Migrating product structure bill of materials Excel files to STEP PDM implementation
Export product structure bill of materials Excel file to STEP Part 21 file for standard product data exchange. From mass customization perspective, the most similar product designs were distributed using STEP Part 21 files. C# program is written to decode STEP Part 21 file into BOM information to update PDM databases for product data management. SAS code is written to generate tree diagram of a product and export to PDM databases for product data structural view. This paper shows very promising outcome in achieving research objectives, main contributions and further research.
step part 21 file product data exchange iso 10303 product data management (pdm) bill of materials (bom)