ISO TC172 SC1 meetings in St. Gallen,
Switzerland went very well. The US presented
their proposed changes to ISO 10110-1, -10,
and -7, as well as ISO 14997. I think these
changes are very important to broader
adoption of the drawing notation standard.
We also had some great discussions on the
changes needed to allow us to specify
aspheric optics more completely.
This requires a major overhaul to the sections on surface form (Part 5) and centering (Part 6) which is being
led by the German delegation. A key decision we need to make is how to define "freeform" optics. All good
stuff, and I think we can expect some significant improvements to ISO 10110 in 2013 and 2014.
In February we will continue our discussions on adoption of the ISO notation through the National Adoption of
an International Standard (NAIS) process. We want to release the US version by the end of 2013, at least with
the fundamental sections. Come by the OEOSC Meetings at Photonics West to hear first-hand what is going
on.
