# Presentation: 536382

## PDES, Inc. Plans for Piloting STEPin Engineering AnalysisGerry Graves, Ph.D.PDES, Inc.

## PDES, Inc. Purpose

- Accelerate the development and implementation of product data exchange using STEP to improve product quality, increase flexibility, reduce product cycle time and reduce costs

## PDES, Inc. Members

**      ****ATI**
**   ****HOST CONTRACTOR**

**.**

**BOEING**

**LOCKHEED  MARTIN**

**SDRC**

**IBM**

**NIST**

**MSC SOFTWARE**

** **

**NORTHROP GRUMMAN**

**ELECTRIC **
**BOAT**

** ****UTC**

**FORD**

**GENERAL**
**MOTORS**

**DELPHI  AUTO-**
**MOTIVE SYSTEMS**

**PTC**

**SPATIAL **

**ROCKWELL**

**NASA**

**ARMY**

**http://pdesinc.aticorp.org/**

## PDES, Inc. Capabilities

- Support for the formation, project management and technical support of intercompany teams
- STEP-related technology transfer between and among member companies and agencies
- Labworks vendor translator test bed
- Focal point for information and communication concerning importance of STEP to member companies and agencies
- Initial training in STEP and related technologies
- Coordination of effort with national and international standards organizations and consortia

## PDES, Inc. Approach

- Develop and implement member company-defined work tasks
- Organize the work into projects with deliverables and schedules
- Use contributed company personnel
- Work with the established National and International standards structure
- Establish formal relationships with other significant organizations, programs and consortia
- Pursue funding for complementary projects

## Organizational Chart

**  ****General Manager**

**Systems**
**Integration**
**Board**

**Implementors’**
**  ****Roundtable**

**Development**
**Gerry Graves**
**Rogerio Barra**

**Executive Board**

**Technical  Advisory**
**Committee**

***Organizational Chart***

**Deployment**
**Larry McKee**
**Phil Rosche**

## PDES, Inc. Roadmap

**Development Phases**

**Deployment Phases**

**1988**

**1991**

**1994**

**1996**

**1998**

**2000**

**Methodology**
**STEP Support**

**               ****Deployment**
**     **
**      ****Pilots/Training/**
**Production Use**

**2003**

**2005**

***Solids***

***CM***

***PDM***

***Analysis***

***Drafting***

***Construction History***

***Tolerances***

***Archival***

**Development**
**Tools/Testing**

***M o d u l a r i z a t i o n***

***PDES, Inc. Roadmap***

## PDES, Inc. Success Stories 

***PDES, Inc. Success Stories ***

- Company Implementations resulting from PDES, Inc. Pilots:
- Lockheed Martin
- Delphi Delco Electronics Systems
- CSTAR
- Boeing PowerSTEP/AEROSTEP
- GM STEP Translation Center

## Success Story:Lockheed Martin  

***   ***
***	******STEP is being used to support the F-16, F-22, Joint Strike Fighter, F-2 and KTX-2 programs at Lockheed Martin***
**Lockheed Martin is pioneering the STEP standard with smaller businesses that are its supply base**
**STEP has realized significant savings and process improvements**
**Within engineering design, pilots show a 10% improvement in reliability of data exchange, 10% process savings for non-composite parts, and 50% process savings for composites  **
**For manufacturing,  projected savings for tool design on CAD/CAM systems is 27% and 38% for NC CAM systems due to elimination of  data re-entry**

## Success Story:Delphi Delco Electronics Systems

***   ***
***	******STEP is being used in support of climate control systems                           for two major OEM customers.***
**All mechanical design at Delphi Delco Electronics Systems is accomplished using EDS/Unigraphics; the two OEMs require Dassault Systemes’ CATIA**
**Previously used IGES and recreation of solid models took three to five days per component**
**A recent example showed 12 files translated via STEP;  approximately 50 hours were saved by eliminating virtually all manual intervention **

## Success Story:CSTAR

***	******Development of electronic data exchange capabilities between C-17 facilities in Long Beach and St. Louis using STEP***** .  *****Boeing’s McDonnell Douglas unit is now using STEP in production to exchange C-17 configuration management data on a daily basis.**** *
- Significant Cost and Schedule Improvements -- manual method was error prone, slow (3 weeks to 2 months; now overnight), and people intensive (3 people full time; now zero)
- Expanding capability to use OMG CORBA and SDAI  for on demand update/viewing of electronic engineering order system
- Participants:
- Boeing’s McDonnell Douglas unit 	- ITI
- Northrop Grumman		- IBM

## 	Show viability of STEP as an exchange mechanism supporting Digital Pre-Assembly (DPA) of engine/strut interface.
STEP is being used in production between Boeing and their three engine manufacturers for the DPA process on the 777 and 767-400 Extended Range Programs 
STEP will be the preferred process for future Boeing programs
PowerSTEP won 1997 CALS Implementor Honor Roll Award
Participants:
Boeing			-  GE
Rolls-Royce		-  Pratt & Whitney
Dassault Systems		-  Computervision
EDS Unigraphics

**    **** ****Success Story:**** ****AeroSTEP/PowerSTEP**

- 	***Show viability of STEP as an exchange mechanism supporting Digital Pre-Assembly (DPA) of engine/strut interface.***
- STEP is being used in production between Boeing and their three engine manufacturers for the DPA process on the 777 and 767-400 Extended Range Programs
- STEP will be the preferred process for future Boeing programs
- PowerSTEP won 1997 CALS Implementor Honor Roll Award
- Participants:
- Boeing			-  GE
- Rolls-Royce		-  Pratt & Whitney
- Dassault Systems		-  Computervision
- EDS Unigraphics

## Success Story:  STEP Translation Center

***    ******STEP is used to transfer product designs between GM divisions, their customers and suppliers***
**Production operations  of STEP Translation Center (STC) began May 1, 1996**
**Initial focus was translation of solids between UG and CATIA using AP203; additional CAD systems are in testing  **
**GM has performed detailed IGES/STEP testing which has resulted in plans to phase out the use of IGES **
**First GM divisions to use STC:**
**Delphi Automotive Systems**
**GM Powertrain**
**Delphi Delco Electronics Systems**

## PDES, Inc. Pilots: STEP Web Integrated Supplier Exchange (STEPwise)

***PDES, Inc. Pilots:****** STEP Web Integrated Supplier Exchange (STEPwise)***

- Participants: Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, ISS, Spatial
- Integrating PDM systems using AP232/PDM Schema using ISS-InSync and SDRC/Metaphase
- Continuing to expand implementation base
- Suppliers implementation - on current & new contracts
- Suppliers in-common with two prime contractors
- Implement commercial software products
- Bi-directional TDP & RFP package exchange

## PDES, Inc. Pilots: Eurofighter PDM Pilot

- Participants: British Aerospace, ALENIA (Italy), CASA (Spain), DASA (Germany), Product Manager, Metaphase, CV/PTC Optegra
- Implementing a net change based PDM data exchange between the  Eurofighter partners based on the Unified PDM suite of modules
- Agreed on harmonized interpretation of PDM Schema at March Offsite -- this was a major accomplishment
- Phase 1 of Eurofighter pilot to be deployed this summer
- BAe has been major contributor to PDM Schema Usage Guide

## PDES, Inc. Pilots: International STEP Automotive Project (ISAP) 

- Participants: GM, Isuzu, Ford, Visteon, Delphi Delco Electronics Systems, Metaphase, UG IMAN, SDRC IDEAS
- Goal is to accelerate production use of STEP by the international automotive industry
- Pilot being energized to focus on PDM exchange between Ford and GM and geometry exchange between Ford/GM and OEMs they supply (e.g. trucking industry)

## PDES, Inc. Pilots: Electromechanical

- Participants: Boeing, IBM, Rockwell, NASA, Delphi Delco Electronics Systems
- Implementing STEP for integrated electronic exchange of PCA designs as well as their  mounting hardware and enclosures
- Translator availability of MCAD to/from AP210 (electronic assembly, interconnect, and packaging design) is key to continued pilot activity
- Mentor Graphics to AP210 beta translator now available (first commercial translator)

## PotentialEngineering Analysis Pilot

- In early planning phase
- Objectives of the pilot:
- Accelerate the deployment of STEP support for Engineering Analysis (EA) applications in member companies
- Further validate AP209 capabilities in an industrial setting
- Establish a pilot framework for extending STEP capabilities in EA leading to an EA testing forum

## Engineering Analysis Pilot(cont.)

- Potential Scope
- Composite/Metallic Design within the confines of product structure
- Exchange of analysis data with suppliers
- Potential Participants
- Users: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Electric Boat, Ford, NASA, Rolls-Royce, British Aerospace
- Vendors: MSC, Dassault, Theorem, PTC
- NAFEMS (International EA Association)

## Engineering Analysis Pilot(cont.)

- 2 Phased Approach
- share Users Concept of Operations
- Conduct education/training
- Develop and test initial translators
- Transition to company pilots in second phase
- September Kickoff planned at PDES, Inc. Offsite
- week of September 20th, Palm Springs, CA

## Summary

- STEP AP209 is Draft International Standard and is stable
- PDES, Inc. is planning a pilot project to accelerate deployment of AP209 within major companies
- The potential benefit from using STEP in Engineering Analysis is very substantial, and it is time to move out!

## Back-Up Slides

## Press Release:NASA adopts ISO 10303 for data exchange

- _NASA-STD-2817_ now includes the requirement for CAE/CAD/CAM systems used by NASA to have interchange tools that support STEP
- Preferred standards include APs 203, 209, 210, 225, and 227 for exchanging data among PDM, mechanical and electronic CAD/CAM, civil and facilities CAD, and CAE/analysis systems
- Tools that enable data interchange, compliant with these standards, must be available to all CAE/CAD/CAM users at each NASA Center

## PDES, Inc.Significant Challenges

**Implementing the modular approach**** **
**Focused resources working on modular strategy and developing modules **
**Coordinating with international community **
**Working with vendors**
**Gaining common agreements with ProSTEP**
**PDM Schema/Usage Guide**
**CAD and PDM Implementor Forums **
**Standardization**
**Upward Compatibility/Change Management**** **
**Aggressively working to ensure upward compatibility**
**Modular approach should help configuration management challenge  **

## Near Term Priorities

- Execute the modular extension strategy
**Reconfirm member company priorities**
**Establish development processes**
**Deliver completed modules **
- Finalize PDM Schema Usage Guide with ProSTEP
**Second installment posted to website (www.pdm-if.org)**
**Continuing to work with ProSTEP to finalize **
- Ensure successful ballots for AP232 (CD) and AP209 (DIS)
- Execute ISC Terms of Reference
- Have successful joint CAx and PDM Implementor Forums
**1st CAx-IF ends July**
**1st PDM-IF ends September **

##  New Pilot Project Objective

- The exchange of interface and nacelle data  between Unigraphics, CADDS, and ProE  in support of a joint venture airplane
- The data would include multiple forms of geometry and attribute (PDM) information
- Verification of exchanged geometry will be accomplished using the Geometric Validation Properties modular extension

## New Pilot Project Team 

- Vendors:
- Theorem Solutions
- PTC
- UG Solutions
- Users:
- Pratt & Whitney
- Aerospatiale (through GOSET)
- GE