1. 49th ISO TC184/SC4 meeting Industry Day
Implementation Technology
Martin Hardwick
STEP Tools, Inc.

2. How did we implement? Functionalities shown in demonstration
Read CATIA data
Read Mastercam data
Read UGS data
Read Pro/E data
Write Siemens codes
Write Fanuc codes
Read and write geometry
Assemble AP-203, AP-224 and AP-238 data
Display and edit data in the STEP-NC explorer

3. The STEP-NC dll ST-Machine® STEP-NC dll CAD CADD CAM CNC AP-203 File
APT
Feature
Query
Process
Finder
CAD
AP-203
CADD
AP-224
CAM
AP-238
CNC
Design
Detail
Plan
Machine
Information flow
Function call to an interface in the dll

4. DLL Metrics APT interface (150 functions)
Functions to read APT-CL data into dll
Functions to read and place geometry into dll
Find interface (141 functions)
Functions to find nominal values
Query interface (143 functions)
Functions to find toleranced values
Feature interface (38 functions)
Functions to create manufacturing features
Process interface (32 functions)
Functions to create manufacturing process data
Eraser and System interfaces ( functions)
Functions to erase data and control operation of the dll

5. Example – Using the Explorer to place the Workpiece Geometry