STEP Tools News for Tuesday July 24

[Martin Hardwick]

This 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 
at http://www.steptools.com

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ST-Developer Version 9

Version 9 of ST-Developer is ready to be shipped! The new
ST-Developer includes the following features:

* The EXPRESS to C++ complier generates code for derived
  attributes.
* The libraries now support International characters.
* The libraries now include a shutdown option that frees all
  memory. 
* The Part 21 browser gives information about the required and
  optional attributes of an entity instance.
* A new version of the ST-Viewer computes dimensions and
  give advice when a file contains the kind of features that
  may make display difficult or slow.
* A new EXPRESS to HTML converted includes the inherited
  attributes of an entity so that they can be located more
  rapidly.
* An XML libraries option (called ST-XML) that allow an
  application to replace Part 21 with the OSEB or CEB XML
  bindings.


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STEP-NC Demonstration at General Dynamics Land Systems

A demonstration of STEP-NC will be given at General Dynamics
Land Systems next week. The demonstration will feature three
scenarios:

* AP-203 data will be read into GibbsCAM and an engineer will
  use the GibbsCAM user interface to create a G code program
  that makes the part.
* AP-238 data will be read into GibbsCAM and STEP-NC software
  developed by STEP Tools will be used to create the G-code
  program automatically.
* An OMAC extension of the second scenario will be discussed
  that eliminates G-codes entirely.

The second and third scenarios will be run on a Bridgeport
Machine with an MDSI controller. GibbsCAM and the STEP-NC
interpreter will be loaded onto the same controller. In both
scenarios the part will be made "automatically" by a "load
and go" function that will search for the AP-238 Part Program
on the STEP Tools web site and then communicate the operations
to be executed to GibbsCAM and the controller using XML.


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Summary: 
Period Covered: Sun Jul 15 03:25:02 2001 -- Sun Jul 22 03:25:02 2001 
Total usage: 115 
Successful usage: 107 (93%) 
Errors: 8 (6%)

Translator total errors success rate
ACIS to STEP: 8 0 100% 
STEP to ACIS: 17 0 100% 
AP203 Checker: 27 0 100% 
Parasolid to STEP: 12 0 100% 
STEP to Parasolid: 8 4 50% 
Visualization tools: 7 4 42% 
Visualization Service: 1 0 100%
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All-Time stats
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Summary: 
Period Covered: Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 -- Sun Jul 22 03:25:47 2001 
Total usage: 13952 
Successful usage: 12634 (90%) 
Errors: 1318 (9%)


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Tools From STEP Tools, Inc. 

The world's foremost firms use the STEP Tools product line to help 
them share engineering product information. Over one million people 
use product data applications built with ST-Developer, the company's 
flagship product.

Data Management Tools: 
* ST-Repository -- STEP database with WSDL/SOAP services for sharing 
STEP-CAD, STEP-PDM and STEP-NC information with the supply chain.

Programming Tools: 
* ST-Developer -- programming tools for writing STEP applications, 
translators and 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. 
* ST-XML -- programming functions to convert STEP data to STEP XML and 
business object data.

Desktop Tools: 
* 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-Viewer -- desktop tool to view, analyze and dimension STEP data. 


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