A python script to automate the extraction of STEP file’s orthogonal projections using tools available on PythonOCC (Paviot, T. (2022). "pythonocc". Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3605364).

Instructions for use:

1. Download the file views_and_bounding_box_extraction.py.

2. Fill out the paths for the script execution: folder_path is the location containing all the STEP files to be processed, output_folder_path is the output directory where the script will save the extracted views, and save_path is where the script will save the dataset containing the dimensions of all the objects.

3. Set the desired width and height of output images.

4. Use setted_tol to optionally specify a tolerance for the computation of the bounding boxes around objects.

Execute the script.

Six view images (top, bottom, right, left, front, back) will be generated in the chosen folder. The dimensions dataset will be saved in the specified save_path directory.