STEP MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

CURRENT STATUS OF STEP

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Topics for This Module

STEP Current Development Status This section describes the availability of STEP

resources and Application Protocols for use by industry.

STEP Current Implementation Status This section describes the state of industry

implementation of STEP and the availability of supporting development and implementation tools.

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STEP Current Development Status

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When is STEP available?

Basic STEP capability has been available since December 1994. 12 Parts registered as ISO 10303 international standards in

December 1994. This is the “Initial Release”. This includes 2 AP’s (Part 201) address the exchange of 2D

drawing data and (Part 203) 3D design data under configuration control and included in the 12 parts.

Continuing STEP development schedule is aggressive (as of 1/1/96) 10 AP’s are in different stages of ballot cycle to be

standardized. 7 additional APs have industrial validation and 3 of them are

technically complete. 11 new APs have been approved as active development

projects.

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STEP Development Industry-Specific Views (1 of 2)

Discrete Manufacturing Product Design Configuration Management Core Data for Automobile Industry CAD System Shape Geometry for Mechanical Product

Design Engineering Drawing Information Manufacturing Technologies: Composites, NC Process

Planning, Casting, Forging

Electrical and Electronics PCA, PCB and Component Design Electronic Test Diagnostic and Remanufacture Electrotechnical Plant Design and Installation

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Architecture and Construction Building Element Shape Design Ship Building Building Construction Core Model Building Services: Heating, Ventilation and AC Building Structural Frame: Steelwork

Process Plants Plant Spatial Configuration Plant Functional Design Process Engineering

STEP Development Industry-Specific Views (2 of 2)

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STEP CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION

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STEP Usage and Implementation

Many companies are experimenting with various implementations, several are at the pilot or production usage stage.

Some commercial CAD vendor translators are available, with many more are under development: UNIGRAPHICS, CATIA, ProEngineer.

Many commercial software toolkits are available for development, STEP browsing, and implementation.

Training and consulting services are commercially available for STEP development and implementation.

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Current Implementation Status

Example Application Protocol Prototype, Demo,

and Pilot Development Projects in the U.S.

AEROSTEP: AP203 (Boeing, GE)

AWS: AP203 (IBM, Lockheed, NG)

GM/EDS Prototype: AP207 (GM/EDS)

PAS-C: AP209 (Lockheed, Vought, Boeing)

PAP-E: AP211 (Intermetrics, TRW, WH)

PDXI: AP 231 (Chevron, DuPont, and others)

PlantSTEP: AP 227 (The top 10 Plant Design Vendors)

PREAMP: AP210,AP 220 (Hughes, MMA, Rockwell, Boeing)

RASP: AP210 (Ford, UTC, Hughes, MMA, TI)

PEP: AP201 and 203 (DoD Joint Center - FCIM/IPDE)

RAMP: AP224 (Grumman)

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STEP Centers

PDES, Inc. - US, UK aerospace/automobilePROSTEP - Germany automobileJapan STEP Center - JapanC-STEP - ChinaPISTEP - UK processPlantSTEP - US and Japan process ind.PDXI - US and Europe process ind.Nat’l PDES Testbed - USGOSET - FranceSTEP Data Ex. Ctr. - Australia

Examples of established centers to accelerate the development and implementation of STEP:

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STEP Production Software Tools -- (1 of 2)

ORGANIZATION SOFTWARE TOOLS

Cadlab ICE Toolset

Canonical ExWare

CIMIO EXPRESS-M schema mapping

CSTB SPDI Station

DCM DCMem

DEC DECexpress

EPM EDM

Erlangen fedex

Fraunhofer-IGD Xpresso

as of 1/1//96

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ORGANIZATION SOFTWARE TOOLS

GE EDEX - EDitor for EXpress

GIDA EXEP Tool Kit

GOPAS ExpressLab

IDA Pstep-CaseLib

ITI(OH) PDE/Lib

NIST NIST STEP Toolset

PDIT FirstSTEP Toolkit

Siemens EXPREME

STEP Tools ST- Toolkit

Theorem AP203 browser, editor, viewer

Versant EXPRESS/STEP

STEP Production Software Tools -- (2 of 2)

as of 1/1//96

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Implementing STEP

No current commitments

Leading CAD/CAM HW & SW MfgrsRanked by 1992 Market Share

Source: Electronic Business, April 93, p 75

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IBM

Intergraph

Computervision

Cadence Designer Sys,

Autodesk

Mentor Graphics

Hewlett Packard

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CAD/CAM Sector's Top 10 in 1994Software Revenue Totaled $4.1B

Hausman, Eric, "CAD/CAM Sector's Top 10," Computer Reseller News, Dec 5, 1994

Autodesk

IBM

IntergraphCadence

Design Sys.

Computervision

Parametric

EDS Unigraphics

SDRC

Mentor Graphics

Synopsys

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CAD/CAM/CAE Software MarketProjected Revenue of Top 7 - 1995

Percentages based on $4.6B total market projection.Source: Computer Reseller News, April 10, 95, n625, p 47(1)

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Autodesk

IBM/Dassault SystemsIntergraph

ParametricTech

Computervision

Synopsys Inc.

Struct. Dynamics

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Source: DARATECH 1995 estimates

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