# Presentation: 319180

## STEP Tutorial:“Management Overview of STEP”Gerry Graves, PDES, Inc.January 16, 2001

## Agenda

- What Is STEP?
- How Is Industry Benefiting From STEP?
- How Will Industry Benefit Tomorrow?
- How Does My Company Get Involved?

## What is STEP?

**PDES, Inc.**

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## Movement TowardInternational Standards

- Movement TowardInternational Standards

**International**
**Standards**

**Past**

**Present**

**Future**

**Company**
**Standards**

**National**
**Standards**

**Standards in Use**

**Globalization**

## What is STEP?

- ...a computer interpretable definition of the physical and functional characteristics of a product throughout its life cycle
- ...a proven way to ensure fast, reliable data exchange between partners and suppliers using different systems

**concept**

**design**

**fabricate**

**assemble**

**test**

**support**

**deliver**

## Role of STEP Between Organizations

**Suppliers**

**Customers**

**Primes**

**Subcontractors**

***Enables Consistent and Timely Data Sharing by Participants***

***Concept***

***Design***

***Fabricate***

***Assemble***

***Test/Deliver***

***Support***

**Notes:**
-Provides communication between companies who work together as customers, suppliers, or sub-contractos throughout the product life cycle.
-Consistent and timely data sharing a key to the critical corporation concept.

## Role of STEP Between Functions

- Role of STEP Between Functions

***Enables Complete and Accurate Data Exchange and Use***

***Manufacturing***
***Control***

***Product Support***

***Engineering***
***Analysis***

***Product Design***

***Manufacturing***
***Planning***

**Notes:**
-Enables all  different functions to work together creating data once and using many times - a key to enterprise integration.

## Role of STEPBetween Designs

- Role of STEPBetween Designs

***Enables Reuse of Design, Planning and Manufacturing Data***

## Role of STEP for Data Archival 

- Role of STEP for Data Archival

**Past**

**Future**

**Drawings**

**Warehouses**

**Tapes**

**Underground Mines**

## How is Industry Benefiting from STEP?

**PDES, Inc.**

- Copyright PDES, Inc. 2001

## STEP Success Stories

- At Lockheed Martin, STEP is being used in production for streamlined data exchange with suppliers
- Boeing is using STEP in production today for digital pre-assembly on the 777-300, and 767X; also on the C-17 to exchange configuration management data
- STEP comprises over 25% of IBM’s global e-procurement design data exchange
- Electric Boat uses STEP as their data exchange method of choice

## STEP Success Stories(cont.)

- Ford uses STEP as a core component in their application integration architecture
- Pratt & Whitney is using STEP in aircraft engine production with Boeing
- Delphi Automotive Systems uses STEP in production to translate customer product data
- BAE SYSTEMS is currently implementing STEP on the Eurofighter Typhoon for product data management exchange
- NASA has adopted STEP for data exchange

## How Will Industry Benefit Tomorrow?

**PDES, Inc.**

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## PDES, Inc. Pilot Projects-- At a Glance

- Ford
- GM
- Lockheed Martin
- Northrop Grumman
- Spatial
- Pratt & Whitney
- Theorem Solutions
- PTC
- Rolls-Royce
- Aerospatiale and others

- Accelerate use of STEP by the automotive and aerospace industries
- Demonstrate international STEP-based data exchange of Primes and Suppliers, including SMEs
- Evaluate application protocol interoperability and testing compatibility
- Validate the exchange of interface design data in support of a joint venture airplane

- Exchange of geometry and configuration management data
- Exchange of geometry containing surfaces/solids including a subset of PDM data
- Test validation properties module

_***Participants***__***	***__***	***__***Objective***__***	***__***	***__***	***__***Scope***_

**Supply Chain:**

**Aerospace Engine Alliance:**

## PDES, Inc. Pilot Projects-- At a Glance

- Lockheed Martin
- Boeing
- Electric Boat
- Rolls-Royce
- MSC Software
- Theorem Solutions
- Boeing
- Rockwell
- Delphi Automotive
- NASA
- IBM

- Share STEP engineering analysis data using AP209 in order to evaluate its effectiveness and provide feedback for improvements
- Share STEP data between electrical and mechanical designers during the design process for printed circuit assemblies

- Exchange of engineering analysis data using AP209 among multiple companies and disciplines
- AP210 physical data such as board outlines, keep-out areas, and component height restrictions

_***Participants***__***	***__***	***__***Objective***__***	***__***	***__***	***__***Scope***_

**Engineering Analysis:**

**Electromechanical:**

## PDES, Inc. Pilot Projects-- At a Glance

- BAE SYSTEMS
- European Aeronautic, Defense and Space (EADS) members: Daimler Chrysler Aerospace, ALENIA, and CASA
- Product Manager
- Metaphase
- CV/PTC Optegra

- Use the unified PDM Schema to exchange PDM data between the four Eurofighter partners

- Exchange of configuration management and product structure release data

_***Participants***__***	***__***	***__***Objective***__***	***__***	***__***	***__***Scope***_

**PDM Pilot:**

## Implementing STEP using Web-based technologies

**http://www.stepml.org/**

## Increasing modular STEP applications to support product data throughout the lifecycle

**Product Data**
**Management (PDM)**

**Geometric Dimensioning **
**and Tolerancing**

**Construction**
**History**

**Systems **
**Engineering**

**Engineering **
**Analysis**

## Increasing interoperability among CAD/PDM, PDM/PDM, & ECAD/MCAD systems

## How Does My Company Get Involved?

**PDES, Inc.**

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## PDES, Inc.’s Mission

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

***quality     flexibility   cycle time     cost***

## PDES, Inc. Members

**ATI**
**HOST CONTRACTOR**

**BOEING**

**LOCKHEED  MARTIN**

**SDRC**

**IBM**

**NIST**

**MSC SOFTWARE**

** **

**NORTHROP GRUMMAN**

**ELECTRIC **
**BOAT**

** ****UTC**

**FORD**

**GENERAL**
**MOTORS**

**DELPHI **
**AUTOMOTIVE**
**SYSTEMS**

**PTC**

**SPATIAL**

**ROCKWELL**

**NASA**

**U.S. **
**ARMY**

**UK**

** ****BAE SYSTEMS**

**ROLLS-**
**ROYCE**

**THEOREM**
**SOLUTIONS**

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

**PDES, Inc.**

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## PDES, Inc. Roadmap

**    ****Development Phases    /    Deployment Phases    /    Enterprise Integration and ****	****	****	****	****	****	****              Interoperability  Phase**

**1988       1991      1994   1996     1998      2000             2002                  2004       2005**

***Methodology***

- STEP Support

**                     **

***Deployment***

**   **

** **

***Solids***

***CM***

***PDM ***

***Construction History***

***Archival***

-  Tools/Testing

***Electromechanical***

***Systems Engineering***

**CAx/PDM Implementor Forums**

**Interoperability**

**PDES, Inc.**

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***Analysis***

***Drafting***

*** ******Tolerances***

** *****Development***

**Modularization**

***Validation Properties***

**Web Strategy**

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

## PDES, Inc. Current Activities

- Pilot Projects
- STEP for the Web
- STEP module development
- Implementation Support

## CAx Implementor Forum (http://www.cax-if.org)

- CAx Implementor Forum (http://www.cax-if.org)

**UG Solutions**
**CATIA**
**SDRC**
**PTC**
**Theorem Solutions**
**AutoDesk**
**STEP Tools, Inc.**
**Bentley Systems**
**Entity Systems**
**debis**

** ****Joint interoperability testing activity between PDES,  Inc. and ProSTEP**
** ****Accelerating CAx translator development and ensuring that user's requirements are satisfied**

**Participants:**

## STEP Certification Testing

- Several vendors are STEP “AP203” certified:
- Dassault CATIA Version 4.2.0 and 4.2.2
- Unigraphics Version 16
- Theorem CADDS5 Version 4.0
- Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Version 4.1
- SolidWorks 2000
- Alibre Design 2.0
- Contact US Pro for details on how to certify your STEP products (https://www.uspro.org)

## PDM Implementor Forum (http://www.pdm-if.org)

- PDM Implementor Forum (http://www.pdm-if.org)

**Participants:**
**BAE SYSTEMS****	**
**BMW****	**
**Contact Software****	**
**Daimler Chrysler/debis****	**
**DASA ****	**
**Eigner & Partner****	**
**ENOVIA/Dassault Systemes/IBM**
**ISS****	**
**Matrix One****	**
**Metaphase/SDRC****	**
**ProSTEP****	**
**SAP****	**
**STAMP/Sherpa****	**
**UG Solutions****	**
**VW****	**
**PTC**

** ****STEP interoperability testbed for PDM systems**
** ****Part of a comprehensive infrastructure where STEP developers and users conduct interoperability testing over the internet **

## Other Ways to Get Involved

*ISO TC184 SC4* -- the ISO committee that focuses on STEP development and implementation (http://www.nist.gov/sc4)
*International Industry STEP Centers* -- various industry consortia working on STEP development and implementation (http://isc.aticorp.org)
*US Product Data Association* -- sells STEP standards and certifies STEP software (https://www.uspro.org)

## Summary

- STEP is fundamental to meeting your business goals
- PDES, Inc. membership can help you implement STEP in your enterprise
- Commercial tools with STEP capability are available and being certified
- Industry and Government use of STEP is growing and expanding into the supply chain

***STEP is a good investment!***

## Tutorial Agenda  

- Fundamentals of STEP
- STEP Capability Today and Tomorrow
- Effective Exchange of STEP Data
- How Industry is Benefiting from STEP
- How a Software Developer Implements STEP
- Tools that Support STEP

## Back-up Slides

## PDES, Inc.
Membership Benefits

*Membership Benefits*

**PDES, Inc.**

- Copyright PDES, Inc. 2001

## Membership Benefits

- Comprehensive vendor test bed (all major CAD systems)
- Focused pilot projects in high pay-off areas
- STEP product testing in a dynamic environment over the Internet
- Training/Education from world-leading experts in STEP
- Extensive lessons learned from STEP deployments in industry

## Membership Benefits(cont.)

- Insight into industry Enterprise Integration strategies
- Hands-on experience in using STEP tools and technology
- Ready access to STEP expertise/consultants
- Direct influence on setting the standard
- Up to date awareness of vendor product capabilities and plans
- Focused cost sharing and cross industry collaboration on STEP

## Membership Benefits(cont.)

- Ability to work closely with your customers/suppliers
- Support for internal STEP implementations
- Leveraging requirements on vendors
- Gaining international support through the International Industry STEP Centers
- Cross industry knowledge sharing

***High Return on Investment***

## PDES, Inc.
Membership
 Requirements

*Membership*
* **Requirements*

**PDES, Inc.**

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## Membership Requirements

- All industry members have same rights and privileges
- Industry member dues based on annual revenue
- Revenues < $1B, dues are $25K/year
- Revenues _>_ $1B, dues are $50K/year
- Resource requirement for industry is minimum of one full time equivalent (FTE) per year -- 1800 hours
- Vendors can charge 50% of time to internal STEP product development

## Membership Requirements (cont.)

- Government Associates
- Option of two FTEs OR $25K and one FTE
- University Associate membership
- No dues
- Minimum of one FTE required
- Membership is “non-voting”