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Culture Documents
CADDS Part and Assembly CADKEY Advanced Design Language CATIA4 CATIA5 CATIA5 IGES Files
_PD CDL
Yes Yes
DLV, MODEL, SESSION, EXP Yes CATPART, CATPRODUCT, CATSHAPE CGR IGES, IGS Yes Yes Yes
Inventor Assembly
3D Assembly
IAM
Yes
Inventor Part
3D Part
IPT
Yes
JT File MicroStation CAD Graphic NX Parts and Assemblies Parasolid CAD File
*Yes
Pro/ENGINEER Assembly Pro/ENGINEER Part Pro/ENGINEER Neutral Assembly and Part Files SolidEdge 3D CAD Model Part SolidWorks Files
ASM, XAS PRT, XPR NEU PAR, ASM SLDASM, SLDLFP, SLDPRT
STEP Files
STEP, STP
Yes
VDA File
3D Scene
VDA
Yes
2D File Formats
File Format Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Type 2D Vector (Drawing) Extension EPS Import Export Yes* Version/Notes Version 2. *Export via Vector Illustration (CAD edition only). Standard 2D. No export options. Version 2. *Export via Vector Illustration (CAD edition only). Standard 2D. No export options.
2D Vector (Drawing)
AI
Yes
Yes*
Adobe Photoshop Document Autodesk Animator Graphic Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Image DirectX DirectDraw Surface EA/Amiga Interchange File Format Enhanced Metafile Flexible Precision Buffer Map FLIC Animator Animation (flc) FLIC Animator Animation (fli) Graphics Interchange Format JPEG 2000 J2K JPEG 2000 JP2 JPEG 2000 JPC JPEG Image JPEG 2000 JPX JEDMICS C4 Compressed Image Maya Interchange File Format OpenEXR Bitmap Portable Network Graphics Portable Pixelmap Graphic Publisher's Paintbrush Bitmap Graphic Radiance Picture Scalable Vector Graphic ShockWave Flash Object Silicon Graphics Image SOFTIMAGE Picture Tagged Image File Format TGA File Windows Bitmap Graphic Windows Cursor File Windows Icon File Windows Metafile Windows Run Length Encoded Bitmap
2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Raster (Image)
PSD CEL DCM DDS IFF EMF FLX FLC FLI GIF J2K JP2 JPC JPEG, JPG JPX C4 IFF EXR PNG PPM PCX HDR SVG SWF RGB, RGBA, INT, INTA PIC TIF, TIFF TGA BMP, DIB CUR ICO WMF RLE
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes No export options With multipage support. *Export via Vector Illustration (CAD edition only) Must be viewed with Internet Explorer. *Export is also via Vector Illustration (CAD edition only). Yes* Yes Yes Yes *Export via Vector Illustration (CAD edition only). * Requires Maya to be installed. Yes Yes Yes Yes Medical MRI file format.
3D File Formats
File Format AutoCAD Design Web Format AutoCAD Drawing Interchange AutoCAD Drawing Object AutoCAD Sheet Set File Autodesk 3D Studio Autodesk 3D Studio ASCII Autodesk 3D Studio Max ASCII Autodesk 3D Studio Project AOFF File Format Caligari trueSpace Object Caligari trueSpace Scene CINEMA 4D Collada Computer Graphics Metafile Deep Vision Scene DirectX Model FiLMBOX Gerber File Hewlett-Packard Graphics Library Imagine Geometry g y ISO G Code LightWave 3D and Binary Object LightWave Scene Max File Maya ASCII Scene Maya Binary Scene Mental Images Scene Nendo Object File Format Vector Graphics Open Inventor File OpenFlight Scene Description Database OpenGL CPP Code Points File Polygon Model Format Portable Graymap Graphics File POV-Ray RAW Triangle Format Power Render Object Protein Data Bank Quicktime 3D Metafile RAX Extended RAW Triangles Type 3D /2D 3D /2D 3D /2D 3D /2D 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 2D Vector (Drawing) 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 2D Vector (Drawing) 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene Extension DWF DXF DWG DST 3DS ASC ASE PRJ GEO COB SCN C4D DAE CGM DVS, IDS X FBX GBR, GBP, GPT, GTL, GTO, GTS, GKO, GBL, GBP PLT, HPGL IOB ISO, NC LWO, LW LWS MAX MA MB MI NDO OFF IV FLT CPP PTS PLY PGM RAW PRO PDB 3DM, 3DMF RAX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Version 2.5. Version 2.5. Medical file format. No Chem3D 3DM support. 16-bit Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Version 13.0. *Import: Multigen API DLLs not required. Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes** Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Versions 1.0 and 1.1. Versions 4.0 - 9.0., 2008-2011. Requires 3ds Max and the DCOM plugin to be installed. Versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 2008-2010 Requires Maya to be installed. Versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0,8.5, 2008-2010. Requires Maya to be installed. *Import: LightWave 5.6, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5., 9.0 **Export: LightWave version 6.0 (which is compatible with Lightwave 9.x). Yes Yes No export options. All versions supported. HPGL1 and HPGL2 Yes Yes* *Export: Version 3.0. Export via Vector Illustration. Supported by Illustration (ASCII and Binary). Up to version 11.5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Export Yes Yes Version/Notes Versions 7.3 and earlier, 2007-2010. Versions 12, 13, 14, 2000-2010. *Export is also via Vector Illustration. Versions 12, 13, 14, 2000-2010 (including Autodesk Archectural Desktop support). Versions 7 and earlier.