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Robert R. Lipman ()

Research Engineer

Mr. Lipman is a guest researcher who continues to maintain and develop the STEP File Analyzer and Viewer.  He also co-leads the CAx Interoperability Forum that tests implementations of the ISO 10303 STEP standard in CAD software.

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Awards

PDES, Inc. Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award - for 10 years of involvement with CAx-IF and LOTAR as an internationally recognized industry leader in improving the implementation quality of PMI in STEP. (September 2022).

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal - for significantly accelerating the industrial deployment of key manufacturing standards through the development of the STEP File Analyzer (December 2015).

PDES, Inc. Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award - for technical and leadership contributions in support of both the CAx-IF and LOTAR through the development of the STEP File Analyzer (March 2014).

Selected Publications

Publications

STEP File Analyzer and Viewer User Guide (Update 6)

Author(s)
Robert Lipman, Soonjo Kwon
The STEP File Analyzer and Viewer opens a STEP (ISO 10303 - STandard for Exchange of Product model data) Part 21 file and (1) generates a spreadsheet or CSV
Created October 9, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022