on the fly Zip STEP file decompression

[easyw-fc]

Hi,
I noticed that typically when downloading from public libraries 3D STEP models, the models are offered as Zip file archive...
(I'm referring i.e. to 3D models for electronic connectors)

What I found quite annoying it was the need to decompress the file and then open it in FC to be able to display its content...

Sometimes, as a too fast click error, I tried to open the .zip file directly and I just got an error...

So I decided to investigate and I discovered that in FC '.zip' is dedicated for Sweet Home 3D models...

Similar to this Mod extension I decided to add a new Zip Step Importer that is going to decompress the content of a Zip file and open the STEP file or files present inside directly into a FC document...
(The nice thing is that it is possible to 'open' directly all the STEP file inside the zip)

ATM I have added this Mod as a downloadable extension for FC here:
https://github.com/easyw/ZipStepImport

It could be simply added in parallel to the recently new 'stpZ' extension to manage also this automatic deflating feature...

I consider this a quite useful option for many users...

Maurice

[triplus]

I guess if working with large collections of STEP files and they being compressed in ZIP archives. For sure having such possibility can improve the workflow.