File Formats
The following tables provide an overview of the file formats that Designer can read (Import) and write (Export).
Readable File Formats - Import
When using the 
Open or 
Insert commands from the File menu, the following file formats are available (refer to the legend).
Note:
For further information, click on the format of interest from the Import table.
| Format | Wireframe | Solids | Surfaces | Mesh | Colours | Part Properties (UDA, BOM) | Assembly Tree | CAM Attributes (Hole Features) |
Text (PMI) | Annotation | Axes (UCS, Origins) and Workplanes | Layers |
Extension
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Versions supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACIS |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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*.sat, *.sab, *.asat, *.asab | R1 – 2019 1.0 |
| CATIA V4 |
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- |
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- | - | - | - | - |
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*.model,*.exp | 4.1.9 to 4.2.4 |
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*.CATPart,*.CATProduct, *.cgr |
V5R8 to V5-V6R2019 |
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| DXF/DWG |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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*.dxf,*.dwg | up to 2018 |
| IGES |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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*.igs,*.iges | up to 5.3 |
| IGES PMI |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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*.igs,*.iges | up to 5.3 |
| Inventor | - |
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- |
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- | - | - | WPL (as sheets) | - | *.ipt,*.iam | V6 (V11 for .iam) to V2019 |
| JTOpen |
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- | - |
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Index not supported | *.jt | up to 10.2 |
| NX Unigraphics |
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*.prt |
11 -NX 12.0.0 |
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| Parasolid |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - | - | - | *.x_t,*.x_b, *.xmt_bin, *.xmt_txt |
31.1.271 |
| Part Modeler | - |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | *.pmod, *.a3mod | up to 2020.0 |
| Pro-E CREO |
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- |
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*.prt, *.prt.*, *.asm, *.asm.* | 16 to Creo 5.0 |
| SMX |
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*.smx | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Solid Edge |
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- | - |
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- | - | - | WPL (as sheets) | - | *.par, *.asm, *.psm | V18 – 2019 |
| SolidWorks |
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- | - |
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- | - | - | - | - | *.sldprt, *.sldasm | 98 – 2019 |
| *.sldprt, *.sldasm | 98 – 2019 | |||||||||||||
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*.scdoc | up to 19.2 | |||||||||
| STEP |
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- |
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- |
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*.stp,*.step | AP203, AP214, AP242 |
| STL / PLY | - | - | - |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | *.stl, *.ply | N/A |
| VDA |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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*.vda | 1.0 - 2.0 |
| VISI |
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*.wkf | 8.01 to 2020.0 |
| WORKNC |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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*.XDW |
Writeable File Formats - Export
When using the 
Save, 
Save as or 
Save part as commands from the File menu, the following file formats are available (refer to the legend):
Note:
For further information, click on the format of interest from the Export table.
| Format | Wireframe | Solids | Surfaces | Mesh | Colours | Part Properties (UDA, BOM) | Assembly Tree | CAM Attributes (Hole Features) |
Text (PMI) | Annotation | Axes (UCS, Origins) and Workplanes | Layers | Versions supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DPDF | - |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - | - | - | 1,7 |
| ACIS |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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R18 – 2019 1.0 |
| DXF/DWG |
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- | - | - |
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- | - | - |
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12 - 2018 |
| IGES |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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5.3 |
| IGES PMI |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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5.3 |
| JTOpen | - |
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- |
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- | - |
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up to 10.2 |
| PARASOLID |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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11 - 31.1.271 |
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1.0 | |||||||||||
| STEP |
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- |
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- |
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- | - | - |
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AP203, AP214, AP242 (Geometry only) |
| STL / MEG | - | - | - |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| VDA |
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- |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
Note:
- In addition, Designer can write image files, such as BMP, JPEG, PNG and WMF files.
Legend:
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Available |
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Names not supported |
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Not yet available |