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Supported Formats of the 3DViewStation Product Family
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Information as per August 12th, 2020, valid for the latest build, subject to change without notice at any time

hmtoggle_plus1 Import 3D

 

Desktop

WebViewer

Supported 3D File Formats

File Extension

Format Version

2D basic

2D advanced

3D all importers

3D export

WebViewer

2D advanced

3D-PDF

PDF

PRC, U3D

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dot

 

dot

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3DViewStation

3DVS, VSXML

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

ACIS

SAT, SAB

Up to 2020

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Autodesk 3DS

3DS

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Autodesk Design Web Format

DWF, DWFX

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Autodesk Inventor

IPT, IAM

Up to 2021

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

CATIA V4

MODEL, DLV, EXP, SESSION

Up to V4.2.5

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

CATIA V5

CATPRODUCT, CATPART, CATShape, CGR

Up to V5 R2020

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

CATIA V6 / 3DExperience

3DXML

Up to V5-6 R2019 (R29)

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

COLLADA

DAE

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

CPIXML

CPIXML

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Creo (Pro/E)

PRT, XPR, ASM, XAS, NEU

Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 7.0

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Filmbox

FBX

ASCII: from 7100 to 7400; Binary: all

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

GL Transmission Format

GLTF, GLB

Version 2.0 only

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

I-deas

MF1, ARC, UNV, PKG

Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX I-deas 6

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

IGES

IGS, IGES

5.1, 5.2, 5.3

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Industry Foundation Classes

IFC

IFC 2x2, 2x3, 2x4

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

JTOpen

JT

Up to 10.3

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

LIDAR Point Cloud Data File1

E57

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

NX (Unigraphics)

PRT

UG v11.0 to v1899

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Parasolid

X_T, X_B

Up to v32.0

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

PLMXML

PLMXML

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

PRC

PRC

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Autodesk Revit2

RVT, RFA

2015 to 2020

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Rhino3D

3DM

4, 5, 6

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Solid Edge

ASM, PAR, PWD, PSM

V19 – 20, ST – ST10, 2020

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

SolidWorks

SLDASM, SLDPRT

From 97 up to 2020

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

STEP Exchange

STP, STEP, STPZ

AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

STEP/XML

STPX, STPXZ

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Stereo Lithography

STL

All versions

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Universal 3D

U3D

ECMA-363 (1-3. edition)

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

VDA-FS

VDA

V1.0, V2.0

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

VRML

WRL, VRML

V1.0, V2.0

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

Wavefront OBJ

OBJ

 

 

 

dot

 

dot

 

1 Provided on “As is” basis: KISTERS will neither support nor maintain these importers/exporters. Might be dropped at any time without notice. Includes also i.e. CADDS, Calcomp, KMZ, Lattice XVL, Photoshop (Preview), OneSpace Designer (M16, 2008).

2 Only supported for 64 bit Windows operating system.

hmtoggle_plus1 Import 2D

 

Desktop

WebViewer

Supported 2D File Formats

File Extension

Format Version

2D basic

2D advanced

3D all importers

3D export

WebViewer

2D advanced

2D-PDF

PDF

 

dot

 

dot

dot_empty

dot

 

Autodesk Design Web Format

DWF

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Autodesk Drawing

DWG

Up to AC1027

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Autodesk Drawing Exchange Format

DXF

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

CALS

MIL

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Catia V4 Drawing

MODEL, DLV, EXP

4.15 to 4.24

 

dot

 

 

 

dot

Catia V5 Drawing

CATDrawing

R10 to R30 (V5-6R2020)

 

dot

 

 

 

dot

Catia V6 Drawing

3DXML

R2010x to R2020x

 

dot

 

 

 

dot

Computer Graphics Metafile

CGM

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Creo / ProE Drawing

DRW

ProE 2000i to Creo 7.0

 

dot

 

 

 

dot

Gerber

GER

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Graphics Interchange Format

GIF

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

HPGL

PLT

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

HPGL/2

PLT

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

JPEG

JPEG, JPG

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

JPEG2000

JP2

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Microsoft Excel

XLS, XLSX

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Microsoft Powerpoint

PPT, PPTX

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Microsoft Word

DOC, DOCX

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

MicroStation

DGN

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

NX Drawing

PRT

NX to NX 1872 Series until 1919

 

dot

 

 

 

dot

Open Office

ODG, ODP, ODS, ODT

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Portable Network Graphics

PNG

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

SolidEdge Drawings

DFT

ST1 to 2020

 

dot

 

 

 

dot

Solidworks Drawing

SLDDRW

2004 to 2020

 

dot

 

 

 

dot

Tagged Image File Format

TIF, TIFF

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

Windows Bitmap

BMP

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

WebP

WEBP

 

dot

 

dot

 

dot

 

hmtoggle_plus1 Export 3D

 

 

 

Desktop

WebViewer

Supported 3D File Formats

File Extension

Format Version

2D basic

2D advanced

3D all importers

3D export

WebViewer

2D advanced

3D-PDF

PDF

PRC

dot_empty

dot_empty

 

dot

dot

dot_empty

3D Manufacturing Format

3MF

1.2.1

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

3DViewStation

3DVS, VSXML

 

 

 

dot

dot

dot

 

ACIS

SAT, SAB

5.0

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

Filmbox

FBX

 

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

Industry Foundation Classes1

IFC

 

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

IGES

IGS, IGES

5.1

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

JTOpen

JT

9.5

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

Parasolid

X_T

12.1

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

PRC

PRC

 

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

STEP Exchange

STP, STEP

AP 203 E2, AP 214 E1, AP 242 E1

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

Stereo Lithography

STL

 

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

Universal 3D

U3D

ECMA-363 (1st and 3rd editions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

VRML

WRL, VRML

V2.0

 

 

 

dot

dot

 

1 Provided on “As is” basis: KISTERS will neither support nor maintain these importers/exporters. Might be dropped at any time without notice. Includes also i.e. CADDS, Calcomp, KMZ, Lattice XVL, Photoshop (Preview), OneSpace Designer (M16, 2008).

hmtoggle_plus1 Export 2D

 

Desktop

WebViewer

Supported 2D File Formats

File Extension

2D basic

2D advanced

3D all importers

WebViewer

2D advanced

2D-PDF

PDF

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

3DViewStation

3DVS

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

Autodesk Drawing Exchange Format3

DXF

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

Computer Graphics Metafile3

CGM

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

JPEG

JPG

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

Portable Network Graphics

PNG

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

Scalable Vector Graphics3

SVG

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

Windows Bitmap

BMP

dot

dot

dot

dot

dot

3 Only supported for 3D models.
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