Converts Alias wire files to ISO10303 format, specifically these:
The import and export of this data is supported via ISO10303-21 Physical File exchange. You might need a separate licence to run this utility.
The geometric data formats in ISO10303-203 and ISO10303-214 are identical. This comprises the core of the implementation of the translator. The following table shows the mappings made.
| Step Entity | Alias Entity |
|---|---|
| Cartesian Point | Point |
| Line | B-Spline Curve |
| Circle | B-Spline Curve |
| Ellipse | B-Spline Curve |
| Parabola | B-Spline Curve |
| Hyperbola | B-Spline Curve |
| PolyLine | B-Spline Curve |
| Composite Curve | B-Spline Curve (Grouped) |
| Trimmed Curve | B-Spline Curve |
| B-Spline Curve | B-Spline Curve |
| Plane | B-Spline Surface |
| Cylindrical Surface | B-Spline Surface |
| Conical Surface | B-Spline Surface |
| Spherical Surface | B-Spline Surface |
| Toroidal Surface | B-Spline Surface |
| Surface of Linear Extrusion | B-Spline Surface |
| Surface of Revolution | B-Spline Surface |
| B-Spline Surface | B-Spline Surface |
| Rectangular Trimmed Surface | Trimmed Surface |
| Curve Bounded Surface | Trimmed Surface |
| Offset Surface | B-Spline Surface |
| Manifold Solid Brep | Shell (Closed) |
| Shell Based Surface Model | Shell (Open/Closed) |
When retrieval finishes without errors, this message is displayed:
STEP files retrieved successfully.
If there were errors in the retrieval, you see:
Problem Reading Step File, refer to log file for details.
The STEP logfile contain an error message for each problem entity that is encountered. Each error contains the STEP entity ID and entity type.
| AlToSt [ <options> ] -i<infile> -o<outfile> | |
|---|---|
| -p | specifies which AP to output: either 203 or 214. The default is AP214 |
| -m value | specifies which model representation to output. Value can be one of:1 = wireframes2 = surface models3 = manifold surface models (shells)5 = brep solids6 = hybrid models (the default) |
| -t value | specifies the type of trimming that is done. This option is valid for surface models only. Value can be one of:1 = parameter space trimming (the default)2= world space trimming |
| -g value | specifies the type of geometry to output. This option is valid only for shells. Value can be one of:1 = shells only (the default)2 = all geometry |
| -c | outputs presentation data. This option is valid only for AP214 files. |
| -l | outputs layer data. This option is valid only for AP214 files. |
| -h | Displays help on usage |
| Where: | |
| <infile> | specifies an Alias wire file to use as input. |
| <outfile> | specifies the STEP file to write output to. |