Third-generation STEP systems that aggregate data for machining and other applications


          

刊名:International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
作者:M. Hardwick(Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
刊号:780C0095
出版年:2010
年卷期:2010, vol.23, no.10
页码:893-904
总页数:12
分类号:TH166
关键词:STEPSTEP-NCProduct modellingProcess planningMachining processes
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语种:eng
文摘:The first generation of STEP systems generated class libraries and database definitions from EXPRESS models. The second generation added tools to view and validate the data defined by the STEP Application Protocols. A third generation is emerging that aggregates information from different systems. Unlike the previous generations, this one creates new types of data to enable new types of functionality. It builds on the first two by using their code to read and write STEP data, and then adds value by merging data to create new information for the new STEP Application Protocols. We describe an example that creates new information for intelligent machining from data made by CAD and CAM systems.