General

This section explains how IDA-STEP handles different kinds of digital  documents stored in files.

The main documents IDA-STEP deals with are STEP and XIM files. STEP files typically have the file name extension .stp or .step and sometimes .p21. STEP files are in ASCII format (you can view/edit them in any text editor) and are standardized in ISO 10303-21. XIM files wrap the contents of STEP files in a binary form with extensions for tessellated data and IDA-STEP specific information.

Other types of documents IDA-STEP deals with are primarily used for the import and export of product data for other systems.  An exception to this are  preference files where IDA-STEP stores user settings.

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