Experiences from the use and development of ISO 10303-AP 233 Interfaces in the Systems Engineering domain

Abstract -- Systems engineering as core discipline of technical product development uses a variety of different CASE (Computer Aided Systems Engineering) 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 life cycle is the definition of standards interface formats using the application protocol framework of ISO STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data) 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 CASE tools Teamwork and Statemate are shown.

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