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STEP Sampler - Industrial Usage Examples

How is STEP being used in industry for real products? Though experiences to date seem primarily prototypical in nature, the potential indicated by the below examples appears promising.

TIGER - Advanced prime-supplier collaboration using standard-based tools. Utilized AP210 and AP220 (circuit board design and manufacture) to drive design-for manufacturability checks and finite element analysis.

Example Projects by STEP Tools, Inc. customers include: geometry exchange using AP 203, electronic packaging applications, and sheet metal product data exchange.

The goal of the PreAmp research program is to enable concurrent engineering of Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCAs) for the electronics industry. They use STEP and related technologies.

PDES, Inc. overviews a number of pilot projects in the aerospace and automotive industries such as exchange of turbine geometry and finite element analysis of structural parts.

NIIIP demo - June, 1995 in Washington. Exchange of axle assembly information over the Web between tools like AutoCAD and ProEngineer using STEP AP203 and OMG CORBA.

See also the Press Releases and Product Data Exchange (PDE)-Related Articles maintained by U. S. Pro for more examples.


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