A customizable view for Web-based STEP data

Abstract

A key to successful deployment of concurrent engineering is sharing of product data.We propose a new approach to sharing the product data on the Web.In a concurrent engineering environment, each participant who is as disparate as design, production, and purchase requires a different view depending on their roles and interests.Ther efore, it is very important to support the individuals data requirements. Our system supports views for custom-defined functionalities as well as predefined standardized views.The system allows individual users to design their own views.An important consideration is given to improve the system performance by maintaining indexes.