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STEP File Analyzer User's Guide

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Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

Abstract

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer that generates a spreadsheet from a STEP file. The spreadsheet simplifies inspecting information in the STEP file at an entity and attributes level. Geometric, PMI, assembly, annotation, attribute, and tessellated validation properties are also reported.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7897
Report Number
7897
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Superceded By Publication
STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 2)

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Keywords

interoperability, manufacturing, STEP, data exchange
Manufacturing systems design and analysis

Citation

Lipman, R. (2012), STEP File Analyzer User's Guide, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7897 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created December 13, 2012, Updated November 10, 2018
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