
• the identification of the security classification of a part;
• the explicit representation of a bill-of-material.