Save as STEP file from within common space.

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May 1, 2019
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Can I create a STEP file of a part or assembly, with it checked in from common space only ?

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TomU

23-Emerald IV

No. You have two options:

Add the object to a workspace, open in Creo (or 3rd party CAD), and save-as to a STEP file.
Have Windchill generate a STEP file during publishing. (It performs the same steps as above, but on the CAD worker machine.)

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dpasholk

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1-Visitor

Can I choose to create a selected part to be published as a STEP file. I have my change notice ready to submit and want to publish the STEP file for only this notice. Not for every notice that comes next. Are there any setting to do this selectively?

Your help is most welcome.

Dan Pasholk

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TomU

23-Emerald IV

It depends entirely on how your administrators have your system configured.

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MikeLockwood

22-Sapphire I

We've had this in place for ~ 2 years with great success.

Publish rules govern what gets created by publishing for user request vs. check in, schedule, or workflow. We generate STEP and IGES, and also STL for Creo (not for SolidWorks), rename the resulting files to include the version (e.g. 2623465_prt_A2.stp), and show on /Content/Attachments.

Any user can command the system to generate these files, and then download using only a browser.

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JHall

1-Visitor

@MikeLockwood

We also have the post-publish rules, and produce STEP from models and PDF,DXF, and DWG for 2d files. Works really well for us.

How do you go about "rename the resulting files to include the version" That would be great and it's something our Partner doesn't know how to do.

James - Windchill 11.0, Inventor 2018