The objective of this page is to provide an overview, from the users perspective, of the STEP AP 242 functionalities for “PDM” 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
- Interoperability between different systems
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- Long Term Archiving and Retrieval (LTA&R):
- LTA&R of a PDM "As designed" resolved Product Structure with effectivities
- LTA&R of a PDM "As built" resolved Product Structure with effectivities
- Visualization of archived PDM configured product structure 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.
STEP AP 242 PDM data model is based on the convergence of STEP AP 203 and STEP AP 214, and is also shared with STEP AP 209, AP 210, AP 233, AP 239, (list not exhaustive).
Final activities are carried out in 2013 to ensure the PDM harmonization of STEP AP 242 Business Object Model and STEP AP 239 PLCS Platform Specific Model (PSM).
STEP AP 242 standard will support 2 implementation formats:
In parallel of the 2 implementation formats, there will be 2 categories of PDM recommended practices for AP 242:
- PDM schema usage guide
- Link to the CAX-IF recommended practices page : http://www.cax-if.org/joint_testing_info.html#recpracs
- In preparation, with the planned start of the international PDM Implementer Forum in semester 1, 2014.