Faulty STEP translation

Faulty STEP translation

NigelHay
Advisor Advisor
595 Views
4 Replies
Message 1 of 5

Faulty STEP translation

NigelHay
Advisor
Advisor

There seems to be a glitch between our PCB design software (Altium Designer 19) & Inventor 2019 when importing this particular STEP file. The 8 odd 'hourglass' shaped cut-outs are rounded slots when created in Altium but take on this strange shape when opened in Inventor either by saving the STEP file or importing into an ipt. I assume that this is some sort of mismatch in translation between Altium & Inventor, is there anything I can do to overcome this. It's not really causing any big problem in this instance, just like to have it displaying correctly.

 

'Edit' I tried to attach the STEP file but it was removed when I posted.

0 Likes
596 Views
4 Replies
Replies (4)
Message 2 of 5

Frederick_Law
Mentor
Mentor

ZIP the file before attach.

0 Likes
Message 3 of 5

NigelHay
Advisor
Advisor

Zipped.

0 Likes
Message 4 of 5

Frederick_Law
Mentor
Mentor

Same issue importing with SW.

Try export as STEP 203 or Parasolid or IGES.

0 Likes
Message 5 of 5

NigelHay
Advisor
Advisor

It seems that Altium only exports as STEP files & does not allow you to choose the protocol so it seems we are stuck with it as it is. As I said at the start, it's not a big problem, just annoying.

0 Likes