STEP Tools, Inc. Participates in Aerospace PDE 2003

Dr. Hardwick Speaks at International Workshop for Aerospace Product Data Exchange

Troy, New York � March 19, 2003 � STEP Tools, Inc. announced today it will participate in Aerospace PDE 2003, the fifth annual International Workshop for Aerospace Product Data Exchange, being held on April 7-10, 2003, in Gaithersburg, MD. The event is being hosted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Aerospace engineers and IT professionals will gather at NIST headquarters to join a forum for the discussion of methods and technology for reliable exchange and long term archival of aerospace product data. 

Dr. Martin Hardwick, president and CEO of STEP Tools, will present a paper on �Model Driven Intelligent Control of Manufacturing� from 10:55am to 11:40am on Monday, April 7, 2003. For more information or to register, go to http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/new030407.htm.

Dr. Hardwick is the international team leader of the STEP Manufacturing group. His paper will cover the progress of the international draft standard STEP-NC and focus on the technology�s current and future benefits to the aerospace industry. Over the past three years, STEP Tools has spearheaded the development of STEP-NC effort in North America, and is a highly visible participant in the global STEP community of over 200 independent product data specialists.

Dr. Hardwick will present an overall theme of product data integration, based on a full fidelity STEP-NC model used as direct input to a CNC machine tool. The comprehensive STEP-NC model can provide the comprehensive data needed for the long term archival needs of the aerospace industry. The forthcoming international standard will usher in a new era of manufacturing automation in terms of productivity, safety, reliability, and CNC machine tool usability and interoperability.

About STEP and STEP-NC Standards STEP (STandard for Exchange of Product model data) is a comprehensive ISO standard for CAD design data. STEP-NC, the manufacturing extension of this standard, annotates the design information with manufacturing data. STEP became a full ISO standard in 1994, and since then, all of the leading CAD software vendors have implemented STEP data translation. It is estimated that more than one and a half million CAD stations now contain STEP data translators. STEP-NC is on its way to becoming a Draft International Standard in 2003.

About STEP Tools, Inc. 

STEP Tools, Inc. is a leading international supplier of professional STEP software toolsets (based on ISO standards) for application software developers, design firms and manufacturing companies in diverse industries. The STEP Tools product line is used by the world's foremost firms to leverage STEP and STEP-NC technology to facilitate the sharing of engineering product information. Over one million end users utilize product data applications built with ST-Developer, the company's flagship product. 

The company offers a suite of software solutions in several languages that integrate with existing tools and database systems, and also provide cross-platform compatibility and ease-of-use for streamlined development. The emerging STEP-NC technology is yielding process improvements including a 35% reduction in path planning time, a 75% reduction in paper drawings generated for the shop-floor, and a 50% improvement in machining time for small to mid-sized job lots. 

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