STEP Tools Weekly Newsletter for January 11

[Martin Hardwick]

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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).


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US TAG to submit NWI for EXPRESS-X

During a conference call last week the US TAG agreed to submit a New
Work Item for EXPRESS-X. The item will now be balloted and EXPRESS-X
will probably become Part 14 of STEP.

EXPRESS-X is a mapping language that can be used to find data in
EXPRESS defined databases and map data between EXPRESS defined
information models.


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ST-Developer v7 almost ready

ST-Developer version 7 is very nearly ready for shipment. The cynics
amongst you have probably heard that one before, but we are already
more than a month late and you can start looking at our web site for
the release notes and new editions of the programming manuals.


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New Features in SDAI C for v7

* Unset of Integer and Real.
* Schema instances.
* Optional interface to an EXPRESS interpreter for evaluation of WHERE
  rules, derived attribuges and global rules.
* Dynamic computation of SDAI dictionary from best available information.


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Translation Service Statistics

Summary:
Period Covered: Sun Jan  3 03:25:03 1999 -- Sun Jan 10 03:25:03 1999
Total usage: 107
Successful usage: 91 (85%)
Errors: 16 (14%)


Translator	total	errors	success rate

acis-ap203	11	0	100%
ap203-acis	44	6	86%
ap203-stl	3	2	33%
ap203-vrml	11	5	54%
ap203-xml	1	0	100%
ap203check	5	0	100%
expfront2	21	0	100%
express2html	1	0	100%
gifviz		10	3	70%

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All-Time stats

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Summary:
Period Covered: Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 -- Sun Jan 10 03:25:11 1999
Total usage: 2635
Successful usage: 2289 (86%)
Errors: 346 (13%)


Translator	total	errors	success rate

acis-ap203	541	17	96%
ap203-acis	977	116	88%
ap203-stl	55	20	63%
ap203-vrml	299	83	72%
ap203-xml	63	12	80%
ap203check	76	11	85%
expfront	124	17	86%
expfront2	45	0	100%
express2html	203	0	100%
expxfront	11	1	90%
gifviz		55	24	56%
iges-ap202	10	0	100%
sp203-xml	13	2	84%
steptoimage	163	43	73%

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Our Tools

Our tools have been used to implement the STEP translators of EDS
Unigraphics, Bentley Microstation, Alias Wavefront, IRONCAD, CADKEY
and many more. For more information on classes, consulting and any of
these tools contact info at steptools.com.

Programming:
* ST-Developer -- programming tools for writing STEP applications,
  translators and databases.

* ST-ORACLE -- SQL programming tool for moving STEP data into and
  out of ORACLE databases. 

* ST-ObjectStore -- ObjectStore binding of ST-Developer for moving
  STEP data into and out of ObjectStore databases.

* ST-PowerModel -- programming tools for moving STEP data into and
  out of PowerModel databases.

* ST-WebPublisher -- XML, JAVA, GIF and HTML programming tools for
  managing STEP data on the Internet.

* ST-ACIS Library -- programming functions to convert STEP data to 
  and from ACIS models and SAT files.

* ST-Parasolid Library -- programming functions to convert STEP data to 
  and from Parasolid models.

Desktop:
* ST-EXPRESS -- desktop tool to visualize EXPRESS schemas.

* ST-ACIS Translator -- desktop tool for translating STEP data to
  ACIS and vice versa.

* ST-Parasolid Translator -- desktop tool for translating STEP data to
  Parasolid and vice versa.

* ST-Visualizer -- desktop tool to view, analyze and check the
  accuracy of STEP databases.

Data Exchange:
* ST-WebExchange -- World Wide Web translation and visualization
  services for sharing product data with customers and suppliers
  over the Internet.


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