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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

ACIS Writer

The ACIS writer allows developers to export B-rep data from Exchange to ACIS. The file extensions that you can create when you export the data are:

Assembly

ACIS does not support the concept of an assembly and as a result we flatten the assembly before we export it. This means that all the parts in the assembly will appear as sibling parts. The transformations and coloring will be honored such that visually the model should match the source data.

B-rep

All B-rep data is exported with each surface and curve being approximated to one of the following types:

...and curves to one of the following:

Visualization

This format does not support a tessellation representation.

Views

Views are not supported by this format.

PMI

PMI is not supported by this format.