AP 203 -- Configuration Controlled Design

Sample Programs

GEOMETRY

Creates a product with all of the STEP backbone entities needed to get started with geometry.

AP203_CC1

Creates a product with all configuration management data required for AP-203 Conformance Class One.

ACTIVITY

Creates AP-203 design activity information with design releases and change requests for a fictional product.

ASSEMBLY

Constructs an assembly between two products, relating the configuration management as well as the geometry.

PRINT_ASSY

Print Bill-of-Materials report. Find all engineering assemblies in a STEP file and print their assembly structure as an indented list.

Other Files

Sample Data Files: Sample AP203 files shipped with ST-Developer
config_control_design.ws: An example working set description containing recommended complex instance combinations (AND/ORs). Use this if you want to generate your own C++ classes with the EXPRESS compiler.
config_control_design.nam: Short name abbreviations already installed in ST-Runtime.

Overview

EXPRESS source and associated files for STEP Part 203: Application Protocol for Configuration Controlled Design. The standard was originally published in 1994 and was subsequently amended in 2000 as ISO 10303-203:1994/Amd1:2000(E).

AP 203 schema in a browsable form, as well as the EXPRESS file for the ISO 10303-203:1994/Amd1:2000 document.
AP 203 Recommended Practices v8 [PDF]
Changes in the 2000 Amendment

The original 1994 document and the amendment are on the ISO web site as well as through national standards bodies.

Programming Libraries

For C++ programming, the ap203lib class library is pre-installed and provides AP203-specific classes for use with the ST-Developer ROSE programming library

Include File: stp_schema.h
Include Path: $(ROSE_INCLUDE)/ap203lib
Library Path: $(ROSE_LIB) with ap203lib.lib or -lap203lib
Class List
How to use

For Java programming, the ap203lib Jar file is pre-installed and provides AP203-specific classes for use with the ST-Developer Java programming library

Import: com.steptools.schemas.config_control_design
Jar File: $(ROSE_LIB)/lib/java/ap203lib.jar
Class List
How to use

In addition to the other ST-Developer Utilities, the ap203check specialty checker is available and has been customized for AP203 data sets.