[step-manufacturing] Minutes of November 30th conference call

[Martin Hardwick]

Attendees
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Martin Hardwick, STEP Tools, USA
David Loffredo, STEP Tools, USA
Bengt Olsson, Sandvik, Sweden
Mikael Hedlind, Scania, Sweden
Alain Brail, Airbus (retired), France
John Bijnens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Sid Venkatesh, Boeing, USA
David Odendahl, Boeing, USA
Bob Ericksson, P&W, USA
Ted Driggs, Okuma, USA
Larry Maggiano, Miututoyo, USA
Asa Trainer, ITI, USA

We discussed the roadmap.  Two architectures are evolving for the 
STEP-NC platform of the future. The first is a control with an 
intelligent HMI linked directly to the machine. The second is a control 
that communicates its results to an enterprise server using a protocol 
such as MTConnect.

We discussed recent extensions made to the STEP-Manufacturing schema for 
point cloud modeling, additive manufacturing, presentation placement and 
IOS 13399 harmonization.

We discussed progress on assembling the components for the February demo.

Available
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STEP-NC for Boxy with probe operations
MTConnect results for Boxy machining

In development
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Probe program for the Okuma (not Renishaw)
QIF for the probe program
AP242 models for ISO 13399 cutters

Missing
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MTConnect extension to enable communication of probing results
Probe program for Renishaw macros

A recording of this call is in the archive at the following URL : 
ftp://downloads.steptools.com/private/JWG15/Cycle8/WG15_STEP_Manufacturing_20161130.mp4 


The last conference call of the year will be held at the regular times 
on Wednesday December 14th.

Martin Hardwick
Convener WG15 Digital Manufacturing