One of our purchasing agents wants a tool that will allow him to view .stp and .stl format files that he often receives as an engineer cc’s him in an email conversation with a supplier for a RFQ. At this stage the engineer is typically whipping up “what if” scenario parts in Pro/E, sometimes bogus naming for the model (not a real P/N yet), maybe getting a part made via a rapid prototype shop. Often the source Pro/E model hasn’t been checked-in to Commonspace. I’d like our buyer to use Creo View since it will be what he uses with Windchill when we bring purchasing online with Windchill – trying to keep the “view cad models” function to one tool. However, Creo View running standalone will open .stp files but not .stl . I tried e-drawings and oddly found it will open .stl but not .stp . Is Creo View simply unable to view .stl format files or does it take one of the more advanced (paid for / not Lite) versions to do this?
Pro/E Wildfire 4 M220
Windchill PDMLink 10 M030
Creo View Lite 2.0 M010 build 14
Had this over on Creo Visualize area but didn't receive any responses.
Erik
