3D Interconnect
uses improved
translators and
workflows providing faster performance and better quality for working with third-party CAD
data.
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 – 2023 1.0 |
| Autodesk®
Inventor |
.ipt (V6 – V2021)
.iam (V11 – V2021)
|
11 – 2023 |
| CATIA®
V5 |
.CATPart, .CATProduct |
V5 R8 to V5-6 R2023 |
| DXF™/ DWG™ |
.dxf, .dwg |
2.5 – 2023 |
| IFC |
.ifc, .ifczip |
IFC 2x3, IFC 4 |
| IGES |
.igs, .iges |
Up to 5.3 |
| JT |
.jt |
JT 8.x, 9.x, 10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.518, and 10.619,
and 10.719 |
| PTC®
Creo |
.prt, .prt.*, .asm, .asm.* |
Pro/ENGINEER® 16
– Creo 10.0 |
| Solid Edge® |
.par, .asm, .psm |
V18 – SE 2023 |
| STEP |
.stp, .step |
AP203, AP214, AP242 |
| NX™
software |
.prt |
UG 11 – NX 2306 |
CATIA® V5-SOLIDWORKS Translator
is available with SOLIDWORKS Premium.
When importing these file formats, SOLIDWORKS uses the latest conversion
technology even if you clear
Enable 3D
Interconnect
in :
- ACIS™
- Autodesk Inventor®
- CATIA® V5
- PTC Creo®
- IFC
- IGES
- Solid Edge®
- STEP
- NX™ software
- xDesign SLDXML