This manual describes the ROSE C++ Class Library, an API for demanding CAD and data exchange applications. Features C++ classes generated from EXPRESS schemas for fast access and strong compiler type checking, advanced search and traversal features such as USEDIN, early and late-bound access, and STEP physical file control.

• 1 Introduction

  Application Programming with the ROSE Class Library

• 2 Compiling and Linking STEP Applications
• 3 Reading and Writing STEP Data Sets
• 4 Working with STEP Data Objects
• 5 Object Search and Traversal
• 6 EXPRESS and C++ Data Dictionary
• 7 AP Interoperability Features
• 8 Error Handling, Tracing and Debugging

  Class and Function Reference

• 9 Macros and Defined Types
• 10 Library Functions
• 11 RoseAggregate
• 12 RoseAttribute
• 13 RoseBackptrCursor
• 14 RoseBackptrs
• 15 RoseBinaryObject
• 16 RoseCursor
• 17 RoseDesign
• 18 RoseDesignSection
• 19 RoseDictionary
• 20 RoseDomain
• 21 RoseErrorContext
• 22 RoseErrorReporter
• 23 RoseInterface
• 24 RoseManager
• 25 RoseObject
• 26 RoseServer
• 27 RoseStructure
• 28 RoseType
• 29 RoseUnion