New from Fujitsu

Learning about STEP

The learning curve for STEP/EXPRESS is a steep one. Fujitsu have drawn on their experience in helping people climb it in producing a new self-learning course. "The Way to STEP/EXPRESS" allows the reader to study by combining a textbook with a STEP software package. Fujitsu describe the course as like learning to drive a car; you learn by practical experience rather than from studying the theory. The software package provides you with a range of facilities, including compilation of an EXPRESS schema and model export/import. Database view-ing is implemented by a version of EXPRESS Data Manager developed by EPM Technology for this purpose. The first edition of the course is a Japanese version, but work has already started on an English edition for global use. Handling KANJI characters

The second announcement is of a new STEP file analysis tool. This can read a STEP file and analyse it in terms of "line number renumbering", "cross reference list of line numbers", "used entity list" and other headings. An important feature is "KANJI viewing"; this converts encoded ISO 10646 code into KANJI characters and vice versa. This means that users can read encoded KANJI immediately on-screen.
Fujitsu - http://www.fujitsu.com/global/, http://www.fqs.fujitsu.or.jp/STEP/