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Supported file formats for commonly used CAD softwares

By Kaspar Kiis on 12 Mar 12:25 9 answers 2906 views 0 comments

Can anybody please help me to specify the list of native and supported formats for the following softwares:

Femap
Bricscad
AutoCAD Electrical
Autodesk Alias?
Rhino
DraftSight
Creo Elements/Pro
STEP / IGES
STL for 3D print
IronCAD
AutoCAD
Kompas-3D
Moi3D
KeyCreator
Google SketchUp
Alibre Design
Autodesk Revit
SpaceClaim
Solid Edge
NX
Pro/Engineer Wildfire
SolidWorks
CATIA
Autodesk Inventor

It could help a lot if you can write it out as follows:

Native format:

Supported format:

Thank you!

9 answers

  • frei
    frei over 1 year ago

    Pro/E
    Native:
    part -.prt
    assembly - .asm
    drawing -.drw
    layout -.lay
    sketch -.sec
    format -.frm
    manufacturing -.mfg
    diagram -.dgm
    report -.rep
    Pro/desktop -.pdt
    support:
    granite file -.g
    IGES -.iges, -,igs
    STEP -.step, -.stp
    SET -.set
    VDA -.vda
    .dxf, -dwg
    .cgm
    Wavefront .obj
    STL
    CATIA v4, v5
    Rhino -.3dm
    Adobe Illustrator -.ai
    VRML
    Parasolid -.x_t
    Unigrafics -.prt
    JT .jt
    Inventor part -.ipt
    Inventor assembly -.iam

    Or you can read full list here:
    http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/files/77552/en/proewf5.pdf

    For Rhino read here:
    http://www.rhino3d.com/4/help/fileio/file_formats.htm
    (huge list, so i dont post here)

    Attachments

    proewf5[1].pdf, 194 KB
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  • Manolis Theofilos
    Manolis Theofilos over 1 year ago

    Inventor (supported formats may vary depending the version):
    Native Formats: ipt, iam, idw, ipn for part, assembly, drawing, presentation respectivelly.
    Supported formats (import) step, iges, solidworks, catia, sat, dwg, parasolid, pro/e, xt, .wire(alias), 3ds, jt, nx, .3dm up to version 4.0,
    Supported formats (export): dwg, Catia V5, igs, jt, parasolid, Pro/Engineer granite (.g), Pro/Enginner neutral (.neu), Sat, step, stl, xgl,zgl,pdf,bmp,jpeg

    Autocad 2012 (and other versions like mechanical, electrical, civil)
    Native Format: dwg
    Supported formats (import):NX, Parasolid, Pro Engineer, Rhino, Solidworks, sat, wmf, dgn, 3ds, iges, step, dxf
    Export:dxf,stp,bmp,pdf,jpeg

    Inventor Fusion can import/edit all the files Inventor can. Native file format is DWG

  • Al Trice
    Al Trice over 1 year ago

    Alibre Design native formats
    .AD_ASM
    .AD_PRT
    .AD_DRW
    .STEP

  • Kaspar Kiis
    Kaspar Kiis over 1 year ago

    These are the native formats I came out with:

    Femap: mod
    AutoCAD Electrical: dwg, dxf, dwf
    Autodesk Alias: wire
    Rhino: 3DM
    Creo Elements/Pro: prt, asm, drw, lay, sec, frm, mfg, dgm, rep, pdt
    IronCAD: icd
    AutoCAD: dwg, dxf, dwf
    KeyCreator: cde, cdl, cdw, ckd, ckt, ptn, sat
    Google SketchUp: skp, dae, kmz
    Alibre Design: AD_ASM, AD_PRT, AD_DRW
    Autodesk Revit : rvt, rft, rfa
    Solid Edge: par, asm, dft, psm
    NX: prt
    Pro/Engineer Wildfire: prt, asm, drw, lay, sec, frm, mfg, dgm, rep, pdt
    SolidWorks: SLDPRT, SLDASM, SLDDRW
    CATIA: CATDrawing, CATPart, CATProduct, CATProcess, cgr, model.
    Autodesk Inventor: IAM IDW IPN IPT

    Correct me if I'm wrong.

  • Yaroslav
    Yaroslav about 1 year ago

    IronCAD:
    ics - scene (3d parts and assemblys)
    icd - 2d drawing
    exb - 2d drawing (CAXA drawing)

    supported:
    AutoCAD (*.dxf)
    AutoCAD (*.dwg)
    3D Studio (.3ds)
    ACIS® R2.0 - R21.0 (*.sat)
    CATIA V4 (*.model)
    IGS (*.igs, iges)
    Parasolid® R8.0 - R22.1 (*.x_t, *.xmt, *.txt)
    Pro/Engineer up to 2000 (*.prt, *.asm, *.neu, *.g)
    Raw (*.raw)
    Romulus(*.xmt)
    STEP AP203 / AP214 (*.stp, step)
    Stereolithography (*.stl, *.sla)
    TrueSpace(*.scn, *.cob)
    VRML (*.wrl)
    Wavefront (*.obj)
    3DPDF (*.pdf )
    Universal 3D File (*.u3d)
    Adobe Acrobat - 3D PDF (*.pdf )
    Universal 3D File (*.u3d)
    Hoops Stream File (*.hsf )

  • Leonid Platonov
    Leonid Platonov 6 months ago

    For Kompas-3D :
    native formats:
    *.m3d
    *.a3d
    *.a3t
    *.c3d
    supported:
    *.step
    *.igs
    *.sat
    *.x_t
    *.x_b
    *.stl
    *.wrl

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