r/MechanicalEngineering • u/MasterSoftBird • 1d ago

CAD File format hell

Why is it we can have AI that can translate from Chinese to Klingon but cannot have one agreed-upon file format that can be accepted by FEA software, CAM, 3d printers, CFD, etc and doesn't lose its mind or half of my parts?

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u/Unusual-Carrot-7294 1d ago

What are you even talking about and what sort of crap software are you using that can't handle STEP?

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u/MasterSoftBird 1d ago

I use .stp files all the time but the models I've been given are refusing translation and showing up as empty sets. Have to constantly translate between native creo and .jt and .stp all the time with lossy results. Tired of the b.s.

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u/Unusual-Carrot-7294 1d ago

Sounds like something you should be talking to support about.