Scope of Engineering Exchange for STEP PDM

The 3DExperience platform enables to exchange data model entities with STEP PDM systems using ISO STEP AP242 XML.

The STEPPDMImport and STEPPDMExport supports the data model entities described in the PDM-IF Recommended Practices.

The level of recommended practices published by the PDM Implementor Forum applied is as following:

STEP AP242 IS Business Object Model XML Product & Assembly Structure Release 1.2.0. For more information, refer PDM Implementor Forum.

Note: Transfer from 3DEXPERIENCE Platform to STEP PDM can be initiated only from a selected VPMReference. The following child entities are sent in STEP PDM, on exporting a VPMReference by performing an Expand:
  • VPMReference
  • VPMInstance
  • 3DShape
  • VPMRepInstance
Only instantiated version of entities are exported.