Importing in 3D
AP203, AP214, or AP242 STEP format files can be imported in Part or Assembly mode. Although you can import a STEP file that contains Conformance Class 5 entities, these entities are skipped during import, although all other data is imported.
You can import a STEP file from another CAD system that has multiple solid entities in a single part file. The interface for STEP imports this file, a part file without explicit assembly structure, as an assembly. It imports each solid as a separate part, and creates an assembly model into which these parts are placed.
The import of a STEP file includes non-geometric data such as annotations and combined states. A single annotation feature is created in an imported STEP file that contains annotation data. The graphical representations of the annotations are converted to symbols placed in annotation elements of this annotation feature.
• ap203_e2 and ap214_is support the exchange of annotations that include Product Manufacturing Information (PMI).
• ap242:
◦ Supports the import of PMI graphical representations for both parts and assemblies.
◦ Exports additional references for both standalone notes and Annotation Feature notes. If you import that STEP file back into Creo, those references are associated with the imported note annotation.
• ap203_e2 exports PMI graphical representations for both parts and assemblies by default.
Annotation assignments to layers are preserved during export and import. You can export and import the layer state and the orientation of the combined state. Cross-section and simp rep designations are not supported. Layer assignments are supported as are the stripped-down version of the combined states.
Unicode characters of STEP files are imported as is.
You can replace an imported feature with a new import file, without having a one-to-one correspondence between existing entities and the replacement entities.
You can use profiles for import. Import log files are automatically generated in the working directory when import is complete.