您可以从其它应用程序输入文件到 SolidWorks 软件中。您可以用多种格式输出 SolidWorks 文件，以供其它应用程序使用。有关各种文件类型的帮助链接，请参阅 文件类型。下表显示可以使用的数据转换方法：
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零件
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装配体
|
工程图
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|---|
| 应用 |
输入
|
输出
|
输入
|
输出
|
输入
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输出
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| 3D XML
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
| ACIS
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| Adobe Illustrator
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
| Adobe Photoshop
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Adobe 便携式文档格式
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
| Autodesk Inventor
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
| CADKEY
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
| CATIA Graphics
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| CATIA V5 |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
| DXF/DWG 文件 |
X |
|
|
|
X |
X |
| DXF 3D
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
| SolidWorks eDrawings
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|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
| Highly Compressed Graphics(高压缩图形)
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
| HOOPS
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|
X |
|
X |
|
|
| IDF 2.0, 3.0 (CircuitWorks Lite)
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
| IDF 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 (CircuitWorks)
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|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| IFC
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| IGES
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| JPEG
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|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
| Mechanical Desktop
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
| PADS (*.asc) (CircuitWorks)
|
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| Parasolid
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| PDF
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
| Pro/ENGINEER
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| ProStep EDMD (*.idx) (CircuitWorks)
|
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| Rhino
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
| ScanTo3D
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
| Solid Edge
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
| STEP
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| STL
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| TIFF
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
| U3D
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
| Unigraphics
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
| VDAFS
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
| Viewpoint
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
| VRML
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
| XPS
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
| 应用 |
输入
|
输出
|
输入
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输出
|
输入
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输出
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