AFNeT – Prostep Ivip STEP AP242 Day 17 October 2018 Airbus, Toulouse Lionel Vieilly – Product Manager 2018/10/17 – Techsoft3D
AFNeT – Prostep Ivip STEP AP242 Day
17 October 2018
Airbus, Toulouse
Lionel Vieilly – Product Manager
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§ Founded in 1996
§ Self-funded, 4-person start-up
§ 100% employee owned
§ 20 years of profitable growth
§ 100+ people worldwide
§ 500+ ISV partners
Company introduction
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Product Portfolio
Resold Software Development Tools
Software Development Tools End users products
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HOOPS platform
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(Hoops Exchange supported platforms)
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HOOPS Supported CAD Formats
Other
Standards
STEPIGESPDFPRCSTLU3DIFC
VDA-FSglTFOBJ
COLLADA3DS
VRML3MF
Rhino
SOLIDWORKSACISCATIA V4CATIA V5CATIA V6
CreoPro/E
InventorDWGDXFDWFRVT (beta)
Gray – Read Supported OnlyOrange – Write Supported
OnlyBlue – Read & Write
Supported
XTJTNX
Solid EdgeI-DEAS
HOOPS Exchange: Supports all main CAD formats and standards
Model Tree
BREP & Mesh
Visualization
PMI
Views
Meta-data
Features
Other
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CAD functional capabilities supported by the STEP AP242 interface
CAD information
Implementation Format Level of implementation
P21- AIM XML BO M. Pilot IF test COTS
3D geometry
3D exact BREP representation ü ü3D tessellated BREP representation ü üPresentation (color, layers, transparency, invisibility, etc) ü ü
3D Product & Manufacturing Information - PMI
(GD&T, 3D annotations, 3D symbols, UDA)
Graphic presentation ü ü
Semantic representation ü ü
Assembly structure
1 STEP file with assembly structure and 3D geometry ü ü1 assembly with references to CAD 3D files) ü üNested assembles with references to CAD 3D files ü ü
Kinematics Motion û ûMechanism û û
Composite design Ply definition based on exact surface û ûPly definition based on 3D tessellated solid BREP û û
Electrical Wiring Harness Topology (AP242 ed2 DIS) û ûWire list (AP242 ed2 DIS) û û
STEP compressed file ü ü
Validation Properties 3D geometry, PMI, assembly structure, composite ü ü
PDM functionalities not addressed with current version
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Use case: Tetra4D solutions
Tetra4D Converter
§ 3D PDF creation solution from majors CAD formats
§ Supports export to STEP and other standard
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Use case: MBD/MBE
SOLIDWORKS® (MBD)
§ Drawing-less manufacturing solution
§ Enables the definition of a fully annotated model
§ Publish 3D model in industry-standard file formats§ 3D PDF§ STEP AP242
§ Enhanced mfg. communication§ Facilitates downstream data reuse§ Lotar compliant
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Partner Success