AP 233 Interface for Teamwork Experiences in the Implementation and Use

Abstract -- Systems engineering as core discipline of technical product development uses a variety of different CASE tools. Very often the need arises for data transfer between CASE tools. Due to insufficient interface formats today a labour intensive manual transfer of data is necessary. An attempt for improvement of the data exchanges between systems engineering CASE tools along the process live cycle is the definition of standards interface formats using the application protocol framework of ISO STEP product data technology. In this paper we present experiences made while designing, developing and using a STEP ISO 10303 - AP233 conformant import and export interface for the CASE tool Teamwork. The interface demonstrates that AP233 is an efficient medium for tool and vendor independent transfer of systems engineering information. Examples of data exchanges between the CAS Tools Teamwork, Statemate and DOORS are shown.

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