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:

  1. In Windows Explorer, open the following Vertex folder System/setup:
  2. Select a control file.
  3. 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.