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File Formats
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|ProductName| allows you to read and write a wide variety of file formats without needing to license any additional technology.
You work through a standard interface, so once you complete an integration, you have access to the large number of formats supported by HOOPS Exchange and can easily access newly supported formats as well as updates to existing versions.

.. figure:: /_assets/images/file_formats.png

   Supported file formats. In blue, both import and export are supported. In gray, only import is supported.

The tables below provide a brief summary of each supported file format. Click on the names for more detailed information about each reader and writer.

.. _supported_readers:

Supported Import Formats
========================

We aim to update Catia V5, SolidWorks, Creo and NX readers to the latest format version within 90 days of the release of the authoring software.
Additionally, we aim to update the JT reader to the latest format version within 120 days of the release of the authoring software.

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Format                                                               Version                                             Extensions                                      Supported Platforms                Tess [#ft]_  B-rep      PMI
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 :doc:`3MF                      <format/3mf_reader>`                 1.2.3                                               3MF                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`ACIS                     <format/acis_reader>`                From 1.3 (103) to 35.0 (3500)                       SAT, SAB                                        |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`AutoCAD - 2D             <format/dwg_reader>` [#fl]_          Up to AutoCAD 2026                                  DWG, DXF                                        |wy| |ly| |mn| |an| |in|           |c_green|    |c_grey|   |c_green|
 :doc:`AutoCAD - 3D             <format/dwg_reader>` [#fl]_          Up to AutoCAD 2026                                  DWG, DXF                                        |wy| |ly| |mn| |an| |in|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`Autodesk 3DS             <format/autodesk_3ds_reader>`        Any                                                 3DS                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`Autodesk DWF             <format/autodesk_dwf_reader>`        Any                                                 DWF, DWFX                                       |wy| |ly| |mn| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`Autodesk Inventor        <format/inventor_reader>`            Up to 2027                                          IPT, IAM                                        |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_red|
 :doc:`Autodesk Navisworks      <format/navisworks_reader>`          From 2012 to 2026                                   NWC, NWD                                        |wy| |ly| |mn| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_red|    |c_red|
 :doc:`CATIA V4                 <format/catia_v4_reader>`            Up to 4.2.5                                         MODEL, SESSION, DLV, EXP                        |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`CATIA V5                 <format/catia_v5_reader>`            Up to V5-6R2026                                     CATDrawing, CATPart, CATProduct, CATShape, CGR  |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`CATIA V6 / 3DExperience  <format/catia_v6_reader>`            3DXML 4.3                                           3DXML                                           |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`COLLADA                  <format/collada_reader>`             Any                                                 DAE                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`Creo - Pro/E             <format/creo_reader>`                Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 13.4.0.0                  ASM, NEU, PRT, XAS, XPR                         |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`DGN                      <format/dgn_reader>`                 7, 8                                                DGN                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |an| |in|           |t_green|    |t_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`FBX                      <format/fbx_reader>`                 ASCII: from 7100 to 7500, Binary: All               FBX                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`GL Transmission Format   <format/gltf_reader>`                Version 2.0 only                                    GLTF, GLB                                       |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`I-deas                   <format/i_deas_reader>`              Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX I-deas 6                      MF1, ARC, UNV, PKG                              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`IFC                      <format/ifc_reader>`                 IFC2 up to 2.3.0.1, IFC4 up to 4.3                  IFC, IFCZIP                                     |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_grey_g|
 :doc:`IGES                     <format/iges_reader>`                5.1, 5.2, 5.3                                       IGS, IGES                                       |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`JT                       <format/jt_reader>`                  Up to v10.11                                        JT                                              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`NX - Unigraphics         <format/plm_nx_reader>`              UG11 to UG18, UG NX, NX5 to NX12, NX1847 to NX2512  PRT                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`Parasolid                <format/parasolid_reader>`           Up to 38.1                                          X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT                          |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`PDF                      <format/pdf_reader>`                 All Versions                                        PDF                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`PRC                      <format/prc_reader>`                 All Versions                                        PRC                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`QIF                      <format/qif_reader>`   [#qif]_       Version 3.0 only                                    QIF                                             |wy| |ln| |mn| |an| |in|           |t_green|    |c_grey_g| |c_grey_g|
 :doc:`Revit                    <format/revit_reader>` [#fl]_        2015 to 2026                                        RVT, RFA                                        |wy| |ly| |mn| |an| |in|           |t_green|    |c_red|    |c_red|
 :doc:`Rhino3D                  <format/rhino3d_reader>`             From 4 to 8                                         3DM                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |an| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`Solid Edge               <format/solid_edge_reader>`          1 to 20, ST1 to ST10, 2019 to 2026                  ASM, PAR, PWD, PSM                              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_red|
 :doc:`SolidWorks               <format/solidworks_reader>`          From 97 up to 2026                                  SLDASM, SLDPRT                                  |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`STEP                     <format/step_reader>`                AP 203 Ed1, Ed2 - AP 214 - AP 242 Ed1, Ed2, Ed3     STP, STEP, STPZ                                 |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`STEP/XML                 <format/stepxml_reader>`             Any                                                 STPX, STPXZ                                     |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`Stereo Lithography (STL) <format/stl_reader>`                 All Versions                                        STL                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`U3D                      <format/u3d_reader>`                 ECMA-363                                            U3D                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`VDA-FS                   <format/vda_fs_reader>`              Version 1.0 and 2.0                                 VDA                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |an| |in|           |c_green|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`VRML                     <format/vrml_reader>`                V1.0 and V2.0                                       WRL, VRML                                       |wy| |ly| |my| |an| |in|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`Wavefront OBJ            <format/obj_reader>`                 Any                                                 OBJ                                             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|           |t_green|    |c_grey|   |c_grey|
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.. rubric:: Legend

* |c_green|   = Supported
* |c_grey_g|  = Partial or variable support
* |c_red|     = Unsupported
* |c_grey|    = This concept is not supported by this format
* |t_green|   = This file format provides tessellation data [#ft]_
* |wn| / |wy| = Windows
* |ln| / |ly| = Linux
* |mn| / |my| = macOS
* |an| / |ay| = Android
* |in| / |iy| = iOS and Mac Catalyst

The data supported by the HOOPS Exchange readers can be broken down into six main categories:

* **Assembly data:** The full assembly tree is provided.
  The information includes the names of each component, their colors, and transformations and whether a specific component is hidden.
  Support for instances, external references, and configurations is provided.
  The |ProductName| technology also allows you to work in a special mode which allows you to load and unload components in an assembly.
  This allows you handle massive assemblies on a broad range of hardware.
* **B-rep:** The complete topological and geometric definition of the model is provided.
  The geometry can be presented in its native form and a full set of evaluators are provided, or the user can ask |ProductName| to post-process the data to adapt it to the destination system.
  During the post-processing step, it's possible to split periodic surfaces, sew surfaces (particularly important for IGES), compute UV/3D curves, and approximate surfaces to B-spline surfaces.
* **Views:** The definition of views including the filters it applies to the model is included.
  For some formats, the definition of a View can extend to more sophisticated concepts like cutting planes and exploded views.
* **PMI:** We provide Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) in both a visual and semantic form.
  In the visual form, the data provided allows you to perfectly recreate how the model looked in the authoring system.
  In the semantic form, the PMI is presented in much more manageable data structures that enable developers to use this PMI to more easily implement advanced functionality within their application.
* **Visualization:** All the information is included so that you can recreate the exact visual representation that was presented in the authoring application.
  |ProductName| also provides advanced functionality to control the tessellation of the model.
  Furthermore, |ProductName| can provide direct access to the visualization data if it was stored in the file, which can dramatically improve file loading speeds.
* **Miscellaneous:** In addition to the information above, the |ProductName| technology provides access to a variety of other pertinent information such as construction geometry, persistent IDs, face names, coordinate systems, layer/filter settings, and user defined attributes.
  The specifics of each of these are detailed in each format's guide.

.. _supported_writers:

Supported Export Formats
========================

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Format                                                               Version                                       Extensions       Supported Platforms       Tess        BREP       PMI
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 3D PDF [#ap]_                                                       Latest                                        PDF              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`3MF                      <format/3mf_writer>`                 1.2.3                                         3MF              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |t_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`ACIS                     <format/acis_writer>`                5.0 (500)                                     SAT, SAB         |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_grey|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`FBX                      <format/fbx_writer>`   [#ff]_        7400, ASCII or Binary                         FBX              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`GLTF                     <format/gltf_writer>`                2.0                                           GLTF, GLB        |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :ref:`HTML                     <adv_pub_export_table>`   [#fz]_     Any                                           HTML             |wy| |ly| |mn| |an| |in|  |c_green|   |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`IGES                     <format/iges_writer>`                5.1                                           IGS, IGES        |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_grey|    |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`JT                       <format/jt_writer>`   [#fj]_         8.1, 9.5, 10.0                                JT               |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`Parasolid                <format/parasolid_writer>`   [#fp]_  14.0                                          X_T              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_grey_g|  |c_green|  |c_grey|
 :doc:`PRC                      <format/prc_writer>`                 Latest                                        PRC              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`STEP                     <format/step_writer>`   [#fe]_       AP 203 Ed2, AP 214 Ed1, AP 242 Ed1, Ed2, Ed3  STP, STEP, STPZ  |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_green|  |c_green|
 :doc:`Stereo Lithography (STL) <format/stl_writer>`                 Any                                           STL              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |t_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
       U3D                                                           ECMA-363                                      U3D              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`USD                      <format/usd_writer>`   [#fu]_        Any                                           USD, USDA        |wy| |ly| |mn| |an| |in|  |c_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`VRML                     <format/vrml_writer>`                1.0 and 2.0                                   VRML             |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
 :doc:`Wavefront OBJ            <format/obj_writer>`                 Any                                           OBJ              |wy| |ly| |my| |ay| |iy|  |c_green|   |c_grey|   |c_grey|
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.. rubric:: Legend

* |c_green|   = Supported
* |c_grey_g|  = Partial or variable support
* |c_grey|    = This concept is not supported by this format
* |wn| / |wy| = Windows
* |ln| / |ly| = Linux
* |mn| / |my| = macOS
* |an| / |ay| = Android
* |in| / |iy| = iOS and Mac Catalyst

.. rubric:: Footnotes

.. [#ft]  HOOPS Exchange reads tessellation data from certain file formats such as SolidWorks, CATIA V5, and Autodesk Inventor. For file formats that don't contain tessellation data, HOOPS Exchange will calculate the tessellation/visualization data. Details on how HOOPS Exchange generates visualization data is included in the Visualization section on the page of each individual file format.
.. [#fj]  Our JT writer supports JT 8.1, 9.5 and 10.
.. [#fp]  Exporting tessellation data is only possible using the Parasolid bridge (not available on macOS).
.. [#fe]  Our STEP writer supports AP203, AP214, and AP242. STPZ export is only available in the AP242 format.
.. [#ff]  FBX-DOM files are unsupported.
.. [#fl]  DWG and Revit readers are not supported on Linux arm64.
.. [#qif] Our QIF reader is currently provided as a *beta* version.
.. [#fu]  USD writer is only available on Windows x64 and Linux x64. It is experimental and needs to be enabled by following the documentation.
.. [#ap]  3D PDF writer requires the Advanced Publishing module.
.. [#fz]  HTML export is only available on Linux & Windows 64 bit. For HTML, B-rep is only available for exact measurements (and not for faceted B-rep).

If you are :doc:`evaluating HOOPS Exchange </start/evaluating-exchange>`, you may want to get more familiar with our :doc:`Supported Platforms </start/supported-platforms>` page as well. Simply press the *Next* button when you are ready.
