Malcolm Crowe Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Attached is an image of an IRONCAD file in which I have added three Custom Properties (MaterialDescription, Revision, RevisionDate). Also attached is an image of this file after it has been exported as a STP 214 file and imported back into IRONCAD again. 1. The original Custom Properties are ignored and replaced with others (Definition, Nomenclature, Revision, Source). How can we stop exported STP files from including unwanted Custom Properties, and is there a way to filter what is imported? We currently manually remove these from imported parts and assemblies. 2. How to map the values of the original Custom Properties (Part Number, Description, Revision) to the same Custom Properties in the exported STP file? The exporting process seems to ignore the original Custom Properties all together. Malcolm Custom Property Testing - 100 ASSEMBLY - Exported from IRONCAD.ics Custom Property Testing - 100 ASSEMBLY - Exported from IRONCAD 214.stp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Crowe Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 On 4/9/2024 at 8:30 AM, Malcolm Crowe said: 1. The original Custom Properties are ignored and replaced with others (Definition, Nomenclature, Revision, Source). How can we stop exported STP files from including unwanted Custom Properties, and is there a way to filter what is imported? We currently manually remove these from imported parts and assemblies. 2. How to map the values of the original Custom Properties (Part Number, Description, Revision) to the same Custom Properties in the exported STP file? The exporting process seems to ignore the original Custom Properties all together. Are there any STP experts able to answer these importing and exporting questions? Malcolm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertrand Kim Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) Hi Malcolm, It looks like IronCAD does not support importing & exporting any Custom properties with step file. Mapping & remapping STEP file's properties requires data in the DATA section of the .stp file. The attached image shows what you see in the Property window. In this order, Part Name, Part Number, Description. You can edit this texts with Notepad. I tried deleting and adding some Custom Properties and then exporting and testing them, but nothing was added to the DATA Section. 112 GREEN PART.stp112 GREEN PART naked.stp112 GREEN PART extra.stp These files are physically the same things, just with different file names. So, in order for IronCAD to save and load Custom Properties into a Step file, it seems that we need the mapping and remapping tool. Kim Edited April 12 by Bertrand Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Crowe Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 (edited) Hi Kim, Thanks for your interest in investigating this. Is IRONCAD Support able to comment on these STP importing and exporting questions? Malcolm Edited April 18 by Malcolm Crowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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