The following settings are recommended up to Autodesk Inventor 2017 and CATIA V5R24 (V5-6R2014) (Dassault).

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.

CATIA V5 (Dassault) - STEP Postprocessor

• To import a STEP File please choose File -> Open... and select STEP file.
• Recommended settings in the STEP import options (Tools -> Options... -> Compatibility) :
• It is recommended to set the Continuity Optimization for Curves and Surfaces for the C2 continuity on Automatic Optimization.
• STEP Assemblies created with the MAPPED_ITEM approach are not supported yet by the CATIA V5 translator.
• The import logfiles "filename.rpt" and "filename.err" gives further information.
• Validation properties are supported.

CATIA V5 (Dassault) – System

• Shaded view is helpful and gives a first impression of the model quality.
• Open.bodies are an indication of faces failures after the import of solids.
• The filename of the imported model must not have special characters.