CAD data exchange
STEP XML Reader & Writer
Connect STEP XML files with CAD tools for review, processing, and exchange, while keeping geometry and product information together.
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Bring STEP XML into daily engineering work
Partners may supply STEP data in XML form while your CAD tool uses a different format. STEP XML Reader & Writer brings supported geometry and part information into your application for review, processing, or conversion.
Add import and export to a desktop tool, a conversion service, or an engineering file processing service.
How it works
Read a supported STEP XML file into CAD geometry and document information. Let users review or process the model, then write STEP XML or pass the result to another format writer. Define which names, colors, and assembly information must remain available at each step.
Keep geometry and part information together
Read and write precise CAD geometry and mesh data. Carry available assembly structure, names, colors, and STEP attributes alongside it, so users can identify parts and understand how a model is organized.
Choose the information your receiving workflow needs and check that it is present in source files. This keeps conversion goals clear from the start.
Connect teams using different formats
Use STEP XML to STEP or STEP to STEP XML when partners use different STEP representations. Prepare tessellated geometry for STL output when the receiving tool needs a surface mesh.
These routes support supplier-file processing, automated file preparation, and CAD review tools. One shared processing workflow can serve several input and output needs.
Match the exchange requirement before conversion
Engineering exchange involves an agreed data structure as well as a file extension. When a customer specifies ISO 10303-28, the reference concerns XML representations of STEP data. Agree on the required schema, application protocol, and receiving system before choosing the exchange settings.
Make a list of the geometry and product information needed at the destination. A part-review service may need names, colors, and placements. A processing tool may depend on precise faces and edges. Check those items across the chosen reading and writing route using files from the actual sending and receiving applications.
Make file acceptance clear for a customer contract
A customer may require STEP XML as part of a delivery, while internal teams work with another STEP representation. Repeated manual conversion can leave uncertainty about which file is current and whether required part information survived the transfer.
An exchange service can read the supported source, check the agreed geometry and document information, and write the required output. Your application can associate that output with the source revision and selected exchange settings. For an assembly delivery, checks might include component placements and required identifiers; a processing route may also require usable precise faces and edges.
Project and engineering teams can compare the source and output against agreed acceptance items. The receiving system also needs the required schema and STEP application protocol.
Add reading and writing to your product
The component supports .stpx, .stpa, .stpz, and .stpzx files in both directions. Combine it with other CAD exchange interfaces to extend a conversion service.
Describe your STEP XML workflow, including source files, receiving applications, and information you need to keep. We can help plan a practical integration and compare results on representative models.