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FILE FORMATS

Contents

Introduction

Overview

Exchange Supported File Formats

Publish Supported File Formats

File Readers

ACIS

Autodesk Inventor

CATIA V4

CATIA V5

CATIA V6 [3DXML]

Creo

I-deas

IGES

IFC

JT

Parasolid

PDF

PRC

Pro/E

Siemens PLM-NX

Rhino3D

Solid Edge

SolidWorks

STEP

STL

U3D

VDA-FS

VRML

File Writers

ACIS

IGES

JT

Parasolid

PRC

STEP

STL

VRML

STL Reader

The STL Reader provides access to visualization data stored within a particular STL file. A file does not need to have a particular extension to be read correctly by HOOPS Exchange however the file extension of STL files that you can expect to be loaded by HOOPS Exchange is:

Our readers are updated to the latest released version within 90 days of the release of the authoring software. You can see the exact version supported in the current release here.

Assembly

This concept is not supported by STL.

B-rep

This concept is not supported by STL.

Visualization

The triangle information is parsed and provided via HOOPS Exchange.

Views

This concept is not supported by STL.

PMI

This concept is not supported by STL.