Exporting a Design or 3D Markup

  1. Select Save as from the File menu.
    You can also press F12 or Ctrl+Shift+S.
    Save your design as a document before you can export it in another format.
  2. Select a file type from the Save as type drop-down.
  3. Depending on the selected file type, additional options appear in the Save As window:

    • Save as copy if you want to save copies of external components referenced by the design with new names or replace external components with other external components. You must click Resources to do this.

    • References to display all the external components referenced by the file. Select one or more external components and click Browse to rename or replace the components.

    • Override Units is available when you export some file types. Select the units from the list.

    • Options to also set your default export options for the selected file type.

    • Improve data on export to clean up imprinted edges and split curves when you export data.

    • Units Depends on file type

    • View Choose a standard view

    • Version Depends on file type

    • Export part manufacturing information (JT)

    • Use Perspective Camera for KeyShot

    • Store 3D data as: For PDF, choose either Geometry (PRC B-Rep) or Facets only (Universal 3D)

    • Convert components to Rhino layers

    • Protocol: For STEP files, this can be 203, 214, or 242.

    • Image size (pixels): For Bitmap, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF files, opens Image Size dialog

    Hidden lines are exported with the default line weight. Components maintain their mirror relationships when they are exported.
    For CATIA, Parasolid, STL, and STEP files, you can select which version or protocol to save as. You can also set your default export options by clicking Options.
    You can save documents that only contain sketch curves to ACIS binary (.sab), ACIS text (.sat), Parasolid, CATIA, IGES, STEP, and VDA formats. You can import and export free points for Rhino, PDF, ACIS, IGES, JT Open, Parasolid, STEP and VDA formats.
    Imported designs with identical file names are given unique file names when you save your design. For example, if you imported name.prt and name.asm, these files are saved as name.scdoc and name2.scdoc.
    Expand the sections below for information about a specific file format.
  4. Browse to a folder and type a file name in the dialog.
  5. Click Save.
Note: Import and Export are separate operations, and not symmetric (that is, one is not the opposite of the other). Therefore, exporting an scdoc to another format and then importing back into SpaceClaim presents a small risk of losing some data.