STEP On A Page (SOAP) Documents
TC184/SC4 STEP On A Page Part 1
TC184/SC4 STEP On A Page Part 2
Electromechanical STEP On A Page
Manufacturing STEP On A Page
Ship STEP On A Page
Aerospace STEP On A Page
Systems Engineering STEP On A Page

Government Requirement for STEP

STEP Endorsed for DoD Use by Joint Aeronautical Commander’s Group
Memo for the Air Force, Navy, and Army Acquisition Executives from the Chairman of the Joint Aeronautical Commanders' Group (JACG) Joint Logistics Commanders, Dated 2 May 2002

STEP Related Studies

NIST Study on the Cost of Software Testing
Planning Report 02-3, The Economic Impacts of Inadequate Infrastructure for Software Testing, Prepared by RTI International for NIST, May 2002

NIST Study on Use of STEP
Planning report 02-5, Economic Impact Assessment of the International Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP) in Transportation Equipment Industries, Prepared by RTI International for NIST, December 2002

NIST Study on Infrastructure and Supply Chain Integration
Planning report 04-2, Economic Impact of Inadequate Infrastructure for Supply Chain Integration, Prepared by RTI International for NIST, June 2004

Business Case Studies from Missile and Aircraft Supply Chain Projects
Lean Manufacturing Above the Shop Floor, Prepared by ATI, March 2003

Report on the Survey Regarding the Use of International Standards
Summary of responses to the IFAN survey on the use of international standards, By Mr. Ger Aben, Vice-President of IFAN, Dated October 20, 2000

R&D and Long Term Competitiveness: Manufacturing's Central Role in a Knowledge-Based Economy
Prepared by NIST, February 2002

STEP Usability Aids
STEP Application Handbook (ISO 10303) Version 3
Prepared by SCRA, June 2006

A Scheme for UIDs and PLCS
Written by Mike Ward of Eurostep, May 2006

Analysis for Standards for Lifecycle Management of Systems for US Army -- a preliminary investigation
Written by Sudarsan Rachuri, Sebti Foufou, and Sharon Kemmerer of NIST, August 2006

Meeting Presentations
STEP Manufacturing Workshop -- 6 October 2004 (Zip file) 
STEP Business Users Forum -- 4 March 2004 (ZIP file)
PDES, Inc. Pilot Plans for Long Term Data Retention -- 10 June 2002 (PDF)
Long Term Archiving and Retrieval (LOTAR) of Product Data Project -- © 2002 (PDF)

Other Documents

ISO 10303- STEP: A Key Standard for the Global Market
Article by Howard Mason, Chairman of ISO TC184/SC4 appearing in ISO Bulletin, January 2002