Making STP files without Inventor

[Doug_DuPont]

Is there a program that can make stp files from our inventor models? Our purchasing department wants to do this task for our vendors and they don't want in have a full version of Inventor to do it.

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

Free Inventor Fusion?

[patrickberry]

Have you considered building a task in Inventor to have your existing seats automatically generate step versions of all your files after hours?

Patrick

[Doug_DuPont]

We don't stp out a lot of models. Just 10-20 a week. I should have thought of Fusion in the first place. It's not bad if all your doing is opening and stp out files. I will have purchasing give it a try.

[brian.cranston]

My concern is who's checking these models they are sending out.  STEP works pretty well, but what happens if it doesn't?

Just a thought.  I'm interested in hearing how it works out.

-Brian Cranston

[Doug_DuPont]

All of our models gets drawings made of them and get send with the stp files. The vendors are required to meet the drawing specification for us to accept.

[mcgyvr]

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@Doug_DuPont wrote:

All of our models gets drawings made of them and get send with the stp files. The vendors are required to meet the drawing specification for us to accept.

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Us too.. I just save copy as to step from the model when I finish/release the drawing. Takes a few seconds and not something I would trust to anyone.. but I'm goofy about that.

I'd think someone could easily write a macro to do this in 1 click of a button though.