The following settings are recommended up to Autodesk Inventor 2017 and CoCreate Modeling 16.5.

Inventor - System

• Only standard colors are transferred. Sub-elements of objects cannot be colored individually in the systems.

Inventor - STEP Preprocessor

• To export a STEP File please choose File -> Save Copy as.. and the STEP file.
• The translator uses as default file extension *.stp.
• The default setting for STEP export is AP203. For AP214 export you should always use the latest STEP standard. In this case AP214 IS.
• The export log file "filename.xlo" gives further information.

STEP File

• An adjustment of the STEP file is not necessary.

OneSpace Designer - STEP Postprocessor

• The properties for STEP import can be found in the file -> open -> options dialog
• Set the accuracy to automatic (default) to use the accuracy of the STEP file.
• If the accuracy is customized, make sure that the accuracy setting is the same or less than the accuracies setting used to generate the part being loaded.
• When associated messages are returned during the import of the STEP file the accuracy should be adjusted.
• If a product with multiple bodies is imported, Solid Designer creates an assembly.
• Blended edges are not recognized as such, and it is not possible to modify blends using standard OneSpace Designer.
• The import log file "step_load_log" gives further information.

OneSpace Designer – System

• Shaded view is helpful and gives a first impression of the model quality.
• To ensure the model quality is OK a complete model check should be performed.