How to make a button to convert .prt file to step fie?

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Hi all,    Inside my app, I wanted to make a button that converts a ".prt" file from NX into a ".step" file or maybe an ".stl" file - is it possible to do this please? And if so, how?   Thank you!  
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The only option I know to find a java library that does these conversions and call it from the Mendix application via a java-action. Or find an online service that does this job.

There seems to be a program or script called STEP214UG.

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Hi Katy,

Unfortunately, i have no experience with .prt files. But if there is a java library or API that does this trick, you can integrate it with Mendix.

In case of the java library, you can create a java action to use this library. https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/java-actions/

In case of an API, you can use eg REST or webservices. https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/integration/

I hope this helps.

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Hi, there are some SDK's available for this like https://cadexchanger.com/prt/ 

 

however i would strongly recommend doing the pre processing for this before loading the model into mendix 

 

if you use Teamcenter you can set up your dispatch server to handle the conversions and make optimizations like making a monolyth out of the file for better performance 

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