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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

PRC Writer

PRC is the internal format of HOOPS Exchange. It provides full support for all the concepts supported within HOOPS Exchange. The recommended file extension is:

Assembly

The full assembly tree as defined in the source data can be exported to PRC.

B-rep

The PRC definition fully supports all the geometric and topological concepts supported by our readers. As such, all definitions are supported.

Visualization

PRC data can contain both A B-rep and a Visualization definition in the same file. During your export settings you can define which type of data you would like stored in the file.

Views

Advanced view support is supported by PRC.

PMI

All the PMI concepts supported by our readers are made available in PRC.

Export options specific to PRC

At export time you can decide if you want the B-rep data to be removed from the file.