Executive Summary
of STEP
and PDES, Inc.
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See “Why Join” - 2002-04
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Outline
What is STEP?
What is PDES, Inc.?
STEP Success Stories
Member Company Testimonials
Membership Benefits
Membership Requirements
Summary
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What is STEP?
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Movement Toward
International Standards
Standards in Use
Company
Standards
National
Standards
International
Standards
Past
Present
Globalization
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Future
What is STEP?
...an international standard (ISO 10303)
for exchanging data between different
systems (CAD, CAM, CAE and PDM)
support
concept
design
fabricate
deliver
assemble
test
...a computer interpretable definition of the
physical and functional characteristics of a
product throughout its life cycle
...a proven way to ensure fast, reliable
data exchange between partners and
suppliers using different systems
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Role of STEP
Between Organizations
Concept
Customers
Design
Fabricate
Assemble
Test/Deliver
Primes
Support
Suppliers
Subcontractors
Enables Consistent and Timely Data Sharing by Participants
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Role of STEP
Between Functions
Engineering
Analysis
Product
Support
Product
Design
Manufacturing
Planning
Manufacturing
Control
Enables Complete and Accurate Data Exchange and Use
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Role of STEP
Between Designs
Enables Reuse of Design, Planning and Manufacturing Data
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Role of STEP
for Data Archival
Past
Future
Drawings
Warehouses
Tapes
Underground Mines
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Neutral STEP
Archival
Database
What is PDES, Inc.?
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PDES, Inc.’s Mission
Accelerate the development and
implementation of product data exchange
using STEP to improve product quality,
increase flexibility, reduce product cycle
time and reduce costs
quality
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flexibility cycle time
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cost
PDES, Inc. Members
Norway
BOEING
UTC
PTC
FORD
SPATIAL
ROCKWELL
IBM
GENERAL
NIST
MOTORS U.S.
ARMY
NASA
ELECTRIC
BOAT
EPM
UK
MSC SOFTWARE
EDS PLM
NORTHROP SOLUTIONS
GRUMMAN
LOCKHEED
MARTIN
GEORGIA
TECH
ATI
HOST
CONTRACTOR
THEOREM
SOLUTIONS
ROLLSROYCE
BAE SYSTEMS
France
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PSA
PEUGEOT
RENAULT CITROËN
EADS AIRBUS
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Member Companies represent
many Industries
Aerospace
Automotive
Electronics
Shipbuilding
Software
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Technical Roadmap
Methodology
Modularization
Web Strategy
STEP Support
Development
Deployment
Archival
Systems Engineering
Pilots/Training/
Production Use Construction History
Electromechanical
Tolerances
Analysis
Interoperability
Drafting
Validation Properties
PDM
CAx/PDM Implementor Forums
Solids CM
Tools/Testing
1988
1991
1994 1996
Development Phases
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1998
2000
Deployment Phases
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2002
/
2004
Enterprise Integration and
Interoperability Phase
2005
Organizational Structure
Executive
Board
Technical
Advisory
Committee
General
Manager
Systems
Integration
Board
Module
Development
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STEP for
the Web
Pilot
Projects
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Implementation
Support
Program Objectives
 Implement STEP using Web-based technologies
 Enable integrated supply chains through pilot projects
 Increase modular STEP applications to support
product data throughout the lifecycle
 Increase interoperability among CAD/PDM,
PDM/PDM, and ECAD/MCAD systems
 Enable faster and more efficient development of
STEP products and services
PDES, Inc. will increase Functionality,
User Confidence, Universal Acceptance,
and Ease of Use of STEP
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Objective #1:
Implement STEP using Web-based technologies
http://www.stepml.org/
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Objective #2:
Enable integrated supply chains
through pilot projects
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Objective #3:
Increase modular STEP applications to
support product data throughout the lifecycle
Systems
Engineering
Engineering
Analysis
Geometric Dimensioning
and Tolerancing
100.00±.05
+
Component 1
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Component 2
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50.00±.05
100.00±.05
50.00±.05
20.00±.05
Product Data
Management (PDM)
Construction
History
Objective #4:
Increase interoperability among
CAD/PDM, PDM/PDM, &
ECAD/MCAD systems
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Objective #5:
Enable faster, more efficient development
of STEP products & services
ISO TECHNICAL
SPECS
IN HTML
FAST
TRACK TO
VALIDATE THROUGH
IMPLEMENTOR FORUM
TESTING AND PILOT
PROJECTS
BUILD MODULES
FROM
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS
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PDES, Inc. Approach
Operates as a virtual company using
contributed member company personnel
Survey member companies for requirements
Organize work into projects with deliverables
and schedules
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PDES, Inc. Approach (cont.)
 Work with the established National and International
standards structure
 Establish formal relationships with other significant
organizations, programs and consortia
 Pursue funding for complementary projects
PreAMP
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STEP
Success Stories
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STEP is being used in production for
streamlined data exchange with suppliers
 STEP adopted for all F-16 Military Fighter Aircraft
production re-bid activities
 Recent major re-bid of F-16 machined parts:
– Involved about 2300 part numbers and 50 potential suppliers
– STEP provided 95% reduction in printing and reproduction
costs and 52% reduction in labor by the prime contractor, not
including similar savings by the suppliers
 Lockheed Martin plans to implement STEP across all
new aircraft programs which use CAD (F-22, F-2, T-50,
JSF, etc.) and at all sites in the consolidated Lockheed
Martin Aeronautics Company
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STEP is being used in
production at Boeing today
 Boeing is using STEP on the Commercial Aircraft
Programs 777-300 Long Range (with General Electric)
and 767X (with Rolls-Royce and the Engine Alliance) for
the digital pre-assembly process
 They are also using STEP to exchange C-17 Military
Transport Aircraft configuration management data on a
daily basis between their design facilities
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Boeing Position on STEP
 STEP is identified as The Boeing Company
Standard for product data exchange.
 Boeing will only consider purchase of products
that comply with STEP.
 It is Boeing’s intent that our partners and
suppliers comply with STEP as a requirement for
maintaining business with Boeing.
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STEP comprises over 25% of IBM's global
e-procurement design data exchange
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Electric Boat uses STEP as their
data exchange method of choice
 STEP is currently in production use for the exchange of
solid model design data with many external customers
including:
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Allied Signal
Caterpillar
Atlas Casting
U.S. Department of Defense
Avondale Industries
Lunn Industries
Bath Iron Works (BIW)
U.S. Navy Labs
BF Goodrich
Newport News Shipbuilding
Boeing
Northrop Grumman
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Ford uses STEP as a core component in
their application integration architecture
 STEP for Product Data Management (PDM) is
enabling collaborative product development
 On case-by-case basis Ford will continue to use
STEP for CAD data exchange
 Ford is planning to use STEP to harmonize CAD
and PDM data exchange within Ford
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Pratt & Whitney is using STEP in
aircraft engine production with Boeing
 Currently exchanging geometry data via STEP for the
A3XX commercial aircraft between Engine Alliance and
Airbus
 On the Joint Strike Fighter military program Pratt &
Whitney is effectively using STEP to communicate
geometric engine interface data with program partners
(Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Rolls-Royce)
 Pratt & Whitney is “STEP-ready” and recommends and
encourages the use of STEP for communication of design
information with customers
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STEP is used in production at Delphi
to translate Customer Product Data
 The Delphi Data Exchange Team has designated STEP as
the strategic tool for their data exchange and data sharing
vision
 Unigraphics Solutions (UG) has been designated as a
strategic technology for Delphi’s math based and global
engineering systems
 Since many Delphi customers require data in CATIA, SDRC,
or Pro/E, production STEP translation occurs daily between:
UG <=> CATIA, UG <=> SDRC/I-DEAS, and UG <=> Pro/E
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Currently implementing STEP on
the Eurofighter Typhoon Project
 Eurofighter Typhoon is a four nation military program
implementing STEP for Product Data Management (PDM)
 Partners include BAE SYSTEMS, Alenia (Italy), and EADS -European Aeronautic, Defense, and Space (consisting of CASA
from Spain and Daimler Chrysler Aerospace from Germany)
 Airbus Industrie partners are currently developing STEP
capability for CAD and PDM data exchange on the A3XX
commercial aircraft program
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Rolls-Royce has been using STEP in
aircraft engine production since 1997
 STEP use at Rolls-Royce evolved from the PDES, Inc.
AeroSTEP pilot project
– Participated with Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, and GE
– Focused on 3D mechanical assemblies
 Currently using STEP for engine design work on
– Boeing 777/Trent 800
– Boeing 747 and 767/Trent 600 projects
– Boeing Joint Strike Fighter
 Looking into possible STEP use on Gulfstream/Tay
6118C and Airbus A380/Trent 900
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The U.S. National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
has adopted STEP for data exchange
 Currently NASA is exchanging CAD models using STEP
between SDRC Ideas, PTC ProEngineer, PTC
ComputerVision, Solidworks, and AutoCAD
 Planned uses of STEP include PDM, electronics design,
thermal analysis, systems engineering, structural analysis,
and machining
 NASA’s long term vision is to develop a STEP
infrastructure of services supporting
end-to-end, interdisciplinary data integration and data
reuse
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The Importance of
PDES, Inc. Membership:
Testimonials from Members
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Lockheed Martin
The importance of membership in PDES, Inc. has been
validated across the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Company and is aligned with our business imperatives of
Perform, Perfect, Win and Grow. Initiatives like PDES,
Inc. are consistent with our focus on seamless
information flow across the entire virtual value stream.
Membership has brought us great payback, particularly
because of our participation in STEP pilot projects…
lessons learned and knowledge sharing have been
invaluable. PDES, Inc. provides a very effective forum
for our companies to cooperate...
Mike Jahadi -- Manager,
CAD/CAM Integration & Strategic Planning
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
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Northrop Grumman
At Northrop Grumman, our PDES, Inc. association
has been very valuable to us. PDES, Inc. initiatives
embody an excellent balance between business
processes and information technology. Fellow
PDES, Inc. member companies represent our
customers, suppliers and competitors. Thus, the
non-competitive environment of PDES, Inc. has
incubated some very robust technology
developments. Member company networking has
accelerated our technical progress in many key
areas. Finally, through PDES, Inc. implementation
pilots we "test drive" leading edge business practices
in a competition free, low risk environment.
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Gary Cox -- Manager,
Product Definition Systems
Rockwell Collins
Design and manufacturing software tool
interoperability and seamless data exchange
between manufacturing sites are absolutely critical in
reducing cycle times and improving cost
effectiveness of operations. The association with
PDES Inc. has afforded Rockwell Collins an
opportunity for collaboration to address both areas.
The PDES, Inc. collaborative model has allowed us
to leverage resources from a variety of industries to
develop and pilot solutions to these common
problems.
Jack Harris, Director
Advanced Manufacturing Technology
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Rolls-Royce
Membership in PDES, Inc. has enabled Rolls-Royce
to establish working relationships with other
companies who are also seeking to improve their
ability to share CAD data effectively with their
respective global partners. These relationships even
extend to some of our major competitors!
Jon Peet, Geometry Systems Manager
Product Engineering & Technology
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MSC Software
PDES, Inc. has demonstrated their ability to provide a
collaborative environment which benefits all
participants. The development and application of the
standards needed to unambiguously define products
in an electronic format is a foundation for electronic
commerce. The ability to work with major companies
in this endeavor has established valuable
relationships and led to new business.
Gene Allen, Director
Collaborative Development
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Theorem Solutions
We believe that the investment we make in PDES,
Inc. membership is of great value in a number of
ways. We benefit considerably from working with
other members to develop new products which they
tell us they need. Being aware of the evolving
requirements of the other members also helps us to
focus on where data exchange and data
management is going in the future.
Tony Ranger
Technical Director
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NASA
Our participation in PDES, Inc. is very
instrumental in our efforts to develop and
deploy STEP in NASA. I encourage others in
aerospace to join as well.
Brian Keegan
NASA Chief Engineer
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National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
Our membership in PDES, Inc. has served the
Department of Commerce well in many ways. First, it
gave us the opportunity to communicate with key
companies to understand their product standard
exchange needs. Second, it has allowed us to
leverage resources to accomplish those functions
which DoC felt were critical to support U.S. industry,
such as the development of conformance test
methods. Third, it created an environment where
DoC staff were able to form working relationships
with their counterparts in industry.
Howard Bloom -- Acting Director of NIST’s
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
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Membership
Benefits
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Membership Benefits
 Comprehensive vendor test bed (all major CAD
systems)
 Focused pilot projects in high pay-off areas
 STEP product testing in a dynamic environment over
the Internet
 Training/Education from world-leading experts in
STEP
 Extensive lessons learned from STEP deployments
in industry
Tap into a knowledge-base
of STEP experts
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Membership Benefits
(cont.)
 Insight into industry Enterprise Integration strategies
 Hands-on experience in using STEP tools and
technology
 Ready access to STEP expertise/consultants
 Direct influence on setting the standard
 Up to date awareness of vendor product capabilities
and plans
 Focused cost sharing and cross industry collaboration
on STEP
Work together to leverage
collective efforts
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Membership Benefits
(cont.)
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Ability to work closely with your customers/suppliers
Support for internal STEP implementations
Leveraging requirements on vendors
Gaining international support through the
International Industry STEP Centers
 Cross industry knowledge sharing
High Return on Investment
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Why Should Major Manufacturing
Companies be a part
of PDES, Inc.?
 Ability to participate in Pilot Projects to insert STEP
technology into their companies
 Ability to collaborate across industries
 Opportunity to leverage their efforts to establish an
international standard for product data exchange
 Insight into effective ways to integrate systems and
supply chains
 Access to world leading experts and knowledge base
in STEP deployment
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Why Should Small and Medium
Sized Enterprises be a part
of PDES, Inc.?
 Opportunity to establish strong relationships and
work closely with leading Prime/OEM companies
 Access to training and assistance in STEP
deployment
 Insight into industry directions and requirements for
integrating with suppliers
 Opportunity to communicate problems/issues with
regard to implementation
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Why Should Software
Developers be a part
of PDES, Inc.?
 Opportunity to establish strong customer
relationships and participate in pilot projects with
them
 Opportunity to gain new business with leading
companies
 Can gain new insight into industry requirements for
product data exchange
 Ability to influence what goes into the standard
 Access to world leading experts and forum for
implementing STEP
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Why Should System Integrators
be a part of PDES, Inc.?
 Opportunity to forge strong relationships with key
decision-makers from leading companies
 Insight into industry requirements and challenges in
integrating systems and supply chains
 Access to world leading experts and knowledge base
in STEP deployment
 Ability to drive requirements in STEP for systems
integration, downstream use, etc.
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What can PDES, Inc. do to help a
member company get up the
STEP learning curve?
 STEP training courses, materials, and workshops
 Expertise on STEP, standards development, and
related technologies
 Pilot Project lessons learned
 Recommended Practices and Usage Guides
 Technical Team Offsite participation
 Website with STEP information and links to other key
STEP sites
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Membership
Requirements
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Membership Requirements
 All industry members have same rights and
privileges
 Industry member dues based on annual
revenue
– Revenues < $1B, dues are $25K/year
– Revenues > $1B, dues are $50K/year
 Resource requirement for industry is minimum
of one full time equivalent (FTE) per year -1800 hours
 Vendors can charge 50% of time to internal
STEP product development
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Membership
Requirements (cont.)
 Government Associates
– Option of two FTEs OR $25K and one FTE
 University Associate membership
– No dues
– Minimum of one FTE required
– Membership is “non-voting”
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Summary
 STEP is fundamental to meeting your business goals
 PDES, Inc. Members:
– Get a head start in implementing STEP
 Training
 Hands-on experience
 Dedicated team assistance
 Software Tools
– Get the additive effect of leveraged resources
 Cost sharing
 Influence on vendors/users
 Influence on standard
PDES, Inc. membership is a good investment!
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