GiD - The personal pre and post processor
STEP
Menu: Files->Import→STEP...
With this option it is possible to read a CAD file in STEP standard format (AP214 Automotive Application protocol)
There are two alternative implementations (can be selected in the import options of the file selection window)
Classic: based on the STEPcode library for the parsing
OpenCascade: based on Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) library that not only do the parsing, also build a CAD geometry with OCCT data structure.
Current default is OpenCascade, because Classic code don’t solve properly assemblies