Import STEP file and save as Shape object for STL conversion
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Description
Hello,
I am attempting to import and convert a STEP file to an STL file.
Currently, my code is the following for STEP to STL
```Python
import cadquery as cq
afile = cq.importers.importStep(fileNameFrom) # File in directory
cq.exporters.export(afile,fileNameOut) # Place the converted file in the same directory, ends with ".stl"
```
The issue is that this does not allow for tolerance modification, resulting in extremely large file sizes when going from STEP to STL (often 22 MB to 386 MB).
Instead, I would like to import the STEP file and save it to the Shape object to use the exportSTL method: https://cadquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/importexport.html#exporting-stl
However, I can't find any documentation on this principle. How do I go about completing thing conversion?
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