Direct CAD Access

The Direct CAD Access import option allows a user to import native CAD files directly into SpatialAnalyzer. The following is a list of supported formats:

Format

Extensions

Version

Polygonized Surfaces

Surfaces

Annotations

3MF

.3MF

1.2.3

N/A

N/A

ACIS

.SAT, .SAB

Up to 2023

N/A

AutoCAD - 2D

.dwg, .dxf

DWG 2018, RealDWG up

to 2021

N/A

AutoCAD - 3D

.dwg, .dxf

Up to 2019

N/A

Autodesk 3DS

.3DS

Any

N/A

N/A

Autodesk DWF

.DWF, .DWFX

Any

N/A

N/A

Autodesk Inventor

.IPT, .IAM

Up to 2024

Autodesk Navisworks

.NWD

From 2012 to 2024

CATIA V4

.MODEL, .SESSION, .DLV, .EXP

Up to 4.2.5

CATIA V5

.CATPRODUCT, .CATPART,

.CATSHAPE, .CGR

Up to V5-R2023

CATIA V6 / 3DExperience

.3DXML

Up to V5-6 R2019 (R29)

N/A

COLLADA

.DAE

Any

N/A

N/A

Creo - Pro/E

.ASM, .NEU, .PRT, .XAS, .XPR

Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 10.0

DGN

.DGN

7

N/A

N/A

FBX

.FBX

Ascii: from 7100 to 7500, Binary: All

N/A

N/A

GL Transmission Format

.GLTF, .GLB

Version 2.0 only

N/A

N/A

I-deas

.MF1, .ARC, .UNV, .PKG

Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX

I-deas 6

IFC

.IFC, .IFCZIP

IFC2x Editions 2, 3 & 4

**

N/A

IGES

.IGS, .IGES

5.1, 5.2, 5.3

N/A

JT

.JT

Up to v10.6

NX - Unigraphics

.PRT

Unigraphics v11.0 to v18 NX to NX12, NX1847 to NX2212

Parasolid

.X_T, .X_B, .XMT, .XMT_TXT

Up to v35.1

N/A

PDF

.PDF

All Versions

PRC

.PRC

All Versions

Revit

.RVT, .RFA

2015 to 2023

Rhino3D

.3DM

v4 to v7

N/A

Solid Edge

.ASM, .PAR, .PWD, .PSM

V19-20, ST10, 2023

SolidWorks

.SLDASM, .SLDPRT

From 97 up to 2023

*

STEP

.STP, .STEP

AP 203 E1/E2,

AP 214, AP 242

STEP/XML

STPX, STPXZ

Any

Stereo Lithography (STL)

.STL

All Versions

N/A

N/A

U3D

.U3D

ECMA-363

N/A

N/A

VDA-FS

.VDA

v1.0 and v2.0

N/A

VRML

.WRL, .VRML

v1.0 and v2.0

N/A

N/A

Wavefront OBJ

.OBJ

Any

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported:

 

 

 

 

Unavailable in this CAD Format:

N/A

 

 

 

 

Not currently offered in SA:

 

 

 

 

* Our SolidWorks PMI reader is limited.

 

 

 

 

 

**IFC files can be imported as surfaces when saved as IFC Advanced B-reps only