STEP Writer
Supported Entities
- Point
- Line
- Surface
- Solid
- Part
- Assembly
- Axis system
- Fixed points. In order to export fixed points, it is necessary to convert them to free points. Then, after import, those free points must be projected onto the appropriate lines or surfaces in order to generate fixed points with the proper association.
- Vector
Export Options
Value | Description |
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on |
Store non-manifold geometry in one disjoint feature. |
off |
Split and store non-manifold geometries as separate joint shell features (default). |
Value | Description |
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Parts |
Create part entity hierarchy as assembly and part entity in STEP file. |
Assemblies |
Create assembly and component entity as assembly and part entity in STEP file. |
Flatten |
Write entities in all components into a single STEP part. |
Value | Description |
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string |
Attribute created with the name contains PDM
metadata-material name information associated with the part
entity. Meaningful only if Default is "Material". |
Value | Description |
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string |
Attribute created with the name contains PDM metadata-mesh
flag information associated with the part entity. Meaningful
only if Default is "MeshFlag". |
Value | Description |
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string |
Attribute created with the name contains PDM
metadata-material ID information associated with the part
entity. Meaningful only if Default is "MaterialId". |
Value | Description |
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string |
Attribute created with the name contains PDM metadata-part
number information associated with the part entity.
Meaningful only if Default is "PartNumber". |
Value | Description |
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string |
Attribute created with the name contains PDM
metadata-property ID information associated with the part
entity. Meaningful only if Default is "PID". |
Value | Description |
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string |
Attribute created with the name contains PDM
metadata-revision information associated with the part entity.
Meaningful only if Default is "Revision". |
Value | Description |
---|---|
string |
Attribute created with the name contains PDM
metadata-thickness information associated with the part entity.
Meaningful only if Default is "Thickness". |
Value | Description |
---|---|
string |
Attribute created with the name contains the PDM metadata-UID
information associated with the part entity. Meaningful only
if Default is "UID". |
Value | Description |
---|---|
All |
Export all geometry (default). |
Displayed |
Export displayed geometry only. |
Value | Description |
---|---|
Standard |
Write CAD geometry with standard types such as cylinder, cone, circle, and so on (default). |
BSpline |
Convert all surface geometry data into NURBS. This option may increase the output file size and be time consuming depending on the actual geometry. |
Value | Description |
---|---|
on |
Write HyperMesh entity Identifier as HM_ORIGINAL_ID attribute |
off |
Do not export HyperMesh entity Identifier (default). |
Value | Description |
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None |
No special layer handling is performed (default). |
ComponentID |
The entities in each HyperWorks component
will be assigned to the layernumber in the
STEP file corresponding to
that component ID. |
Value | Description |
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string |
The prefix to use to find metadata to export. Only metadata with the specified prefix is exported. Any metadata without this prefix is not exported. Default is empty, meaning all metadata will be exported. |
Value | Description |
---|---|
on |
Assign part name in CAD file from the representation file
name attached to part entity. Meaningful only if
|
off |
Assign part name in CAD file is assigned from the part entity
name in HyperWorks. Meaningful only if
|
Value | Description |
---|---|
on |
Fix gaps between stitched edges and vertices to make the actual geometry of the surfaces consistent with the model topology before export, and check the topology of the model for gaps that are larger than a given tolerance between shared, non-manifold, or suppressed edges. If the gap is found to be bigger than the tolerance, the surface and edge geometries are morphed parametrically and in 3D, if necessary, to make the gap smaller than the tolerance. In addition, non-essential degenerate edges are removed. This also modifies the geometry within HyperWorks (default). |
off |
Do not perform the optimization steps. |
Value | Description |
---|---|
on |
Remove the metadata prefix for export. Meaningful only if
|
off |
Do not remove the metadata prefix for export
(default). Meaningful only if
|
Value | Description |
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|
Unit system assigned to the data present in HyperWorks during export |
Value | Description |
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string |
String to use for the AUTHOR field in the STEP header. |
Value | Description |
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string |
String to use for the AUTHORIZATION field in the STEP header. |
Value | Description |
---|---|
string |
String to use for the ORGANIZATION field in the STEP header. |
Value | Description |
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|
Units System in the exported STEP file. |
Value | Description |
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Solid/Shell |
Export topology data similar to HyperWorks topology data, keeping the distinction between solids and shells (default). |
Surface |
Export each surface, including solid faces, as a single surface, effectively neglecting connectivity. |
Value | Description |
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string |
The STEP version to use for export. Valid versions are AP214 (default). |
Value | Description |
---|---|
string |
Specify colors for the geometrical entities during export.
Colors are supported at the component level only, whereas
individual entity colors (points, lines, surfaces, solids) are
not supported. Valid values are Component (default) and Metadata. |
Value | Description |
---|---|
string |
Specify the metadata to use for coloring entities. Default
is Meaningful only if
|
Value | Description |
---|---|
string |
Specify the metadata to use for naming entities. Default
is Meaningful only if
|
Value | Description |
---|---|
string |
Specify names for the geometrical entities during export.
Names are supported at the component level only, whereas
individual entity names (points, lines, surfaces, solids) are
not supported. Valid values are Component and Metadata (default). |