Supported CAD Files

Supported CAD files for 3D Simulation

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Extension

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Version

Extension

Import

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3D Manufacturing Format

1.2.3

.3mf

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3D Studio

All

.3ds

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ACIS

Up to 2023

.sat, .sab

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ruksi

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ASCII Point Cloud file

All

.xyz, .pts, .xyzrgb

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Autodesk FBX

FBX ASCII: from 7100 to 7500. Binary: all.

.fbx

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Autodesk Inventor

Up to 2024

.ipt, .iam

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Autodesk Navisworks

from 2012 to 2024

nwd, .nwf, .nwc

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Autodesk RealDWG

AutoCAD 2000-2019

.dwg, .dxf

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Binary point cloud file

All

.bxyz

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CATIA V4

Up to 4.2.5

.session, .dlv, .exp

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CATIA V5

Up to V5_6R2023

.CATDrawing, .CATPart, .CATShape, .cgr

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CATIA V6

Up to V5-6 2019

.3dxml

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COLLADA

Any

.dae

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Name

Version

Extension

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Creo

Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 10.0

.asm, .neu, .prt, .xas, .xpr

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GL Transmission Format

2.0 only

.gltf, .glb

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I-deas

Up to 13.x (NX5) and NX I-deas 6

.mf1, .arc, .unv, .pkg

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IFC2x

2 to 4

.ifc, .ifczip

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IGES

5.1 to 5.3

.igs, .iges

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Version

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Igrip/Quest/VNC

All

.pdb

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Version

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JT

Up to v10.6

.jt

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Name

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Parasolid

Up to v35.1

.x_b, .x_t, .xmt, .xmt_txt

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PRC

All

.prc

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Revit

2015 to 2023

.rvt

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ruksi

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Version

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Robface

All

.rf

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Rhino

from 4 to 7

.3dm

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Name

Version

Extension

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Solid Edge

V19-20, ST-ST10, 2023

.asm, .par, .pwd, .psm

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Version

Extension

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SolidWorks

from 97 up to 2023

.sldasm, .sldprt

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Extension

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STEP*

Up to AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214 and AP 242

.stp, .step

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Extension

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Stereo Lithography (ASCII and Binary)

All

.stl

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Version

Extension

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U3D

ECMA-363 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions

.u3d

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Unigraphics (Siemens PLM software NX)

V11.0 to v18,NX to NX12.0, and NX1847 Series to NX2212

.u3d

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Extension

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VDA-FS

1.0 and 2.0

.vda

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VRML

1.0 and 2.0

.wrl, .vrml

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Wavefront

All

.obj

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* Export to STEP uses AP 242 edition 3 and exports tessellated data.

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