Can I view STEP files without CAD software?

Yes. STEP models open in the built-in 3D viewer, right in the browser, where you can turn, zoom, and pan a full assembly without a CAD seat. It's for viewing only, so it doesn't take measurements.

What file types attach to a revision?

PDFs, drawings, STEP models, and customer documents. Each one gets a description, and you can download it or remove it from the revision.

What happens when a part is revised?

The part gets a new revision. Earlier revisions stay available, along with what they cost, and each quote is built from a specific revision, so what was priced is what gets built.

Is this a PDM or PLM system?

No, and it won't replace your CAD vault. It keeps the revisions, drawings, and price history your quotes and orders depend on in one place.

Revision, drawing, and document control

Modustra IQ’s revision control keeps every drawing, STEP model, and document attached to the revision it belongs to, so the quote, the order, and the shop are all working from the same one.

In custom manufacturing, what you sell is what's on the drawing. If a revision changes and the quote, the order, and the shop floor each have a different copy, someone is going to build the wrong thing. Modustra IQ keeps revisions on the part itself, so anything that points to a part points to a specific revision of it.

Each part has a part number, a revision, and a description, and you can open any earlier revision to see what it looked like and what it cost. Every save records a price snapshot, so pricing history sits right beside revision history. A notes field records what changed in that revision: the assumptions, the sourcing, and any special terms.

Drawings and customer documents attach to one specific revision. PDFs, drawings, and STEP models each get a description, and you can download them or remove them from the revision. STEP files open in the built-in 3D viewer, so you can spin a full assembly around on screen without leaving the quote or tying up a CAD seat. The viewer is for checking what you're looking at. It doesn't take measurements, and it tells you so.

A look at it

The built-in STEP viewer in Modustra IQ showing FULL ASSEMBLY.STEP, a 54 MB model of a 3D printer frame with 274 parts and 605,474 triangles, over a dimmed margin calculator page, with Close and Download buttons. — The built-in STEP viewer: a 274-part assembly attached to a revision, turned on screen without leaving the quote.

The lower part of a margin calculator revision in Modustra IQ: a historical pricing table recorded on each save, a notes field for assumptions, sourcing, special terms and what changed at this revision, and a Drawings and Documents list with FULL ASSEMBLY.STEP attached, each file with a description, view, download and delete actions, and an Add files button. — Pricing history, revision notes, and the drawings and documents attached to this revision.

What's inside

Revisions on the part

Part number, revision, and description on every part, with earlier revisions a click away.

Price snapshots

Every save records a price snapshot, so the cost and price history of each revision is kept with it.

Revision notes

What changed, the assumptions, sourcing, and special terms, recorded against the revision they apply to.

Drawings & documents

PDFs, drawings, and customer documents attach to one specific revision.

STEP viewer

Open STEP models in the browser: turn, zoom, and pan a full assembly without a CAD seat.

Quote to shop

Quotes are built from a specific revision, so what was priced is what gets built.

Frequently asked questions

Can I view STEP files without CAD software?: Yes. STEP models open in the built-in 3D viewer, right in the browser, where you can turn, zoom, and pan a full assembly without a CAD seat. It's for viewing only, so it doesn't take measurements.
What file types attach to a revision?: PDFs, drawings, STEP models, and customer documents. Each one gets a description, and you can download it or remove it from the revision.
What happens when a part is revised?: The part gets a new revision. Earlier revisions stay available, along with what they cost, and each quote is built from a specific revision, so what was priced is what gets built.
Is this a PDM or PLM system?: No, and it won't replace your CAD vault. It keeps the revisions, drawings, and price history your quotes and orders depend on in one place.

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