Re: STEP and Colors


"Jerry Steiger" <jerrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Seth Renigar" <srenigar.no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Turns out, STEP AP214 does export with colored parts. While STEP AP203
does not.

I've always wondered what the difference between the two are....


Have you noticed any other differences?

Do people know if one or the other is more widely used? For some reason I
can't remember, I have always exported using AP203. Colors would be nice,
but I would hate to get colors at the sacrifice of something else.


I ~think~ AP203 is more or less a subset of AP214. Also don't think there are
any differences other than attributes supported; e.g. geometry reps (as might
apply to off the shelf low end to mid range CAD applications) are the same.

If you want to really dig into it search the web for "step application
handbook". I've looked thru one and came away more confused than ever. `;^)


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