File Types

Contents

• 3D XML Files
  

• ACIS Files (*.sat)
  

  The ACIS™ translator supports import and export of body and face colors, curves, and wireframe geometry.

• Adobe Illustrator Files (*.ai)
  

  You can import Adobe^® Illustrator^® files into SolidWorks and SolidWorks models and drawings to Adobe Illustrator files.

• Adobe Photoshop (*.psd) Files
  

  You can import Adobe^® Photoshop^® (.psd) files and save SolidWorks data (sketches, parts, assemblies, and drawings) as Adobe Photoshop files. SolidWorks data saved as Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) files are also accepted in Photoshop.

• Autodesk Inventor Files
  

  The Inventor Part translator imports Autodesk Inventor^® part and assembly files as SolidWorks part documents. The imported part files can contain features or geometry only.

• CADKEY Files
  

  The CADKEY^® translator imports CADKEY part and assembly files as SolidWorks part or assembly documents. CADKEY files have a .prt or .ckd file extension.

• CATIA Graphics Files
  

  The CATIA^® Graphics (CGR) translator imports CGR files as SolidWorks part documents or exports SolidWorks part or assembly documents as CATIA graphics files that users can view in CATIA, CATweb, and DMU Navigator. CGR files contain only graphical information and are for viewing only

• CATIA Part and Product File Import
  

  You can import CATIA^® V5 CATPart and CATProduct files.

• DXF 3D Files
  

  The DXF 3D translator extracts ACIS information from a DXF file, if that information exists in the file, and imports it into a SolidWorks part document. If a DXF file contains multiple bodies or an assembly, SolidWorks creates an assembly document.

• DXF/DWG Files (*.dxf, *.dwg Files)
  

  You can import and export DXF/DWG files.

• eDrawings
  

  In eDrawings you can view and animate models and drawings and create documents convenient for sending to others.

• Highly Compressed Graphics Files
  

  The Highly Compressed Graphics (HCG) translator exports SolidWorks documents as Highly Compressed Graphics files.

• HOOPS Files
  

  The HOOPS translator exports SolidWorks part or assembly documents as HOOPS (.hsf) files.

• IDF Files
  

  Using CircuitWorks Lite, you can import Intermediate Data Format (IDF) circuit board files (.emn, .brd, .bdf, .idb) and create solid models of the circuit boards and their components. The model is a single part with the board and each component as extruded features.

• IFC Files
  

  You can export SolidWorks files as Industry Foundation Classes .ifc files for use in software applications commonly used in the building supply chain. You can import .ifc files into the SolidWorks software to include information from models originally created with structural software applications.

• IGES Files (*.igs, *.iges)
  

  The IGES translator can import and export IGES surfaces and BREP solids.

• JPEG Files
  

  The JPEG translator takes a snapshot of anything displayed in the graphics window of a SolidWorks part, assembly, or drawing document, and exports it as a .jpg file.

• Exporting SolidWorks Models to *.lxo Files
  

  You can export SolidWorks models, including models with motion studies, to *.lxo files. You can then import the *.lxo files into MODO^®, the rendering product created by Luxology LLC.

• Mechanical Desktop Files
  

  The MDT translator imports part and assembly information from Mechanical Desktop^® (MDT) files as SolidWorks part or assembly documents.

• Parasolid Files (*.x_t, *.x_b)
  

  You can set the export options when you export SolidWorks part or assembly documents as Parasolid files.

• Adobe Portable Document Format (*.pdf) Files
  

  You can export SolidWorks part, assembly, and drawing documents as Adobe^® Portable Document Format (PDF) files and part and assembly documents as 3D PDF or U3D files.

• Saving SolidWorks Files as Portable Network Graphics Files
  

  You can save SolidWorks files as *.png files.

• Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Parametric Files
  

  The Pro/E & Creo to SolidWorks Converter imports and exports Pro/ENGINEER^® and Creo Parametric files.

• Rhino Files
  

  Rhino^® files (*.3dm) provide NURBS and analytic surfaces for free-form shapes.

• Solid Edge Files
  

  The Solid Edge translator imports the Parasolid information of Solid Edge^® parts (including sheet metal parts) or assemblies into SolidWorks part or assembly documents. Only the Parasolid information is extracted, not the proprietary feature information.

• Step Files (*.step)
  

  The STEP translator supports import and export of body, face and curve colors of STEP AP214 files. The STEP AP203 standard does not have any color implementation.

• STL Files (*.stl)
  

  Stereolithography is a three-dimensional printing process that makes a solid object from a computer image. The process, also called rapid prototyping, creates parts using a faceted mesh representation in STL files.

• TIFF Files (*.tif)
  

• TIFF, Photoshop, and JPEG Export Options
  

  You can set the export options when you export SolidWorks documents as TIFF, Adobe^® Photoshop^®, or JPEG files.

• Unigraphics Files
  

  The Unigraphics translator imports the Parasolid information of a Unigraphics^® part or assembly into a SolidWorks part or assembly document. Only the Parasolid information is extracted, not the proprietary feature information of a Unigraphics part.

• VDAFS Files (*.vda)
  

  VDAFS is a neutral file format for the exchange of surface geometry.

• Viewpoint Files
  

  This add-in module exports SolidWorks part or assembly documents to Viewpoint (.mts) files.

• VRML Files (*.wrl)
  

  VRML files can display 3D graphics over the Internet.

• XPS (XML Paper Specification) Files
  

  You can create XPS (XML Paper Specification) files in SolidWorks and open the files in the eDrawings Viewer or XPS Viewer.

• Import and Export File Version Information
  

  The following versions are supported for these file types. All versions are supported for file types not listed.