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StepFiles(*.step)
TheSTEPtranslatorsupportsimportandexportofbody,faceandcurvecolorsofSTEPAP214files.TheSTEPAP203standarddoesnothaveanycolorimplementation.

Import
TheSTEPtranslatorimports:
STEPfilesasSolidWorkspartorassemblydocuments.
Bodygeometry,body,face,andcurvecolors,andtopologyinformationfromanAP214STEPfile.
WireframegeometryfromSTEPAP203andAP214files.
STEPconfigurationdata.YouhavetheoptiontoimportthisdatabyselectingtheMapconfigurationdatacheckboxunderSTEPintheImportOptionsdialogbox

Export
TheSTEPtranslatorexportsSolidWorkspartorassemblydocumentstoSTEPfiles.
Youcanselecttoexportindividualpartsorsubassembliesfromanassemblytree,limitingexporttoonlythosepartsorsubassemblies.Ifyouselectasubassembly,allof
itscomponentsareautomaticallyselected.Ifyouselectacomponent,itsascendantsarepartiallyselected,preservingtheassemblystructure.
SolidWorkssupportsexportingtheunitoflengthofapartorassemblydocumenttoaSTEPAP203orAP214file.
YoucansetexportoptionsintheSTEPExportOptionsdialogbox.

CONTENTS
STEPExportOptions
YoucansettheexportoptionswhenyouexportSolidWorkspartorassemblydocumentsasSTEPfiles.
STEPConfigurationData

STEPExportOptions
YoucansettheexportoptionswhenyouexportSolidWorkspartorassemblydocumentsasSTEPfiles.

TosettheSTEPexportoptions:
1.ClickFile>SaveAs.
2.SelectaSTEPfiletypeforSaveastype,thenclickOptions.
3.Selectfromtheoptionsdescribedbelow,thenclickOK.
4.ClickSavetoexportthedocument.

Outputas
Solid/Surface
geometry

Exportsthegeometryassolidsandsurfacebodies.

3Dcurves

Exportsthesolidandsurfacebodiesaswireframeentities.All3Dcurves(compositecurves,3Dwires,importedcurves,andsoon)arealso
saved.

Exportsketchentities

(Availableonlywith3Dcurvesselected).Exportsalltheitemsin3Dcurves,plusall2Dand3Dsketchesinthedocument.

SetSTEPconfiguration
data

(AvailableonlywhenexportingtoSTEPAP203(*.step )filetypes).DisplaystheSTEPConfigurationDataforExportdialogbox.
Ifyouselect3DcurvesorExportsketchentities,youcanopentheexportedSTEPfilesonlyinSolidWorks2001Plusorlater.
IfyouselectSetSTEPconfigurationdata,theSTEPConfigurationDataforExportdialogboxappears.
BecauseyoucannotgroupthesketchelementstogetherinaSTEPfile,whenyouopentheexportedSTEPfileinSolidWorks:
Alllinesandsplinesareimportedintoasingle3Dsketch.
Circles,ellipses,andparabolasareimportedintoindividual2Dsketches.

Outputcoordinatesystem

Selectacoordinatesystemtoapplyforexport.Ifyouselectdefault,notransformationmatrixisapplied.

Exportface/edge
properties

Exportsfaceandedgeproperties.Clearthisoptiontoimproveexportperformance.

Splitperiodicfaces

Splitsperiodicfaces,suchascylindricalfaces,intotwo.Splittingaperiodicfacecanimprovethequalityoftheexportbutcanaffect
performance.

STEPConfigurationData
TheSolidWorksSTEPtranslatorsupportstheimportofconfigurationinformationandtheexportofuserdefinedconfigurationinformation.

CONTENTS
ImportingConfigurationData
YouhavetheoptiontoimportSTEPconfigurationdata.
ExportingConfigurationData
ConfigurationDataItems