Control the IGES and STEP Converters with a Setup File
The Vertex G4 environment includes files that control the conversion of IGES and STEP files.
If you want to control the conversions with Setup files, do as follows:
- In Windows Explorer, open the following Vertex folder System/setup:
- Select a control file.
- Copy the control file to Vertex's Custom/setup folder.
If the Custom folder does not exist, create a new folder and name it.
IGES Import/Export
- Export as an IGES File
Control file: options_iges_writer.txt
- Import as an IGES file
Control file: options_iges_reader.txt
STEP Import/Export
- Export as a STEP file
Control file: options_step_writer.txt
- Import as an IGES file
Control file: options_step_reader.txt
Known keywords
CheckAcisGeometry= X
- The parameter X affects the export to a step or iges file as follows
- X = 0: The ACIS geometry check is not performed, all parts are written to the file.
- X = 1: The check is performed and, if incorrect ones are found, the user decides whether to reject them.
- X = 2: The check is performed and, if incorrect ones are found, they are rejected.