STEP Tools Weekly Newsletter for January 20

[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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Super Model Project Industrial Review Board

The Super Model project is developing a database and interface that
for the STEP-NC standard for the following customers:

1. Industrial organizations that want to add manufacturing
   specifications to their product data using CAD, CAM and
   process planning tools.

2. Controller vendors who want to receive rich, vendor neutral
   specifications for manufacturing processes.

The project is being monitored by an Industrial Review Board and we
have just added a picture taken during their first meeting to our web
page.

    http://www.steptools.com/stepnc/irb/

Other resources on this web page include a project summary, and 
an archive of the project e-mail.


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STEP Meeting at NASA

There will be a meeting to discuss space applications of STEP at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

    http://jau.jpl.nasa.gov/step/workshop.html

Martin Hardwick is on the agenda to talk about Manufacturing
Applications of STEP. This is an opportunity for anyone on the West
Coast to find out more about the Super Model, STEP-NC project.


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Translation Service converted to ST-Repository

The free Translation Service on our web site is now managed by
ST-Repository. This means that users who request the service can now
be given a password protected area where they can store their files
before or after a translation. If you would like to request this
service on a trial basis please let us know.

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


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Summary:
Period Covered: Sun Jan  9 03:25:03 2000 -- Sun Jan 16 03:25:03 2000
Total usage: 107
Successful usage: 103 (96%)
Errors: 4 (4%)


Translator		total	errors	success rate

ACIS to STEP:		48	0	100%
STEP to ACIS:		30	0	100%
AP203 Checker:	7	0	100%
Parasolid to STEP:	1	1	100%
STEP to Parasolid:	6	1	83%
STEP to XML:		4	0	100%
Visualization tools:	1	0	100%
Visualization Svice:	8	2	75%
XML to STEP:		2	0	100%

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All-Time stats

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Summary:
Period Covered: Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 -- Sun Jan 16 03:25:28 2000
Total usage: 7465
Successful usage: 6341 (84%)
Errors: 1124 (15%)


Translator		total	errors	success rate

ACIS to STEP:		1527	57	96%
STEP to ACIS:		2532	269	89%
STEP to XML:		87	18	79%
AP203 Checker:	449	38	91%
EXPRESS Checker:	11	1	90%
Parasolid to STEP:	219	117	46%
STEP to Parasolid:	250	136	45%
STEP to XML:		242	27	88%
Visualization tools:	360	75	79%
Visualization Svice:	12	6	50%
XML to STEP:		67	21	68%


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Resellers

Resellers for STEP Tools products are available in the following
geographic areas.  Please contact us if you would like further
information.

--France
	Espri Concept, Sophia Antipolis Cedex
--Germany
	EuroSTEP GmbH, Bad Aibling
--Sweden
	EuroSTEP AB, Stockholm
--United Kingdom
	CADDETC, Leeds
	EuroSTEP UK, Denbigh
--China
	C-STEP, Beijing
--Japan
	Open Systems, Inc., Tokyo
--Korea
	Mani Information Systems, Inc.
--Taiwan
	Exartech International Corp., Taipei
	Axxon Technology, Taipei
	INTEXS International,Virgina Beach Va.
--Australia
	Logistics Pty Ltd., Victoria


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