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I’m sure they’ll hold on to all the Cad Data, the issue is making sure all the suppliers have the Cad data for tooling and parts, it’s unlikely coming back after going away.

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Just hope that they keep it in the right version of CATIA: https://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/a380_delayed... [Kind of annoying that the Bloomberg article is referenced all over the place, but that Bloomberg's site has broken the link]

Edit: More technical link: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=770047

The latest revision of the CAD standard used to exchange designs between different software is going through the final stages. It contains changes to explicitly model the stuff needed for wiring harnesses to avoid the problem seen with the A380.

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