STEP Tools weekly newsletter for February 15

[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).


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ST-ORACLE and ST-ObjectStore v7 ready to ship

The Database Adaptors for ST-Developer v7 are ready to go.  The
ST-ORACLE adaptor generates SQL programs from an EXPRESS schema that
can be used to define an SQL database, load it with Part 21 data and
unload a database into a Part 21 file.

The ST-ObjectStore adaptor extends the ROSE C++ library so that it can
put STEP objects into an ObjectStore database, and get objects out of
an ObjectStore database and make them into STEP objects.

For this release, the ST-ObjectStore Adaptor has been updated so that
it is available for Windows platforms as well as UNIX.  ST-ORACLE was
available on both UNIX and Windows platforms for version 1.6

The documentation for both products is on-line at:

   http://www.steptools.com/support/storacle_v7_docs/
   http://www.steptools.com/support/stostore_v7_docs/


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STEP-NC ISO 14649 Test File

Our translation service now contains the machining feature (hole,
slot, etc.) test file being used to prove out ISO 14649.  This file
was created using Pro/Engineer and translated to STEP using their STEP
translator.  You can find it on the Translation service if you select
a "file already on the server" while using one of the translators. You
can translate the file into a GIF or VRML if you want to view it or
translate it to ACIS and load it into AUTOCAD or CADKEY.

   http://www.steptools.com/translate


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Translation Service 

Summary:
Period Covered: Sun Feb  7 03:25:03 1999 -- Sun Feb 14 03:25:03 1999
Total usage: 204
Successful usage: 188 (92%)
Errors: 16 (7%)


Translator	total	errors	success rate

acis-ap203	49	0	100%
ap203-acis	110	8	92%
ap203-stl	1	0	100%
ap203-vrml	14	3	78%
ap203-xml	1	0	100%
ap203check	7	0	100%
gifviz		7	3	57%
step2xml	10	0	100%
steptoimage	1	1	0%
xml2step	4	1	75%

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All-Time stats

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Summary:
Period Covered: Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 -- Sun Feb 14 03:25:15 1999
Total usage: 3150
Successful usage: 2746 (87%)
Errors: 404 (12%)


Translator	total	errors	success rate

acis-ap203	644	17	97%
ap203-acis	1186	128	89%
ap203-stl	85	33	61%
ap203-vrml	323	88	72%
ap203-xml	87	18	79%
ap203check	107	15	85%
expfront	124	17	86%
expfront2	61	0	100%
express2html	217	0	100%
expxfront	11	1	90%
gifviz		80	34	57%
iges-ap202	10	0	100%
sp203-xml	13	2	84%
step2xml	10	0	100%
steptoimage	182	48	73%
xml2step	10	3	70%


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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,
Boeing DCAC/MRM 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-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.

Database:
* ST-WebExchange -- World Wide Web database for product data sharing
  integration, translation and visualization over the Internet
  using Enterprise JavaBeans.


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