| Format |
Description |
Extension |
Versions |
PMI Support |
| ACIS® SAT |
SAT files generated by Spatial Technologies® ACIS as exported by Autodesk AutoCAD, CADKEY®, IRONCAD®, Vellum Solids™, and several others CAD systems. |
*.sat |
Up to ACIS v13 |
N/A |
| Autodesk® DWF format |
DWF (Drawing Web Format) drawing files from AutoCAD and Inventor. |
*.dwf |
Up to DWF 7.0 |
N/A |
| Autodesk® DWG format |
DWG drawing and models from Autodesk products and compatible CAD systems. |
*.dwg |
AutoCAD® compliant DWG. Up to AutoCAD 2008 |
N/A |
| Autodesk® DXF format |
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) drawing files from virtually any CAD system. |
*.dxf |
Autodesk compliant DXF. Up to AutoCAD 2008 |
N/A |
| Autodesk® Inventor® |
Native Autodesk Inventor parts, assemblies and drawings. |
*.ipt, *.iam, *.idw |
Inventor R11, R10, R9, R8 |
N/A |
| Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® |
Native Autodesk Mechanical Desktop files from Autodesk Mechanical Desktop. |
*.dwg |
Up to v6 |
N/A |
| CADDS |
CADDS file |
*._pd |
v4 and v5 |
N/A |
| Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) |
CGM drawing files from many CAD systems. |
*.cgm |
Any |
N/A |
| Dassault Systemes® CATIA® V4 |
Native CATIA 3D and 2D entities from all CATIA platforms. |
*.model, *.exp, user-def., *.session |
Export: from v3.2.5 to v4.X.X
Model: from v4.1.1 to v4.X.X
Session: v4.X.X |
N/A |
| Dassault Systemes CATIA V5 3D & 2D |
Native CATIA V5 R18 part files and assemblies and Native CATIA V5 R10 to R18 Drawings |
*.catpart, *.catproduct, *.cgr |
2D:V5 R10 to R18
3D: V5 up to R18 |
YES |
| Dassault Systemes SolidWorks® |
Native SolidWorks parts, assemblies, drawings and sheet metal models. |
*.sldprt, *.sldasm, *.sldlfp, *.slddrw |
From v97+ to v 2008 |
N/A |
| UGS Direct Model® (.JT) |
.JT files from EDS PLM Solutions, including parts and assemblies. |
*.jt |
Up to v8.1 |
N/A |
| UGS I-DEAS Native |
I-DEAS native part, assembly and package files. Note: Assembly files only supported as part of package files. Files with extension .XPK are NOT supported. |
*.arc,*.unv, *.mfl, *.prt, *.pkg |
NX12 M3 and M4 |
YES |
| UGS® I-DEAS® WEB |
I-DEAS Web Access files including assemblies. Crushed ASCII (*.MCA) files can also be exported from I-DEAS ™. |
*.idi, *.idz, *.mca, *.arc |
MCA: up to v7
IDI, IDZ: up to v9 |
N/A |
| UGS Parasolid ® |
Parasolid X_T files as exported by Unigraphics, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, PTC Pro/DESKTOP™, and several other CAD/CAM systems. |
*.x_t, *.xmt_txt, *.x_b |
Up to v17.1 |
N/A |
| UGS Solid Edge® |
Native Solid Edge parts, sheet metal, assemblies and drawings. |
*.par, *.asm, *.psm, *.dft |
Up to v20 |
N/A |
| UGS Unigraphics 2D & 3D ® |
Native Unigraphics parts and assemblies and Unigraphics 2D drawing. |
*.prt |
Unigraphics 2D: NX 1 to NX5
Uigraphics 3D: From v13 to NX4 |
N/A |
| HPGL |
All HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) and HPGL/2 files. |
*.plt, *.hpgl |
Any |
N/A |
| IGES 2D & 3D |
(Initial Graphics Exchange Specifications) All IGES 2D & 3D entities. |
*.igs, *.iges |
Up to 6.0 |
N/A |
| ISO G-Code |
ISO standard for NC machining code; G0 and G1 codes. |
user-def. |
Any |
N/A |
| MICRO CADAM |
MICRO CADAM 2D files |
*.mcd |
MICRO CADAM Helix V4R1-R3, V5R1-R2 2D data only, Style 1 line types only |
N/A |
| PRC® |
TTF |
*.prc |
Any |
N/A |
| PTC® Pro/ENGINEER™ |
Native PTC Pro/ENGINEER parts and assembly files. |
*.prt, *.asm |
Parts and assemblies from rel.18 through Wildfire 3 |
N/A |
| STEP |
STEP files compliant with AP203 and AP214. |
*.stp, *.step |
AP203, AP214 |
N/A |
| STL |
STL files both binary and ASCII. |
*.stl |
Any |
N/A |
| TIFF |
Tag(ged) Image File Format files from any graphics program. Optional raster-to-vector conversion of non-photographic .tif files |
*.tif |
Any |
N/A |
| VRML |
All VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) 1.0 and 2.0 files. |
*.wrl, *.wrml |
v1.0 and v2.0 |
N/A |
| VDA-FS |
VDA-FS (Verband Der Automobilindustrie Flachen Schnittstelle). |
*.vda |
v2.0 |
N/A |
| XVL® |
Lattice XVL |
*.xv3 |
Any |
N/A |
| Discreet® 3D Studio™ |
3D Studio files. Note that 3DStudioMax files are not currently supported. |
*.3ds |
Any |