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title: "Export CAD Files"
slug: "export-cad-files"
updated: 2025-03-03T10:26:07Z
published: 2025-03-03T10:26:07Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vention.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Export CAD Files

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## How to export a Vention design as a STEP file?

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Exporting a design from Vention is super simple. You can either do it from the MachineBuilder or from the design summary page.

**From the MachineBuilder** you just have to open the menu in the top left corner and select CAD file export.

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A loading window will appear while the STEP file is generating and tell you that your Vention assembly is ready to download.

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**From the design summary page** you can download it from the “Documentation” section by clicking on “3D Model” under “Technical Documents” highlighted in blue below

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## Exporting your Vention assembly as a STEP file

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A STEP file is the most widely used type file to represent a 3D objects. It is like the universal language of CAD software. Being able to export your Vention assembly as a STEP file will allow you to visualize it in your favorite CAD system:

- SolidWorks
- CATIA
- Solid Edge
- Unigraphics-NX
- Vention
- Autodesk Inventor
- Creo

Having a STEP file of your Vention assembly can be useful when you want to be able to include your design to a bigger design in Vention or in another CAD system. This can help you visualize in a better way what your Vention assembly is going to look like in its context.