STEP Tools Presents New ST-Viewer v5.0 for the Engineering, Design, and Business Desktop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Updated Viewer for 3D STEP Product Data Offers Premium Desktop Viewing & Markup Capabilities and More
Troy, New York - September 02, 2003 -
STEP Tools, Inc. announced today it is now
shipping ST-Viewer v5.0, the newest release of its viewing and markup technology
based on the international ISO-STEP standard for product model data.
ST-Viewer software gives CAD and non-CAD users a professional level of graphical
access to 3D engineering models in design and manufacturing companies.
This powerful, interactive tool displays and describes product identification
information, assembly structure information, and 3D geometry information.
The product offers new enhancements and rich graphical functionality for
on-demand desktop viewing. ST-Viewer is ideal for a variety of enterprise-wide
applications including design collaboration, product reviews, tutorials,
presentations, and customer support. Visit STEP Tools web site at:
www.steptools.com/products/stviewer
for an online tutorial and additional technical information on ST-Viewer.
View, Analyze, Annotate, and Dimension STEP Data
ST-Viewer v5.0 is compatible with a wide range of CAD, CAM, CAE and PDM systems.
The program reads many types of STEP files and generates rich visualizations
in the Open Inventor file format, which include colors, transformations, light
sources, and text annotations. The software is fully STEP Compliant and supports
six major STEP Application Protocols (APs) including AP 203 (mechanical CAD), AP
209 (finite element analysis), AP 210 (circuit board assemblies), AP 214
(automotive design), AP 224 (machining features), and AP 227 (process plant design).
Before proceeding with visualization, ST-Viewer automatically analyzes STEP
input data. This procedure detects potential problems and appropriately adjusts
software switches. The data analyzer looks for difficult geometry, burdensome
file sizes, unsupported APs, and determines if configuration data is available.
ST-Viewer can communicate with CAD systems, part libraries, and databases.
The software can be embedded in a company's web page as a World Wide Web browser
"plug in", or used as a standalone application for viewing and sharing STEP product
data. Markups and annotations can be made and sent between users of ST-Viewer. The
images produced by ST-Viewer can be translated into Virtual Reality Modeling Language
(VRML) for use on the World Wide Web. Visualizations of solids and wireframe models
can also be cut and pasted into other tools and printed.
The program's capabilities can be expanded using an OLE/COM interface.
Using the OLE/COM interface, application programmers can create custom
applications that use ST-Viewer to highlight or pick the geometry or assembly
structure of a product.
ST-Viewer Pricing and Support
ST-Viewer v5.0 is priced based on number of seats: 1-4 seats - $290.00 USD,
5-10 seats - $240.00 USD, 10 seats or more seats - $190.00 USD. ST-Viewer
upgrade pricing also available. Pricing is subject to change.
System Requirements
ST-Viewer requires 100mb of hard disc space for installation. Recommended Processor:
Pentium 200 MHz or higher. Minimum RAM requirement: 64 MB. Recommended Video:
SVGA or better. Recommended Web Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.
The software package supports Windows operating systems: Windows NT 4.0/2000 or
Windows 98/95. Please note: Windows 95 releases before 1997 are not supported.
ST-Viewer may or may not work properly on such systems.
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 2004.
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. For late-breaking information, contact STEP
Tools, Inc. by calling (518) 687-2848, email: info@steptools.com or visit www.steptools.com.
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