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    Registered: ‎01-13-2013

    Inventor Viewer-Opening an STP (STEP) File

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    01-13-2013 08:37 AM

    I just installed Inventor Viewer 2013 in hopes of viewing an STP file. Our German parent company is starting to post most of our drawings in STP file format and I do not have a way of viewing these files. If I open the STP in a text editor, it indicates that it was made in Inventor 2012 in the header. But, when I try to open a file in Inventor Viewer 2013, there is no STP option available in the filter box.

     

    Is this not going to work?

    Is there another STP viewer available?

     

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    pcrawley
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    Registered: ‎05-23-2002

    Re: Inventor Viewer-Opening an STP (STEP) File

    01-13-2013 12:54 PM in reply to: zimbrich

    Try looking for a STEP file viewer.  There are loads.

    e.g. http://stpviewer.com/

     

    Inventor View (as it's name suggests) is for viewing Inventor files.

     

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    *Expert Elite*
    Posts: 21,727
    Registered: ‎04-20-2006

    Re: Inventor Viewer-Opening an STP (STEP) File

    01-13-2013 12:55 PM in reply to: zimbrich

    Do you have Inventor Fusion, Inventor, or AutoCAD.

     

    You can get the free Inventor Fusion here http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/fusion/downloadform

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