Supported CAD Import/Export File Formats for CAM2
Overview
As of CAM2® 2018.10, “premium” CAD formats are no longer sold separately, and now supports direct import of all major CAD formats at no additional cost. This delivers confidence knowing that any file from any proprietary source can be read directly into CAM2.
The ability to directly load the native CAD file also improves the fidelity of the resulting CAD data that is used in CAM2 as it eliminates a common double translation to and from open CAD formats, which can be the cause of many surface issues.
CAM2 supports the import/export of the following CAD formats:
| Vendor | File Type | Extensions | Supported Versions | Import | Export | Premium Translator (pre Ver. 2018.10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Formats | IGES | *.igs; *.iges | Versions 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 | X | X | |
| PRC | *.prc | All versions | X | |||
| STEP | *.stp; *.step; *.stpz | AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242 Ed2 & Ed3 | X | X | ||
| STL | *.stl | All versions | X | X | ||
| VDA-FS | *.vda | Versions 1, 2 | X | X | ||
| Dassault Systèmes | ACIS | *.sab; *.sat | Up to 2023 | X | X | |
| CATIA V4 | *.model; *.session; *.dlv; *.exp | Up to 4.2.5 | X | X | ||
| CATIA V5 | *.CATProduct; *.CATPart; *.CATDrawing; *.CATShape; *.cgr; *.3dxml | Up to V5_6R2025 | X | X | ||
| CATIA V6 | *.3dxml | Up to V5_6R2024 | X | X | ||
| Solidworks | *.sldasm; *.sldprt | From 97 up to 2025 | X | X | ||
| Autodesk | Inventor | *.ipt; *.iam | Up to 2026 | X | X | |
| AutoCAD 3D | *.dwg; *.dxf | Up to AutoCAD 2019 | X | |||
| PTC | PTC Creo | *.asm; *.neu; *.prt; *.xas; *.xpr | Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 12.4 | X | X | |
| Siemens | I-deas | *.mf1; *.arc; *.unv | Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX I-deas 6 | X | ||
| JT | *.jt | Up to v10.9 | X | X | ||
| NX | *.prt | UG11 to UG18, UG NX, NX5 to NX12, NX1847 to NX2506 | X | X | ||
| Parasolid | *.x_b; *.x_t; *.xmt; *.xmt_txt | Up to v38 | X | X | ||
| Solid Edge | *.asm; *.par; *.pwd; *.psm | 1 to 20, ST1 to ST10, 2019 to 2025 | X | |||
| Rhinoceros | Rhino3D | *.3dm | Versions 4 to 8 | X |
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See Also
Keywords:
CAD file conversion, converter, CAD compatibility, CAM2