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PUBLICATIONS

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.
Citation
Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS) - 200-12
Report Number
200-12
NIST Pub Series
Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.200-12
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Keywords

manufacturing, interoperability, data exchange, STEP, spreadsheet, viewer
Manufacturing and Interoperability in manufacturing

Citation

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 20, 2025)

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Created October 13, 2021, Updated November 29, 2022
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