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STEP File Analyzer and Viewer User Guide (Update 7)
Published
Author(s)
Robert R. Lipman
Abstract
The STEP File Analyzer and Viewer opens a STEP (ISO 10303 - STandard for Exchange of Product model data) Part 21 file and (1) generates a spreadsheet or CSV files of all entity and attribute information, (2) creates a visualization (view) of part geometry, sketch geometry, graphical PMI annotations, supplemental geometry, and datum targets that is displayed in a web browser, (3) reports and analyzes any semantic PMI, graphical PMI, and validation properties for conformance to recommended practices, and (4) checks for basic STEP file format errors.
Lipman, R.
(2021),
STEP File Analyzer and Viewer User Guide (Update 7), Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.200-12, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933550
(Accessed October 3, 2025)