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.STEP FILE PREVIEW CHECK ON EXPORT

ryan_mcgoldrick47ryan_mcgoldrick47 Member Posts: 93 ✭✭✭
edited October 2021 in Using Onshape
At a lot of companies I've worked for it is standard practice after downloading/exporting a .step A213 or A214 file to then re-import the file back into the CAD system to check for any issues as can occur with .step file translation before we send it out as a release to a vendor. it would be an awesome time saver if onshape had some kind of dialog box that could export and re-import and preview the file before you actually export/download it. something like how solidworks shows you a preview of a triangulated mesh before exporting.

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    lougallolougallo Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 2,001
    edited August 2021
    @ryan_mcgoldrick47 This would be a pretty specific ask here. You can always export out to a tab and then import to check it. A reimport will do the full import process.  We would not know what the round trip behavior would be without doing it.  Would a STEP previewer be more along the line of what you are after here?
    Lou Gallo / PD/UX - Support - Community / Onshape, Inc.
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