STEP Tools News for Monday January 14

[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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New Products for STEP-NC in 2002

* ST-Plan converts CAD (AP-203) information into CNC (AP-238) 
  information by using feature, process and tool requirement 
  algorithms to create a manufacturing plan that makes a 
  part from the stock.

* ST-Machine is a plug-in for CAM systems that reads STEP-NC 
  information (AP-238) and creates a manufacturing plan ready for 
  immediate posting to a CNC machine. 

* ST-NC is a club for users that want to share information on
  the process savings enabled by STEP-NC.

Look for more information on these tools as they become available. 
They will be demonstrated at the next IRB meeting of the Super Model 
project in Troy on February 20 and 21. Limited information and an 
interactive demonstration can be found at http://www.stepnc.com


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Implementors Forum in Myrtle Beach

The next SC4 meeting will be held at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 
from February 25 to March 1st. The Implemementors Forum will meet on 
Wednesday of that week to discuss implementation issues. The 
preliminary schedule for the meeting is shown below:

Wednesday AM1 Liason Plenary 
Break 
Wednesday AM2 Ship Implementations (Jim Mays & T23) 
        AP-215, AP-216, AP-218, AP-227 
Lunch 
Wednesday PM1 Open Issues 
        AP-210 Review (Lothar Klein) 
        AP-203/214 CAX/IF Review (Phil Rosche & Max Ungerer) 
        Determining the master shape for AP-203 (Blair Downie) 
Break 
Wednesday PM2 STEP-NC Implementations (T24) 
        Siemens/TU Aachen demonstration (Peter Muller & Jochen Wolf) 
        Super Model Project demonstration (Martin Hardwick & David Loffredo) 
        AMT EDM demonstration (Friedrich Glantschnig)
        Korean STEP-NC demonstration

More information on the STEP meeting can be found at:
https://www.uspro.org

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Translation Service 
Summary: 
Period Covered: Sun Jan 6 03:25:02 2002 -- Sun Jan 13 03:25:02 2002 
Total usage: 57 
Successful usage: 57 (100%) 
Errors: (0%)

Translator total errors success rate
ACIS to STEP: 18 0 100% 
STEP to ACIS: 13 0 100% 
AP203 Checker: 3 0 100% 
Parasolid to STEP: 2 0 100% 
STEP to Parasolid: 2 0 100% 
Visualization tools: 4 0 100% 
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 Jan 13 03:25:53 2002 
Total usage: 15262 
Successful usage: 13870 (90%) 
Errors: 1392 (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 -- database programming services for sharing CAD 
  and NC information across the supply chain.

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

Consulting Tools: 
* ST-Consulting -- consulting services to assist in the development of 
  CAD, PDM and NC applications, translators, viewers, checkers and 
  databases. 
* ST-Training training courses designed to get decision makers up to speed 
  on the business benefits of STEP, and programmers up to speed on STEP 
  applications and products.


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