Integration of furniture manufacturing systems - the funStep project approach -

funStep is an European project addressing the development of an ISO10303 STEP-based environment for the manufacturer to customer integration within the furniture industry. To get a standard customer’s interior design project and product data models, allowing the exchange of products, interior design projects and orders in a standard format, to design and develop a platform which help the integration of applications in the neutral environment, and develop assurance methods and tools to guaranty the compatibility and conformance of the integrated industrial and commercial environment, are in the principal objectives of this project. This paper presents the methodology and way the works have been conducted based on the adopted strategy, as well the developments and results achieved so far within the funStep project in order to reach the foreseen objectives.