Importing/Exporting SOLIDWORKS Documents

You can import files to the SOLIDWORKS software from other applications. You can export SOLIDWORKS documents to a number of formats for use with other applications. For links to help on the various file types, see File Types. The following table displays the data translation methods available:

  Parts Assemblies Drawings
Application Import Export Import Export Import Export
3D XML   X   X    
ACIS X X X X    
Adobe Illustrator X X   X X  
Adobe Photoshop X X X X X X
Adobe Portable Document Format   X   X   X
Autodesk Inventor X   X      
CADKEY X   X      
CATIA V5 X   X      
DXF/DWG files X X X X X X
DXF 3D X          
Highly Compressed Graphics   X   X    
IFC X X X X    
IGES X X X X    
JPEG   X   X   X
JT X   X      
Mechanical Desktop X   X      
Parasolid X X X X    
PDF   X   X   X
ProE/Creo X 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
Unigraphics/NX™ X   X      
VDAFS X X        
VRML X X X X    
Application Import Export Import Export Import Export
The CATIA® V5-SOLIDWORKS Translator is available with SOLIDWORKS Premium.