The company I work for has a client who is asking for a STEP file of one of our products that was modeled in inventor.
my problems are these:
1. When i convert the file i lose any decals on the model and it being a STEP file that may be unavoidable, but I wanted to ask if there is a solution for this.
2. Since there are similar products on the market I want a way to mark the product so if it is ever used it shows it came from our company. More or less the same function a title block would serve.
Please help
Decals will be lost in the STEP file conversion. There's nothing you can really do about that.
For your second question - you could use the Emboss command to actually place your company markings on the part itself (either protruding from or cut into a surface, like letters cast on a part or stamped into one).
Thanks for the quick response.
In order to do that what file type would our logo need to be in? Or would i need to trace it every time i needed to do this?
I'm pretty sure it can be done with a .jpeg?
It's been a while since I've done this myself but I have a need to attempt the same thing coming up in the very near future, so I'm curious to know if it works.
From what i can tell it looks like the emboss command needs a sketch with a closed loop like a extrusion.... so that means tracing a logo yes?
You may want to consider exporting it as DWF. Autodesk Design Review can be downloaded for free (http://usa.autodesk.com/design-review/).
Thanks!