Step Translator

This plugin is now included standard with version 6.5 and later versions of formZ and formZ RenderZone Plus.

STEP, the Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data, is a comprehensive ISO standard (ISO 10303) that describes how to represent and exchange digital product information. It defines a neutral file format for representation of configuration control design data for a product. It was developed by an international community for all engineering data, to cover a productÕs entire life cycle, from design to analysis, manufacture, quality control testing, inspection and product support functions.

STEP is built on a language, called EXPRESS, that can formally describe the structure and correctness conditions of any engineering information that needs to be exchanged. STEP is open and extensible. STEP is similar IGES in that it is good at representing parametric surfaces including trimmed surfaces. STEP is only available in the modeling environment.