Tony Ranger, Technical Director and joint founder of Theorem Solutions Ltd, UK-based world leading provider of CAD interoperability software, has been awarded the Bryan K Martin award for Technical Excellence for the year 2001. Tony Ranger, founder of Theorem Solutions, Ltd, receives the Bryan K. Martin award for Technical Excellence PDES Inc, one of the most influential organisations involved in the development of STEP interoperability protocols, has been making this award since 1991 in memory of Bryan Martin, an exceptional member of PDES Inc., who was killed in an aeroplane crash. It would be for the customer to decide whether they wanted a direct translator, or whether their needs would be better met through using STEP translators.
STEP is an international standard data model for sharing and archiving product data.
It differs from previous standards for the exchange of graphics by encompassing the full range of product data, not just geometry. It has been developed using the latest electronic data handling techniques, and is designed to make data useable for 50-100 years via open international standards. This concept makes STEP particularly attractive for engineering projects which have long life cycles, such as in aerospace. STEP brings further benefits through the inclusion of meta data in the scope of data translation. This means that the act of exchanging geometric models also makes it possible to automatically update product data management systems.