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Modeling of Manufacturing Resource Information, Requirements Specification

March 1, 1995
Author(s)
Kevin K. Jurrens, James E. Fowler, Mary B. Algeo
This document presents the results of a focused effort to comprehensively identify the characteristics of a common representation of a limited set of manufacturing resources. The resources so characterized include milling and turning machine tools, cutting

Requirements for an Application Protocol Development Environment

October 1, 1993
Author(s)
Allison Barnard, Steve Clark, James E. Fowler
The National PDES project at NIST is focused on the development and implementation of the emerging international standard for the exchange of product model data (STEP). One subproject within the testbed is the effort to establish an application protocol

Specifications for an Application Protocol Development Environment

July 1, 1993
Author(s)
Steve Clark, Allison Barnard Feeney, James E. Fowler
The National PDES Testbed project at NIST is focused on the development and implementation of the emerging international Standards for the Exchange of Product model data (STEP). One subproject within the Testbed is the effort to establish an Applications

Kibitz-Connecting Multiple Interactive Programs Together

January 1, 1993
Author(s)
Donald E. Libes, James E. Fowler
Expect is a programming language for automating interactive programs. Recently, people have begun using Expect to connect multiple interactive programs together, allowing for new classes of applications. With some basic building blocks and a little

NIST Express Toolkit: Requirements for Improvements

January 1, 1993
Author(s)
Donald E. Libes, James E. Fowler
The NIST EXPRESS toolkit is a software library for building EXPRESS-related tools. This paper is one in a series describing the latest version of the toolkit. This document describes shortcomings of previous versions of the toolkit, requirements for

Variant Design for Mechanical Artifacts - A State of the Art Survey

January 1, 1993
Author(s)
James E. Fowler
Variant design refers to the techniques of adapting existing design specifications to satisfy new design goals and constraints. A survey of approaches supporting variant design is presented. Capabilities used in current commercial computer aided design

A Conceptual Architecture for Mechanical Parts Production System Based on STEP

May 1, 1991
Author(s)
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., James E. Fowler, S Magleby
The STandard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP) is an emerging standard addressing the problems of data exchange and representation of produced goods in a variety of manufacturing enterprises. Given that the initial STEP specifications largely

STEP Production Cell Technical Development Plan

October 1, 1990
Author(s)
James E. Fowler
This document describes a plan to construct a prototype STEP-based manufacturing cell to demonstrate how parts are produced in a STEP environment. The manufacturing cell is an integral part of an overall project to establish the National PDES Testbed at

PDES Physical File Exchange Testing in the PDES Testbed Validation System

May 1, 1990
Author(s)
James E. Fowler
The Product Data Exchange Specification (PDES) is an emerging standard that is intended to address the problems of data exchange and representation for a variety of manufacturing enterprises. The National PDES Testbed is a facility established at NIST for

SIMA Reference Architecture Part I: Activity Models

July 1, 1987
Author(s)
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Neil Christopher, Shaw C. Feng, James E. Fowler, Simon P. Frechette, Albert T. Jones, Kevin K. Jurrens, Charles R. McLean, Mike Pratt, Harry A. Scott, M. K. Senehi, Ram D. Sriram, Evan K. Wallace
This report describes the activities and information flows inherent in the product realization process for discrete electro-mechanical parts and products. That is, it describes the technical functions which must be performed to take a part/product from