Build Anywhere Newsletter Vol.1 No.4

[Martin Hardwick]

If you want to know more about STEP-NC try the virtual tours 
at www.stepnc.com or the resource pages at www.steptools.com


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AP-238 Passes NWI / CD Ballot

The ballot results are in for the the STEP-NC integrated data model, 
also known as AP-238. Nearly all of the countries voted Yes on the 
ballot, and it will advance to Draft International Standard status 
once the ballot comments have been resolved.


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WebCast on STEP-NC

The WebCast on STEP-NC hosted by the NIST Manufacturing Extension 
Program (MEP) on Wednesday October 16 generated a lot of interest and 
some great questions. You can find them and the answers given on our 
web page at:

http://www.steptools.com/library/stepnc/faq/new_faq.html


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STEP-NC contouring model for Glass Cutting and Wood Cutting

A STEP-NC model for wood cutting and glass cutting has been developed 
by SC1 and will be reviewed at the ISO meetings in Korea next week. We 
will be looking at the model to see if it can be extended to include 
metal plate cutting.


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NY Governor visits STEP Tools for XML meeting

The recent STEP/XML meeting was very successful with good progress 
being made towards the development of Edition 2 of Part 28. By lucky 
coincidence the New York Governor and Leader of the State Senate 
happened to visit STEP Tools on the same day and we have some good 
pictures.

http://www.steptools.com/pressroom/images.html


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How to make Parts using STEP-NC

1. Go to www.stepnc.com and take the "Virtual Tours". 
2. If you are a manufacturing engineer, download the ST-Plan plug-in 
   and begin to use STEP-NC for operation planning (you will need a 
   desktop version of this tool if you want to do professional level 
   planning). 
3. If you are a CNC machining engineer download an ST-Machine plug-in 
   to find out how to intelligently machine parts on or off a CNC 
4. Contact us to find out how to make this procedure a regular 
   part of your operations.


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Translation Service 

Summary: 
Period Covered: Sun Oct 13 04:26:19 2002 -- Sun Oct 20 04:26:19 2002 
Total usage: 53 
Successful usage: 52 (98%) 
Errors: 1 (1%)
Translator total errors success rate 
ACIS to STEP: 5 1 80% 
STEP to ACIS: 18 0 100% 
CEB XML Writer: 1 0 100% 
OSEB XML Writer: 1 0 100% 
STEP to Parasolid: 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 Oct 20 04:26:48 2002 
Total usage: 17471 
Successful usage: 16027 (91%) 
Errors: 1444 (8%)


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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.

The STEP Tools vision is to enable digital manufacturing ANYWHERE 
using STEP-NC. With STEP-NC there should be no excuses. If your part 
data is in a STEP-NC format then it can be delivered on time, on cost 
and with the correct quality. 

For a complete listing of the available products check out the STEP 
Tools web site at http://www.steptools.com


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