Details on File Format types
 
 
 

The following information provides some insight in how the different file format structures work.

Name Extension Polygon Import Polygon Export NURBS Import NURBS Export
Wire format (Autodesk) .wire

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C4 format (Standard CAD)IGES subset format. .c4x

STEP format ISO standard industrial automation systems product data representation and exchange format. .stp.step    

Inventor (Windows only)C4 format Translations require Autodesk Inventor or Autodesk Inventor Viewer to be installed. .iv

 

 
PTC Granite format (Windows only)(PRO/ENGNINEER or any Granite based system) .g.prt (Pro/E part file).asm (Pro/E assembly file)    

JAMAIS format (Standard CAD)Japan Automobile Association IGES subset. .igs    

VDAIS format (Standard CAD)Verband des Automobilindustrie - IGES Subset. .iges

VDAFS format (Standard CAD)Verband des Automobilindustrie - FlachenSchnittstelle. .vda    

DES format (Standard CAD)Data Exchange Standard. Contains polylines. Requires less space than equivalent IGES files. .des    

DWG format (Windows only) (AutoDesk)Drawing Format. .dwg  

 

DXF format (Windows only) (AutoDesk)Drawing Exchange Format. .dxf  

 

SLC header information (Solid Imaging)3D Systems Slice format. .slc      

STL Format (Solid Imaging)3D Systems SLA file format. Used to send data to a stereo lithography machine. Binary and ASCII format. .stl

(imports as a mesh)

 

(uses a shell to convert to STL)
CAI format for CATIA V4 files (Windows only) (CATIA)CATIA Alias Inter operate ability file format. .cai    

CATIA V5 format (Windows only) .CATPart.CATProduct    

OBJ format (Autodesk) .obj

Encapsulated Postscript format (Standard) .eps    

 
VRML formatVirtual Reality Modeling Language(3D Object Oriented Toolkit)  

Pro/ENGINEER Render file format .slp

     
IGES format (SolidDesigner)Initial Graphics Exchange. .iges, .igs

OpenInventor format (Windows only) .iv

Illustrator format .ai    

UGS NX (Unigraphics) part and assembly format (Windows only) .prt