the engine is different but the UI and workflow are enough "CATIA-like" where I could pick it up w/o too much difficulty. Yeah, I've used FreeCAD here and there at home. I'm just not sure what free packages out there, aside from FreeCAD, support STEP export. PKG, which is the native format for the full version. The idea is if one starts with the free version, really like it, and upgrade to the full version, PTC provides a way to convert the.
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The full version definitely does (I use it daily). The free version does not support STEP export. Thanks! It looks like some versions of Creo Elements do include STEP export does the free version exclude that feature? The stumbling block is the STEP export, from what I can tell. I know SolidWorks offers a student discount version, but it really sounds like overkill for what you're trying to do. PK2 format or STL, which is fine for me but may not work for you if you have to send out STEP files to someone else.ĭoesn't look like TinkerCAD offers STEP export, either. I've been using the free version of Creo Elements at home (I use the full version at work) to pull in STEP files and modify things, but it doesn't have the option of saving out as STEP. I really do want to save/export in STEP format, because it's the lingua franca that all my customers request.
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I need to do this sort of thing about a hundred times, so I'd rather learn how to fish than pay someone to do it, even if it's only a few $$ per instance. For example if I read in this 2.6 MB STEP file, select it all and then Export it, the resulting file is 20.4 MB, even with "export P-Curves" turned off ( the suggested fix for this problem on the FreeCAD forum). dwg and extrude an outline into an endplate or enclosure and save.Ĭan I do this without spending $$$$thousands? I've tried FreeCAD, but when I export STEP files I end up with ginormous files. Read in a STEP file, select a component, copy it into a new file, and save.Read in a STEP file, delete a few components, and save.
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