STEP file format makes strides toward becoming the PDF of machining and CAD data transfer. In the early days of mechanical CAD, there was no need to exchange model files. MCAD was rare enough that it ...

Abstract: It is necessary for the STEP-NC controllers to interpret STEP-NC file directly in order to make use of high-level product manufacturing information. In this paper, a STEP-NC interpreter is ...

Abstract: Modern manufacturing industries demand STEP-NC controllers, having higher level input languages than G-code, and less proprietary vendor dependencies. And the development of information ...

Last November Martin Hardwick presented an innovation that promises to change the economics of NC machining forever. His firm, STEP Tools Inc., Troy, N.Y., held the first demonstration of STEP NC, a ...

With Step-NC, it is now possible to exchange information consistently and smoothly between CAD, CAM, and NC programming. The Step-NC test environment at DaimlerChrysler involves the machining of a ...

This project parses additive manufacturing data described by a CLI file and creates a machining program as STEP-NC. Each layer description is put into a separate workplan, the polyline and hatches are ...

Charlotte, North Carolina – During the upcoming IMTS 2014 show and the Trends in Advanced Machining, Manufacturing and Materials (TRAM) Conference, Boeing and Okuma will share their experiences in ...

The paper describes problems with the current additive manufacturing chain before considering additive manufacturing as part of a modern manufacturing chain. Additive manufacturing can be used for ...

STEP-NC: A more advanced, data-rich language designed to overcome the current standard for defining the movement of machine tool axes. Bill Kennedy, based in Latrobe, Pa., is a former contributing ...