Actify's software can read the following file formats with no CAD system or connection to a CAD server required.
Format |
Description |
Extension |
Versions |
PMI Support |
ACIS® SAT |
SAT files generated by Spatial Technologies® ACIS as exported by Autodesk AutoCAD, CADKEY®, IRONCAD®, Vellum Solids™, and several other CAD systems. |
*.sat |
Up to ACIS v13 |
N/A |
Autodesk® DWF |
DWF (Drawing Web Format) drawing files from AutoCAD and Inventor. |
*.dwf |
Up to DWF 7.0 |
N/A |
Autodesk® DWG |
DWG drawing and models from Autodesk products and compatible CAD systems. |
*.dwg |
AutoCAD® compliant DWG. Up to AutoCAD 2008 |
N/A |
Autodesk® DXF |
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) drawing files from virtually any CAD system. |
*.dxf |
Autodesk compliant DXF. Up to AutoCAD 2008 |
N/A |
Autodesk® Inventor® |
Native Autodesk Inventor parts, assemblies and drawings. |
*.ipt, *.iam, *.idw |
Inventor R11, R10, R9, R8 |
N/A |
Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® |
Native Autodesk Mechanical Desktop files from Autodesk Mechanical Desktop. |
*.dwg |
Up to v6 |
N/A |
CADDS |
CADDS file. |
*._pd |
v4 and v5 |
N/A |
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) |
CGM drawing files from many CAD systems. |
*.cgm |
Any |
N/A |
Dassault Systemes® CATIA® V4 |
Native CATIA 3D and 2D entities from all CATIA platforms. |
*.model, *.exp, user-def, *.session |
Export: from v3.2.5 to v4.X.X; Model: from v4.1.1 to v4.X.X; Session: v4.X.X |
N/A |
Dassault Systemes CATIA V5 3D & 2D |
Native CATIA V5 R19 part files and assemblies and Native CATIA V5 R10 to R18 Drawings. |
*.catpart, *.catproduct, *.cgr, *.catdrawing |
2D: V5 R10 to R19; 3D: V5 up to R19 |
Yes |
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks® |
Native SolidWorks parts, assemblies, drawings and sheet metal models. |
*.sldprt, *.sldasm, *.sldlfp, *.slddrw |
From v97+ to v2009 |
N/A |
UGS Direct Model® (.JT) |
.JT files from EDS PLM Solutions, including parts and assemblies. |
*.jt |
Up to v8.1 |
N/A |
UGS I-DEAS Native |
I-DEAS native part, assembly and package files. Note: Assembly files only supported as part of package files. Files with extension .XPK are NOT supported. |
*.arc, *.unv, *.mfl, *.prt, *.pkg |
NX12 M3 and M4 |
N/A |
UGS® I-DEAS® WEB |
I-DEAS Web Access files including assemblies. Crushed ASCII (*.MCA) files can also be exported from I-DEAS™. |
*.idi, *.idz, *.mca, *.arc |
MCA: up to v7. IDI, IDZ: up to v9 |
N/A |
UGS Parasolid® |
Parasolid X_T files as exported by Unigraphics, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, PTC Pro/DESKTOP™, and several other CAD/CAM systems. |
*.x_t, *.xmt_txt, *.x_b |
Up to v19.1 |
N/A |
UGS Solid Edge® |
Native Solid Edge parts, sheet metal, assemblies and drawings. |
*.par, *.asm, *.psm, *.dft |
Up to v20 |
N/A |
UGS Unigraphics 2D & 3D ® |
Native Unigraphics parts and assemblies and Unigraphics 2D drawing. |
*.prt |
Unigraphics 2D: NX1 to NX6; Unigraphics 3D: From v13 to NX6 |
N/A |
HPGL |
All HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) and HPGL/2 files. |
*.plt, *.hpgl |
Any |
N/A |
IGES 2D & 3D |
(Initial Graphics Exchange Specifications) All IGES 2D & 3D entities. |
*.igs, *.iges |
Up to 6.0 |
N/A |
ISO G-Code |
ISO standard for NC machining code; G0 and G1 codes. |
user-def. |
Any |
N/A |
MICRO CADAM |
MICRO CADAM 2D files. |
*.mcd |
MICRO CADAM Helix V4R1-R3, V5R1-R2 2D data only, Style 1 line types only |
N/A |
PRC® |
TTF. |
*.prc |
Any |
N/A |
PTC® Pro/ENGINEER™ |
Native PTC Pro/ENGINEER parts and assembly files. |
*.prt, *.asm |
Parts and assemblies from rel.18 through Wildfire 4 |
N/A |
STEP |
STEP files compliant with AP203 and AP214. |
*.stp, *.step |
AP203, AP214 |
N/A |
STL |
STL files both binary and ASCII. |
*.stl |
Any |
N/A |
TIFF |
Tag(ged) Image File Format files from any graphics program. Optional raster-to-vector conversion of non-photographic .tif files. |
*.tif |
Any |
N/A |
VRML |
All VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) 1.0 and 2.0 files. |
*.wrl, *.wrml |
v1.0 and v2.0 |
N/A |
VDA-FS |
VDA-FS (Verband Der Automobilindustrie Flächen Schnittstelle). |
*.vda |
v2.0 |
N/A |
XVL™ |
Lattice XVL. |
*.xv3 |
Any |
N/A |
Discreet® 3D Studio™ |
3D Studio files. Note that 3DStudioMax files are not currently supported. |
*.3ds |
Any |
N/A |
2D PDF |
PDF documents up to Acrobat V8. |
Up to V8 |
N/A |
The following is the cross-correlation table of supported file formats with major CAD systems.
X |
Preferred Format |
X |
Supported Format |
Native |
IGES |
Web Access |
STL |
VDA-FS |
Parasolid |
DXF |
DWG |
SAT |
3D Studio |
VRML |
|
Autodesk AutoCAD |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Autodesk Inventor |
X |
X |
X |
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Autodesk MDT |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Bentley Microstation |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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CADDS |
X |
||||||||||
CADKEY Corp. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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CoCreate Solidesigner |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Dassault Systemes CATIA v4 & v5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Dassault Systemes SolidWorks |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Discreet 3DStudio |
X |
X |
|||||||||
EDS I-DEAS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||
EDS I-DEAS Web |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||
EDS Solid Edge |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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EDS Unigraphics |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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MICRO CADAM |
X |
X |
X |
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PTC Pro/DESKTOP |
X |
X |
X |
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PTC Pro/ENGINEER |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Think3 |
X |
X |
X |
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Native |
IGES |
Web Access |
STL |
VDA-FS |
Parasolid |
DXF |
DWG |
SAT |
3D Studio |
VRML |
