Supported CAD Import/Export File Formats for CAM2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | X | X | |
| STL | *.stl | X | X | ||
| VDA-FS | *.vda | Versions 1, 2 | X | X | |
| 3D Systems | ACIS | *.sab; *.sat | Up to 2018.1 (R28) | X | |
| CATIA V4 | *.model; *.session; *.dlv; *.exp | Up to 4.2.5 | X | ||
| CATIA V5 | *.CATProduct; *.CATPart; *.CATDrawing; *.CATShape; *.cgr; *.3dxml | Up to V5-6 R2018 (R28) | X | ||
| CATIA V6 | *.3dxml | Up to V5-6 R2018 (R28) | X | ||
| Solidworks | *.sldasm; *.sldprt | From 97 up to 2019 | X | ||
| Autodesk | Inventor | *.ipt; *.iam | Up to 2019 | X | |
| AutoCAD 3D | *.dwg; *.dxf | Up to AutoCAD 2019 | X | ||
| PTC | Creo | *.asm; *.neu; *.prt; *.xas; *.xpr | Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 5.0 | X | |
| Siemens | I-deas | *.mf1; *.arc; *.unv; *.pkg | Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX, I-deas 6 | X | |
| JT | *.jt | Up to v10.2 | X | ||
| NX | *.prt | V11.0 to NX 12.0 | X | ||
| Parasolid | *.x_b; *.x_t; *.xmt; *.xmt_txt | Up to v31 | X | X | |
| Solid Edge | *.asm; *.par; *.pwd; *.psm | V19 - 20, ST - ST10, 2019 | X | ||
| Rhinoceros | Rhino3D | *.3dm | Versions 4, 5 and 6 | X |
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Keywords:
CAD file conversion, converter, CAD compatibility, CAM2