STEP Tools Weekly newsletter for August 3

[Martin Hardwick]

This weekly newsletter is a brief update of what is going on in STEP
and at STEP Tools, Inc.  If you want to know more, try the STEP Tools
web site (http://www.steptools.com) or the contact for each article.

No newsletter was sent last week because the editor deserved a
vacation.

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EXPRESS to HTML Translation Service

A new EXPRESS compiler has been installed on the Translation Service.
The new compiler generates HTML pages that are comprehensively indexed
to make it easy for you to browse an EXPRESS schema using a world wide
web browser.

      http://www.steptools.com/translate/

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EXPRESS-X for AP-224 and ISO 14649

AP-224 is the STEP Application Protocol for Process Planning using
Manufacturing Features. ISO 14649 will be a new ISO standard for
machine tools that uses EXPRESS to define the working steps that
a milling machine tool needs to execute to make a part. The two
standards are similar but different because the features needed
for process planning are not the same as the features needed for
a milling machine.

An EXPRESS-X Mapping has been written to show how AP-224 data can
be translated into ISO 14649 data. The mapping finds the features
in AP-224 that can be translated into ISO 14649 features and defines
a view of those features that can be used to create the ISO 14649
working steps.

      http://www.steptools.com/express-x/homepage.html

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Translation Service Statistics

The following is a usage summary for our translation service.
For more information see http://www.steptools.com/translate

Summary:
	Total usage: 937
	Successful usage: 605 (64%)
	Errors: 332 (35%)

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Our Products

If you are interested in classes, consulting or any of the products
listed please contact info at steptools.com

Programming Tools:
* ST-Developer is a programming tool for writing product data applications.
* ST-ORACLE is an SQL programming tool for moving product data into
  and out of ORACLE databases. 
* ST-ObjectStore is an ObjectStore binding of ST-Developer for moving
  product data into and out of ObjectStore databases.
* ST-PowerModel moves product data into and out of PowerModel
  databases for Level IV (knowledge base) applications.
* ST-WebPublisher is a set of programming tools for managing product
  data on the Internet.
* ST-ACIS Library is a library of programming functions to convert
  product data files into ACIS (.sat) files and vice versa.

Desktop Tools:
* ST-EXPRESS is a desktop tool to visualize product data schemas.
* ST-ACIS Translator is a desktop tool for translating product
  data to ACIS and vice versa.
* ST-Visualizer is a desktop tool to view, analyze and check the
  accuracy of product databases.

Data Exchange Tools:
* ST-WebExchange is a world wide web server for sharing product data
  using translation, visualization and annotation services.

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