History -NIDDESC, European Efforts
NIDDESC (Navy Industry Digital Data Exchange Standards Committee)
- Active from 1987 - 1992
- Represented initial efforts to define product modeling data exchange standards within the shipbuilding industry
- Developed exchange specifications for Ship Structure, Ship Piping, Ship HVAC, Ship Electrical & Cableway, and Ship Outfit & Furnishing
European Efforts
- EMSA - European Marine STEP Association
- NEUTRABAS - Active from 1988 - 1991
- MARITIME - Active from 1992 - 1995
- ShipSTEP - Active from 1994 - 1996
- SEASPRITE - Active from 1996 - 1999