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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

Creo Reader

The Creo Reader provides full access to the assembly, B-rep, and view & PMI data stored within a particular Creo file. A file does not need to have a particular extension to be read correctly by HOOPS Exchange however the file extensions of Creo files that you can expect to be loaded by HOOPS Exchange are:

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

Incremental load is supported by our Creo reader. Datum planes and construction geometry are also supported and accessed through the assembly tree.

Family Table Support

Family tables are not supported, however, HOOPS Exchange is able to handle them subject to the following conditions:

Because HOOPS Exchange can represent the model more accurately with XPR files, we recommend you generate them every time you handle family tables.

HOOPS Exchange cannot use family tables to modify the shape of a model.

B-rep

HOOPS Exchange extracts the exact B-rep definition from the model. The list of surface types provided is:

The list of available curve types is:

Visualization

The visualization data for this format is generated by the HOOPS Exchange tessellation engine.

Views

There are two types of views supported in Creo:

Both view types are fully supported by HOOPS Exchange.

PMI

HOOPS Exchange provides access to all PMI data available in Creo file. This list includes: