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STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 4)

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Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

Abstract

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that analyzes and generates a spreadsheet or a set of CSV (comma-separated value) files from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data) file. The spreadsheets simplify inspecting information in the STEP file at an entity and attribute level. STEP files can also be checked for conformance to recommended practices for Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) representation, PMI presentation, and validation properties. The STEP File Analyzer also generates visualizations of PMI annotations, parts modeled with tessellated geometry, and finite element models. The STEP File Analyzer is developed as part of the Digital Thread for Smart Manufacturing project in the Engineering Laboratory’s Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control Program (SMOPAC). The software was first released in 2012. This guide is based on version 2.30 of the software.
Citation
Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS) - 200-4
Report Number
200-4
NIST Pub Series
Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Supercedes Publication
STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 3)
Superceded By Publication
STEP File Analyzer and Viewer User Guide (Update 5)

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Keywords

data exchange, interoperability, manufacturing, PMI, STEP, visualization
Interoperability in manufacturing

Citation

Lipman, R. (2017), STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 4), Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.200-4 (Accessed October 26, 2025)

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Created August 17, 2017, Updated November 10, 2018
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