Abstract
ISO10303 STEP, is the only standard that provides information
resources and methodologies needed for the definition and
management of engineering product information for efficient
Integrated Product Development (IPD).This paper describes the most
important concepts related to these powerful STEP resources and
methodologies, and the paper further addresses how to use STEP for
IPD of hydraulic components and systems based upon the concurrent
engineering of different computer aided CA(X)
systems.International standardization based on ISO10303, STEP, is
playing a key role in promoting a modern approach to the neutral
Product Data Technology by use of the open systems' architecture.
The initial release of STEP, consisting of twelve essential parts,
has been approved and published (in 1994) as an International
Standard. The introduction of STEP based software and its
application in industry is thus on the verge of being broadly
realized.These twelve initial STEP parts primarily comprehend
complete information model resources for CAD geometry and
kinematics descriptions, as well as methodologies for information
modeling and information mapping into database models and physical
files, etc.For IPD of hydraulic components and systems we need to
describe, e.g. additional CFD information and CACSD information
that are not provided by STEP in its initial release. Fortunately,
the methodologies provided by STEP enable us to write our own
additional dedicated information resources as needed, and even map
these dedicated resources into physical files and databases in
formats that comply with the standard, even though the information
contents is not defined in any standard resource model. The only
demand is that the information model resources used by the
receiving CA(X) system must be identical to those applied by the
sending CA(X) system. This way, enterprises can develop quite
elaborated but dedicated information model resources related to
their specific domain and use those models together with the
existing standard resources. Such dedicated information model
resources have already proven to be very important as subject for
further standardization work.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Power of STEP for the Exchange of Engineering Information between CA(X) Systems |
Publisher | Fluid Power Net Publisher |
Publication date | 1999 |
Publication status | Published - 1999 |
Event | International Workshop on Computer Software for Design, Analysis and Control of Fluid Power Systems - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 17 Feb 1999 → 19 Feb 1999 |
Conference
Conference | International Workshop on Computer Software for Design, Analysis and Control of Fluid Power Systems |
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Country/Territory | Norway |
City | Trondheim |
Period | 17/02/1999 → 19/02/1999 |