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| − | STEP is the current standard for exchange of CAD data between different software packages. BRL-CAD makes use of the | + | STEP is the current standard for exchange of CAD data between different software packages. BRL-CAD makes use of the STEPcode libraries to support its step-g converter, but the converter is still in its infancy. |
| − | The importer | + | The current importer focuses on AP203 import, and needs to support a large number of data types: |
| − | + | ** Surfaces that are stored individually without Brep superstructure (see, for example, the wing shapes generated by OpenVSP: http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=step) Even though these are not proper "solids" in the BRL-CAD sense of the term, we can and should import them - if nothing else, we can create one Brep object per surface and then develop post-processing tools to "stitch" the surfaces into a solid. | |
| + | ** Isolated curves can be brought in as part of sketch primitives. | ||
| + | ** Polygonal data | ||
| + | ** Unorganized triangle mesh data | ||
| + | ** Metadata (in many cases can be mapped to attributes, worst case perhaps store as binary objects...) | ||
| + | ** etc. | ||
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| + | Right now our importer is AP203 only - we are also interested in AP203e2, AP214, and AP242. | ||
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=References= | =References= | ||
* src/conv/step | * src/conv/step | ||
| + | ** this is where the current step-g importers and exporters resides | ||
| + | * src/other/step | ||
| + | ** this is STEPcode | ||
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| + | * Recommended Practices for AP203 | ||
| + | **http://www.steptools.com/support/stdev_docs/express/ap203/recprac203v8.pdf | ||
| + | * Usage Guide for the STEP PDM Schema V1.2 | ||
| + | **http://www.steptools.com/support/stdev_docs/express/pdm/pdmug_release4_3.pdf | ||
=Requirements= | =Requirements= | ||
*Familiarity with C++ | *Familiarity with C++ | ||
Latest revision as of 08:52, 1 March 2014
STEP is the current standard for exchange of CAD data between different software packages. BRL-CAD makes use of the STEPcode libraries to support its step-g converter, but the converter is still in its infancy.
The current importer focuses on AP203 import, and needs to support a large number of data types:
- Surfaces that are stored individually without Brep superstructure (see, for example, the wing shapes generated by OpenVSP: http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=step) Even though these are not proper "solids" in the BRL-CAD sense of the term, we can and should import them - if nothing else, we can create one Brep object per surface and then develop post-processing tools to "stitch" the surfaces into a solid.
- Isolated curves can be brought in as part of sketch primitives.
- Polygonal data
- Unorganized triangle mesh data
- Metadata (in many cases can be mapped to attributes, worst case perhaps store as binary objects...)
- etc.
Right now our importer is AP203 only - we are also interested in AP203e2, AP214, and AP242.
References[edit]
- src/conv/step
- this is where the current step-g importers and exporters resides
- src/other/step
- this is STEPcode
- Recommended Practices for AP203
- Usage Guide for the STEP PDM Schema V1.2
Requirements[edit]
- Familiarity with C++
