1. Industrial Data Implementors Forum
Martin Hardwick
STEP Tools, Inc.
October 3, 2001
Fukuoka, Japan

2. Agenda – Wednesday 10:30 – 17:00 10:30 – Noon STEP-NC Demonstrations
S-CAM
EDM video
Super Model GDLS Demonstration
Lunch
Manufacturing Automation using AP-213/AP-224/AP-238
Break
3:30PM – 5PM
Parametrics Report – Mike Pratt
Assembly Features
Open Issue Review
References in Modules
EXPRESS amendment

3. References in Modules Considerable concern Business Technical
Money saved by the AP developers may have to be spent by each implementor
Implementors may have to purchase many standards
Technical
How to know the scope of a reference
Where does the EXPRESS-G begin and end?

4. EXPRESS Amendment
Barriers to implementation of modules
A new version of EXPRESS has not yet been implemented by any tool kit vendors
We cannot check your models
TBD versions of Part 21, Part 28 and SDAI are not yet in the scope of any WG11 project
We cannot make any data
A new modeling technique allows EXPRESS entities to reference anything (Generic)
We will not know what to implement
Will we be harmonizing against 70+ modules instead of 3 AP’s.
We cannot know if they all work together

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