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STEP Sampler - Suggested Starting Points

The following documents are recommended to get started learning about STEP. The other sections of this sampler lead to further information.

An Overview of the ISO TC184/SC4 Committee by Bradford Smith (Chairman, TC184/SC4), NIST, Gaithersburg MD, USA. - This is the SC4 home page overviewing the STEP, P-LIB, and MANDATE projects.
Frequently Asked Questions about Product Data Exchange , including What is STEP?, - U. S. Pro.
Why is STEP Important? - PDES, Inc.
STEP: An Introduction by John Owen (U. Leeds), 1993, Information Geometers, Winchester, UK, ISBN 1-874728-04-6.
Getting Started with EXPRESS-G, 1994, Order-No. E10030-A4T1-A-002, Seimens AG, Erlangen, Germany. (contribution from Fritz Reuter)
SC4 Documents - Look at the documents related to SC4 Working Groups and STEP Parts that are of particular interest to you. Documents like the following Parts are generally available on SOLIS (but they may not be the latest versions).
EXPRESS introduction in powerpoint format by EPM Technology