Revision: 64314
http://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/code/64314
Author: starseeker
Date: 2015-02-27 19:48:07 +0000 (Fri, 27 Feb 2015)
Log Message:
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Rather than sticking useful STEP info into the tool man pages, make a man 5
page specifically about the STEP format.
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brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man1/en/g-step.xml
brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/CMakeLists.txt
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brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/STEP.xml
Modified: brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man1/en/g-step.xml
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--- brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man1/en/g-step.xml 2015-02-27 18:46:10 UTC
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</example>
</refsect1>
-<refsect1 xml:id='see_also'><title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>Further reading:</para>
-<variablelist remap='TP'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis remap='I'>Recommended Practices for AP203</emphasis>
- PDES, Inc. Industry consortium, April 1998
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis remap='I'>Usage Guide for the STEP PDM Schema
V1.2</emphasis>
- PDM Implementer Forum, Release 4.3, January 2002
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-</refsect1>
-
<refsect1 xml:id='author'><title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>BRL-CAD Team</para>
Modified: brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/CMakeLists.txt
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--- brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/CMakeLists.txt 2015-02-27
18:46:10 UTC (rev 64313)
+++ brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/CMakeLists.txt 2015-02-27
19:48:07 UTC (rev 64314)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
cmap.xml
pix.xml
plot3.xml
+ STEP.xml
)
Added: brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/STEP.xml
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--- brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/STEP.xml
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+++ brlcad/trunk/doc/docbook/system/man5/en/STEP.xml 2015-02-27 19:48:07 UTC
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; version="5.0" xml:id="STEP5"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";>
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>STEP</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class='source'>BRL-CAD</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class='manual'>BRL-CAD Format Documentation</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv xml:id="format">
+ <refname>STEP</refname>
+ <refpurpose>ISO 10303 Standard for the Exchange of Product model
data</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <!-- body begins here -->
+
+ <refsect1 xml:id='background'>
+ <title>BACKGROUND</title>
+ <para>
+ In 1984, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) began
working to create
+ a standard to allow for the electronic exchange of product data between
computer-based
+ product life-cycle systems. This scope was intentionally much broader
than just
+ geometry information, and the resulting standard (ISO 10303: Industrial
automation systems
+ and integration -- Product data representation and exchange) is
extremely large. Consequently,
+ the standard is subdivided into <emphasis remap="I">parts</emphasis>,
which are referred to
+ individually as ISO 10303-xxx where xxx is the part number. Because of
the large scope,
+ there is a numbering convention used to represent more focused
sub-scopes in order to make locating
+ specific types of information simpler:
+ <table>
+ <title>ISO 10303 Part Numbering Scopes</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Series</entry>
+ <entry>Scope Of Series</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>00x</entry>
+ <entry>Overview, fundamental principles</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>01x</entry>
+ <entry>Definitional resources</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>02x</entry>
+ <entry>Implementation methods</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>03x</entry>
+ <entry>Validation of translators for standard conformance</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>04x</entry>
+ <entry>Integrated Generic Resources (basic building
blocks)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>1xx</entry>
+ <entry>Integrated Application Resources (higher level than
04x)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>2xx</entry>
+ <entry>Application Protocols</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>5xx</entry>
+ <entry>Application Interpreted Constructs - reusable components
of Application Protocols</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ The lowest level parts that define STEP in a practical sense are <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=38047";>ISO
10303-011</link>, <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=33713";>ISO
10303-21</link>, and <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=25097";>
ISO 10303-022</link>. 10303-011 defines
+ the EXPRESS language, which is in turn the language in which application
protocol schemas are written. 10303-21
+ defines a clear text encoding of the STEP exchange structure - files
using this schema are referred to as "STEP"
+ or "Part 21" files.
+ 10303-022 defines a Standard Data Access Interface (SDAI) which is used
to automatically generate practical
+ computer code from the EXPRESS schema protocol descriptions.
Collectively, these define the "container" aspects
+ of the STEP file format and a method to access the information from the
file. (This is similar to using XML with
+ a schema file to store information, and newer schemas are also available
in an XML form in addition to EXPRESS.)
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ A number of <link
xlink:href="http://www.steptools.com/support/stdev_docs/express/step_irs/";>other</link>
low level parts and higher level Application Interpreted Constructs (AICs)
form the foundation
+ on which the more complete "high level" parts are defined. This
separation is performed mainly to allow
+ maximal sharing and compatibility between different high level parts
that need the same lower level foundations.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Within that context, the primary components of interest for practical
data import and
+ export are the Appliation Protocols (AP) that focus on shape models and
assembly
+ structure (among other things.) The first such protocol was AP203 -
"Configuration-controlled design".
+ As experience using the standard in real world applications accumulated,
new revisions and new application protocols
+ were developed. Today, the following protocols exist:
+ <table>
+ <title>Application Protocols relating to Shape Modeling and Assembly
Structure</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Application Protocl</entry>
+ <entry>Title</entry>
+ <entry>Notes</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>AP203</entry>
+ <entry><link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=20597";>Configuration
controlled 3D designs of mechanical parts and assemblies</link></entry>
+ <entry>Most recent version is 10303-203:1994 with additions and
corrections as follows. The original document was subsequently revised by one
amendment<link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=34177";>10303-203:1994/Amd
1:2000 </link> and three corrections: <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=26904";>10303-203:1994/Cor
1:1996 </link>, <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=30943";>10303-203:1994/Cor
2:1998 </link>, and <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=40190";>10303-203:1994/Cor
3:2004 </link> </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>AP203e2</entry>
+ <entry> <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=44305";>Configuration
controlled 3D designs of mechanical parts and assemblies</link></entry>
+ <entry>Most recent version is 10303-203:2011. Revises <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=39522";>10303-203:2005</link>,
which is listed as a modular version that is harmoonized with ISO
10303-2014.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>AP214</entry>
+ <entry> <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=43669";>Core
data for automotive mechanical design processes</link></entry>
+ <entry>Most recent version is 10303-214:2010. Two earlier
versions exist: <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=38727";>10303-214:2003</link>
and <link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=23643";>10303-214:2001</link></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>AP242</entry>
+ <entry><link
xlink:href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=57620";>Managed
model-based 3D engineering</link></entry>
+ <entry>Most recent version is 242:2014. This standard is
intended to consolidate and replace AP203e2 and AP214.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ AP203e2 is sufficiently different from AP203 that practically speaking
it merits
+ being called out as its own distinct protocol, but in the nominclature
of the ISO
+ standards it is still considered a revision to AP203.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ These protocols are the portion of ISO 10303 that address the problem
domain previously handled by the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
(<citerefentry><refentrytitle>IGES</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
In a computer aided design context where transfer of "STEP files" is being
discussed, those files will most likely correspond to one of the previous
protocols.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ TODO - Determine what MIM, AIM and AAM are and document them...
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 xml:id='schema_resources'><title>SCHEMAS AND IMPLEMENTATION
RESOURCES</title>
+ <para>
+ To obtain the latest schema files (which, unlike the ISO standards
themselves, are freely available) check the <link
xlink:href="http://stepmod.sourceforge.net/";>STEP Module Repository
Project</link> - in particular, the <link
xlink:href="http://stepmod.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/stepmod/stepmod/data/modules/";>modules</link>
directory.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The standards define the structure of the schemas, but in general when
it comes to the nuts and bolts of implementing a practical importer and
exporter more resources are needed. Below are links to some implementation
resources:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ PDES, Inc. Industry consortium <link
xlink:href="http://www.steptools.com/support/stdev_docs/express/ap203/recprac203v8.pdf";>Recommended
Practices for AP203</link>, April 1998
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ PDM Implementer Forum, <link
xlink:href="http://www.steptools.com/support/stdev_docs/express/pdm/pdmug_release4_3.pdf";>Usage
Guide for the STEP PDM Schema V1.2 Release 4.3</link>, January 2002.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ CAx Implementor Forum Recommended Practices: <link
xlink:href="https://www.cax-if.org/joint_testing_info.html#recpracs";></link>
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 xml:id='see_also'><title>SEE ALSO</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Pratt, Michael J.; <link
xlink:href="http://www.mel.nist.gov/msidlibrary/doc/jcise1.pdf";> Introduction
to ISO 10303 - the STEP Standard for Product Data Exchange</link>; NIST; 2001.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 xml:id='author'><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>Clifford Yapp</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 xml:id='copyright'><title>COPYRIGHT</title>
+ <para>
+ Copyright (c) 2015 by the United States Government as represented by
U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 xml:id='bug_reports'><title>BUG REPORTS</title>
+ <para>
+ Reports of inaccuracies should be submitted via electronic
+ mail to <[email protected]>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
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