Exporting Models

The export function saves a single surface/primitive or a hierarchy of models to a single file. The models can be exported in STEP, IGES or SAT format.

Export to File

1. Select the items to be exported by right-clicking on a primitive in the graphical view or a node in the model tree.

2. Select the Export to File in the popup menu, and then specify the file name and file format in the shown file dialog.

Export to BLines File

To allow you to further modify surfaces created in 3rd party software, the general import functions in Surface Manager along with the tools for extracting curves can prepare data for use in Lines/PACE. The export function creates a blines file with complete curve information, including data points, that allows to continue working with the curves as if they were created in Lines/PACE.

Data points are approximated to generate a curve that is within a fixed tolerance of 0.5 mm from the original curve.