ISO/TS 13399-306:2018 PDF

Overview

ISO/TS 13399-306:2018 is a Technical Specification in the ISO 13399 series that defines a concept for designing and exchanging simplified 3D models of drilling and countersinking tool items that use indexable inserts. It specifies the model design, required properties and value domains, and the format for simplified 3D models intended for data exchange between CAD/CAM systems, tool vendors and manufacturing IT systems. The document covers multiple drill and countersink types but excludes broader topics such as storage applications, 3D modeling concepts for other tool families, adaptive/assembly items, and auxiliary items.

Key topics and requirements

• Modeling framework: Primary coordinate system (PCS), cutting-part coordinate systems, planes and adjustment coordinate systems on the workpiece side.
• Design of simplified 3D models: Guidelines for geometry representation suitable for data exchange (not full-detail CAD models).
• Insert properties: Required property sets for different insert geometries (equilateral, non-equilateral, equiangular/non-equiangular) and the design of pocket-seat features.
• Tool families covered: Twist drills, step drills, core drills, face and step countersinking tools, trepanning drills, bell-style and reverse countersinks, step drills for adjustable solid drills, and twist drills designed for drilling blades/inserts.
• Assembly and detail rules: How to represent chip flutes, pocket seats, mounted insert positions, fixing threads, contact/clamping surfaces, chamfers and roundings.
• Data exchange model: Requirements for the simplified model suitable for interoperability between systems; includes normative and informative elements (annex on nominal dimensions).

Practical applications

• Tool manufacturers: Create standardized, exchangeable 3D representations of indexable-insert drills and countersinks for catalogs and CAM libraries.
• CAD/CAM vendors and integrators: Implement consistent import/export of simplified cutting tool models to ensure correct tool geometry and mounting positions in machining simulations and NC programming.
• Production engineers & CAM programmers: Use standardized 3D tool data to reduce setup errors, improve toolpath accuracy and accelerate tooling selection.
• PLM/PDM and digital manufacturing: Feed simplified models into tool management systems, MES, and Industry 4.0 workflows for interoperable tooling data.

Related standards

• Part of the ISO 13399 family (cutting tool data representation and exchange). ISO/TS 13399-306:2018 focuses specifically on drills and countersinking tools for indexable inserts; other parts of ISO 13399 cover additional tool types, data dictionaries and exchange formats.

Keywords: ISO/TS 13399-306:2018, cutting tool data representation, 3D models, indexable inserts, drills, countersinking tools, tool data exchange, CAD/CAM interoperability.