STEP Tools' Free Data Translation Service Achieves Landmark Usage with 20,000 Online Translations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Belinda Jones, 860-767-9506
HiTech Marketing LLC
belinda.jones@hitechmarketing.com
Troy, New York - September 8, 2003 -
STEP Tools, Inc.
today announced an industry milestone as its online
translation service officially reached 20,000 STEP data translations as of
September 2, 2003. STEP Tools was among the first innovative companies to
introduce a web-based interactive application (www.steptools.com/translate) in
January 1995. The free-of-charge STEP translation program has served to raise
awareness of ISO STEP (STandard for Exchange of Product model data) in the
manufacturing sector. The service supports the following data translations:
ACIS-to-STEP, STEP-to-ACIS, Parasolid-to-STEP, STEP-to-Parasolid, AP203
Checker, CEB-XML Writer, and the OSEB-XML Writer.
"The landmark usage of our STEP Translation service is a tribute to the
dedication of many people to give the manufacturing community a reliable,
international data standard," states Dr. Martin Hardwick, president and CEO of
STEP Tools, Inc. "From inception, the goal of STEP was to give an explicit
and complete representation of product data throughout its entire life cycle
and reduce costly interoperability problems. In 2003, the success rate of STEP
Tools' online translation service was 97% in any given month. That is truly a
milestone."
STEP Tools' translation service also allows visitors to test drive the
translation and visualization products for STEP data. End users have the
capacity to translate and observe virtually any CAD model in any file
format. STEP Tools' translation service also includes popular graphic data
formats and allows users to directly upload files without using FTP (File
Transfer Protocol).
STEP Tools' integrated suite of tools and libraries covers every aspect of
STEP implementation and drastically minimizes the effort needed to move
applications and databases into compliance with ISO STEP (Standard for Product
Data Exchange) and other standards that use EXPRESS information models. STEP
Tools also has introduced software products to support STEP-NC Implementation
programs and flagship users of this important, emerging technology.
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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