STEP: An Introduction (2nd edition)
Jon Owen
| Sooner or later, every organization that uses CAD has the necessity—and frustration—of transferring product data between different packages and systems. Difficulties with data exchange standards show that this is no trivial problem. ISO 10303 STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data) is a distillation of international experience into the most comprehensive product data standard yet. |
| This book is not a summary of STEP, but an essential accompaniment to the complicated set of documents which define the standard. |
| John Owen has been involved with the STEP standards process since 1985, and is one of the original members of the EC's PDTAG committee. |
| The background to STEP ¤ The requirements of STEP ¤ The genesis of STEP ¤ The structure of STEP ¤ Description methods ¤ Integrated resources ¤ Application protocols and abstract test suites ¤ Implementation methods ¤ Conformance testing methodology and framework ¤ The future of STEP ¤ Appendices A-D (including details of the standardization procedure) ¤ Bibliography ¤ Index. |
ISBN 1-874728-04-6, hardback, 160 pages, 36 diagrams, 1997 £35.00/$60.00