ASE to STEP
Please find below the list of our other useful resources related to ASE and STEP interoperability and exchange that could help you with the ASE to STEP conversion.
- Change 3D model units in STEP / IGES files
- Automesher desktop application for Windows to convert 3D file formats
- Autoconverter
ASE File
ASE (Autodesk Scene Export) is an ASCII file format for a 3D Studio scene representation. It contains information about the scene meshes, model materials and other common 3D object properties. Our Autoconverter and Automesher Application ASE file converters, can read and import ASE files thanks to the open asset import library. However they don't support saving and exporting to the ASE file format yet. Please don't hesitate to create a support request for this feature if required.
STEP File
STEP (STandardized Exchange of Product) is a very popular file format for the data 3D exchange between different computer systems e.g. CAD, CAM or CAE. As the STEP geometry data are stored in a text form you can expect bigger file sizes when exporting triangular meshes with thousands of faces using the Autoconverter software. However, if your geometry defines manifold solid it will try to create optimized faceted STEP brep representation which should reduce STEP file size by one-third. The STEP file format supports colors per assembly, but without the alpha component, therefore any transparency setting will be lost in the final STEP file.