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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/import_export.doc b/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/import_export.doc
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--- a/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/import_export.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/import_export.doc
@@ -3,17 +3,23 @@
\page import_export_geom_obj_page Importing/exporting geometrical objects
In Geometry module you can import and export geometrical objects
-from/into BREP, IGES, STEP files. The mechanisms of import and export
-are implemented via plug-ins, which gives you the opportunity to
+from/into BREP, IGES, STEP, ACIS and STL files. The mechanisms of import and export
+are implemented via plug-ins, which gives the opportunity to
expand the range of available formats by adding more plug-ins (for
example, CATIA 5).
-To import geometrical objects from a BREP, IGES, STEP file:
+The \subpage xao_format_page "import and export of shapes in XAO format" is implemented differently.
+
+\note If a plugin supports import of materials associated with shapes, these
+shapes are grouped corresponding to the imported materials. For the moment STEP
+import is the only plugin that supports this feature.
+
+To import geometrical objects from a BREP, IGES, STEP, ACIS or STL file:
\par
From the \b File menu choose \b Import. In the opening dialog box \b Import
select the required format of the file for importation and search for
-a *.brep, *.iges or *.step file.
+a *.brep, *.iges, *.step, *.sat or *.stl file.
\image html geomimport.png
@@ -22,6 +28,25 @@ Select the required file and click \b Open. Your file will be imported in
the module and its contents (geometrical object) will be displayed in
the Object Browser.
+\note If the selected file is in IGES or STEP format and the length
+is not expressed in meters, it will be asked whether to take or not these
+units into account (see the picture below). This feature can be
+helpful if some wrong units have been written to the IGES or STEP file by a
+3rd-party software.
+
+\image html iges_unit.png
+
+\par
+
+\note If the selected file is in ACIS format (the use of this format
+requires licensing) and the file contains names for some shapes, it
+will be suggested to create groups by types (solid, face, edge and
+vertex) for all named shapes:
+
+\image html sat_named_shapes.png
+
+\par
+
\note It is possible to re-open from the initial file a previously imported shape if
the file has been changed on disk. For this, select
Reload From Disk in the context menu of the imported
@@ -30,7 +55,7 @@ as before this operation.
\image html geomimport_reopen.png
-\n To export geometrical objects into a BREP, IGES, STEP
+\n To export geometrical objects into a BREP, IGES, STEP, ACIS or STL
file:
\par
@@ -43,5 +68,8 @@ the name and the location of the file for exportation.
\par
Click \b Save to confirm your exportation.
+Our TUI Scripts provide you with useful examples of the use of
+\ref tui_import_export_page
+
*/