How to I open a STEP file?

peter_morris

I thought I was importing a step file (.rar extension), but all I get is an icon that represents the file on a page in the drawing.  What is odd is that a 3D thumbnail of the sketch is shown in the list of files and folders, but I still cant find away of seeing the actual drawing.

Any ideas gratefully received.

Regards

Peter

mlaflecheCAD

@peter_morris you must extract the RAR file fist on your computer and upload the step file to Onshape.  Then the step file will upload, process on the servers and then produce a result of one or more tabs, if it is an assembly it will have multiple tabs.  Make sure to navigate out of the folder that the step file places you to using the icon in the left corner of the document to expose the total document structure.  

mlaflecheCAD

@peter_morris you must extract the RAR file fist on your computer and upload the step file to Onshape.  Then the step file will upload, process on the servers and then produce a result of one or more tabs, if it is an assembly it will have multiple tabs.  Make sure to navigate out of the folder that the step file places you to using the icon in the left corner of the document to expose the total document structure.  

peter_morris

I had successfully imported and uploaded - I'd failed to navigate out of the folder!  Perhaps putting you at the top of the structure could be an improvement!

Thank you so much for the prompt reply.