Overview

IDA-STEP is an extensible software system for handling many different aspects of industrial product model data. It is very tightly linked with STEP, the "STandard for the Exchange of Product model data", ISO 10303.
The underlying infrastructure of IDA-STEP consists of:
The functionality of IDA-STEP is wrapped up in software components that are called features by the underlying Eclipse system. We use both terms in this documentation.  By licensing and installing more software components the functionality of IDA-STEP can be increased step by step. You can check for the licensed software components together with an optional expiration date and optional installation status in the Register, Update and Install dialogue that you can start from the Help menu.
You can check for the currently installed software components and the exact version number of the component by starting About IDA-STEP dialogue from the Help menu and then clicking on Feature Details. The following kind of features are available:
This help documentation will cover only those features that are currently installed on your PC.

Free annual licenses are available for the features IDA-STEP Framework and Viewer Basic. They don't need any special license-id to run on your computer. For all other features a license-id is needed which consists of 5 by 5 characters separated by a "-". They look like this:
         XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
Features may be licensed for an unlimited time or for a restricted time; e.g. for one year. When licensed for a restricted time the actual termination day of each feature is listed in the Registration, Install and Update dialogue, available via the Help menu. Also some licenses are constrained for non-commercial use only. If this is the case it is indicated in the title bar of IDA-STEP.

The installation of IDA-STEP is quite easy, but requires a good Internet connection:

Figure 1. IDA-STEP Viewer Basic window

The internal data model used by IDA-STEP is called XIM which stands  for Extended Integrated Model. It is a vendor specific combination and arrangement of the data models in STEP Application Modules called Application Reference Model (ARM) and Modular Integrated Model (MIM), the integrated resources and IDA-STEP specific extension.
IDA-STEP is able to process data from various applications and based  on different STEP Application Protocols (APs). Most APs are supported  during Import and for Export the focus is on:
Data according the XIM model is stored in binary files with the extension ".xim". XIM files can be loaded significantly faster than standard STEP Files with the extension ".stp" and can also contain additional information such as rendered 3D models for fast viewing.

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