Engineering companies often require designers to work with and operate between different CAD systems. This motivates the necessity of having a neutral design standard for CAD models to facilitate generation, customization, and parameterization across multiple systems. Current standards often fail to incorporate file history, design intent, and are designed to be an intermediary format for translation. This research proposes a simplified, neutral design format based on XML that can be used to generate models in different CAD systems and versions. The format utilizes advanced features such as finding tools to address issues that arise due to directionality and selection without a user interface. To test the feasibility of the neutral format, scripts were made that generated a quadcopter and an airplane wing rib. Comparisons between the generated models in both NX and CATIA are performed to evaluate the accuracy, flexibility, and similarity of the results of the generated neutral XML design framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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