Overview of STEP AP 242 functionalities for Kinematic interoperability

The objective of this page is to provide an overview, from the users perspective, of the STEP AP 242 functionalities for kinematics  interoperability. It is summed up according to the following paragraphs:
            - Overview and illustration of capabilities
            - Examples of associated use cases
            - Dependencies / related standards
            - Status of availability of COTS solutions
            - Status of recommended practices / implementers forums

·        Overview and illustration of capabilities

 

 


 

 

 

·        Examples of associated use cases

-          Interoperability between different systems

 
CAD-CADCAD 3D kinematics exchange with the supply chain

 -          Long Term Archiving and Retrieval (LTA&R):

o        LTA&R of CAD 3D kinematics for reuse and support in operation

·         Visualization of archived CAD 3D kinematics information

List not exhaustive: for more information refer to the CAX IF use cases and the STEP AP 242 use cases described by the respective industry associations

  • Dependancies / related standards

The data model of AP 242 for CAD 3D kinematics is based on STEP AP 214.

  • Status of availability of COTS solutions

Beta version interfaces for CAD 3D Kinematics are in development for different systems.
More information to be published in 2014. 

  • Related recommended practices

STEP recommended practices for CAD 3D kinematics: under development

Associated CAx Implementer Forum: start planned in 2014