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      <p class="first">Data Exchange with ISO&nbsp;10303</p>
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      <h2>Standard</h2>
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        Utilize components of ISO10303—together <em>or&nbsp;individually</em>—to exchange data.
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      <a href="/docs/usage/">How STEPcode works &rarr;</a>
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      <h2>Open Source</h2>
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         STEP isn't exactly an easy standard to understand.
         Do you need to examine the handling of a particular construct?
         Or maybe you want to be able to squash bugs if/when you encounter them.
         Either way, you <em>can</em> poke around under the hood if you so desire.
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      <a href="/docs/code/">Code overview &rarr;</a>
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      <h2>Flexible</h2>
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        C? C++? Python? EXPRESS without a STEP serialization format? IFC, or other standards not part of ISO10303? All are possible with STEPcode.
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      <a href="/docs/examples/">Examples &rarr;</a>
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      <h3>Get up and running <em>in&nbsp;seconds</em>.</h3>
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          <span class="command">sudo apt-get install git cmake gcc make</span>
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          <span class="path">~</span>
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          <span class="command">git clone https://github.com/stepcode/stepcode.git stepcode</span>
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          <span class="path">~</span>
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          <span class="command">cd stepcode; mkdir build; cd build</span>
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          <span class="path">~</span>
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          <span class="command">cmake .. -DSC_BUILD_SCHEMAS=ap214</span>
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          <span class="path">~</span>
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          <span class="command">make -j4</span>
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          <span class="output"># => This generates code for the specified schema (AP214) and compiles it.</span>
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          <span class="output"># => Utilities and support libs are compiled as well. All are placed in ./bin and ./lib </span>
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