3D Interconnect replaces SOLIDWORKS current translation capabilities
with new technology and workflows for working with third-party native CAD data in SOLIDWORKS
2017.
You can:
- Insert proprietary CAD data directly
into a SOLIDWORKS assembly without converting it to a SOLIDWORKS file.
- Open the proprietary 3D CAD format in the SOLIDWORKS software
with its associative link to the original part.
- Update changes in the SOLIDWORKS file if you update the
proprietary CAD data in its authoring application by maintaining all downstream
features created in SOLIDWORKS.
- Break the link of the inserted part file with the original part
file.
3D Interconnect supports the following formats and their versions:
| Formats |
File Formats |
Format Versions |
| ACIS |
.sat, .sab, .asat, .asab |
r1-2018 1.0 |
| Autodesk®
Inventor |
.ipt (V6 – V2018)
.iam (V11 – V2018)
|
V11 – 2018 |
| CATIA®
V5 |
.CATPart, .CATProduct |
V5R8 – V5-6R2019 |
| DXF™/ DWG™ |
.dxf, .dwg |
2.5 – 2019 |
| IFC |
.ifc, .ifczip |
IFC 2x3, IFC 4 |
| IGES |
.igs, .iges |
Up to 5.3 |
| JT |
.jt |
JT 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x |
| PTC® |
.prt, .prt.*, .asm, .asm.* |
For Pro/ENGINEER® 16 – Creo 6.0 |
| Solid Edge® |
.par, .asm, .psm |
V18 – ST10 |
| STEP |
.stp, .step |
AP203, AP214, AP242 |
| NX™
software |
.prt |
11 – NX 1847 |
CATIA® V5-SOLIDWORKS Translator is
available with a SOLIDWORKS Premium license.