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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 172, Optics and photonics, Subcommittee SC 1, Fundamental standards.

This third edition cancels and replaces ISO 10110-1:2006 and ISO 10110-10:2004, which have been technically revised and merged into one single document.

The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:

A list of all parts in the ISO 10110 series can be found on the ISO website.

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This document specifies the general layout of drawings and provides examples of indications in the ISO 10110 series, which standardizes drawing indications for optical elements and systems.

This document specifies the presentation in drawings of the characteristics, including the tolerances, of optical elements and systems. This document also includes the popular tabular format, formerly presented in ISO 10110-10. This tabular format, now described in 5.1, is the preferred format for ISO 10110 drawings.

Rules for preparation of technical drawings as well as for dimensioning and tolerancing are given in various ISO Standards. These general standards apply to optical elements and systems only if the necessary rules are not given in the various parts of ISO 10110.

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

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