This table lists the STEP entities that are supported by Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Adviser
| STEP entity classes | Parasolid entity | |
|---|---|---|
| Topology | ||
| MANIFOLD_SOLID_BREP | PK_BODY_t | --- |
| CLOSED_SHELL | PK_SHELL_t | --- |
| ADVANCED_FACE | PK_FACE_t | --- |
| EDGE_LOOP | PK_LOOP_t | --- |
| ORIENTED_EDGE | PK_FIN_t | --- |
| EDGE_CURVE | PK_EDGE_t | --- |
| VERTEX | PK_VERTEX_t | --- |
| Geometry | ||
| CARTESIAN_POINT | PK_POINT_sf_t | --- |
| LINE | PK_LINE_sf_t | --- |
| CIRCLE | PK_CIRCLE_sf_t | --- |
| ELLIPSE | PK_ELLIPSE_sf_t | --- |
| PARABOLA | PK_BCURVE_sf_t | With vertex_dim=4 in Parasolid |
| HYPERBOLA | PK_BCURVE_sf_t | With vertex_dim=4 in Parasolid |
| PLANE | PK_PLANE_sf_t | --- |
| CYLINDRICAL_SURFACE | PK_CYL_sf_t | --- |
| CONICAL_SURFACE | PK_CONE_sf_t | --- |
| SPHERICAL_SURFACE | PK_SPHERE_sf_t | --- |
| TOROIDAL_SURFACE | PK_TORUS_sf_t | --- |
| Spline Curves | ||
| UNIFORM_CURVE | PK_BCURVE_sf_t | With vertex_dim = 3 in Parasolid |
| QUASI_UNIFORM_CURVE | PK_BCURVE_sf_t | -do- |
| BEZIER_CURVE | PK_BCURVE_sf_t | -do- |
| B_SPLINE_CURVE_WITH_KNOTS | PK_BCURVE_sf_t | -do- |
| NURBS | PK_BCURVE_sf_t | With vertex_dim = 4 in Parasolid |
| TRIMMED_CURVE | CURVE_t | Base curve is mapped which gets trimmed by the boundary vertices in Parasolid |
| SURFACE_CURVE | CURVE_t or PK_SPCURVE_t | |
| INTERSECTION_CURVE | CURVE_t | Only the curve is mapped to corresponding curve in Parasolid |
| PCURVE | PK_SPCURVE_t | --- |
| Spline surfaces | ||
| B_SPLINE_SURFACE_WITH_KNOTS | PK_BSURF_sf_t | With vertex_dim = 3 in Parasolid |
| UNIFORM_SURFACE | PK_BSURF_sf_t | -do- |
| QUASI_UNIFORM_SURFACE | PK_BSURF_sf_t | -do- |
| BEZIER_SURFACE | PK_BSURF_sf_t | -do- |
| NURBS | PK_BSURF_sf_t | With vertex_dim = 4 in Parasolid |
| Others | ||
| SURFACE_OF_LINEAR_EXTRUSION | PK_SWEPT_sf_t | --- |
| SURFACE_OF_REVOLUTION | PK_SPUN_sf_t | --- |
| CURVE_BOUNDED_SURFACE | PK_BODY_t | |
| RECTANGULAR_TRIMMED_SURFACE | PK_BODY_t | |
| SHELL_BASED_SURFACE_MODEL | PK_BODY_t | |
| FACETED_BREP | PK_BODY_t | |
| OFFSET_SURFACE | PK_OFFSET_sf_t | |
| BLEND | PK_BSURF_sf_t | |
| SPUN_SURFACE | PK_SPUN_sf_t | |