The following settings are recommended up to Autodesk Inventor 2017 and I-DEAS 12 NX Series.

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

• STEP files using either version (CD or DIS) can be imported.
• The STEP filename including path should not exceed 41 Characters.
• The STEP filename should not contain: equal sign (=), colon (:), semicolon (;), asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation marks (""), or comma(,);
• There must be no spaces in the STEP filename.
• The extension *.step of the STEP files must be renamed to *.stp.

 I-DEAS NX - STEP Postprocessor

• Save reminder (Options/Preferences/Data Management/ Save reminder every) should be turned off since the translator stops for every alike message.
• In Menu STEP Export Settings AP214 several options for the used units of functionality can be set. A change of the default options is only necessary in case of unsuccessful results.
• If the import was successful, you will get a confirmation message.
• Two log files are generated (filename.ipr and stepoi.ipr):
• filename.ipr includes the import settings
• stepoi.ipr includes an import log
• The log files are written in the same directory as the STEP file.