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Supported CAD Systems

The MapleSim CAD Toolbox supports the following CAD systems, file types, and versions.

 

CAD System

File Type

Supported Versions

ACIS

SAT, SAB

Up to 2023

AutoCAD - 3D

DWG, DXF

Up to AutoCAD 2019

Autodesk Inventor

IPT, IAM

Up to 2024

Catia V4

MODEL, SESSION, DLV, EXP

Up to 4.2.5

Catia V5

CATDrawing, CATPart, CATProduct, CATShape, CGR

Up to V5_6R2023

Catia V6/3DExperience

3DXML

Up to V5-6 R2019 (R29)

Creo - Pro/E

ASM, NEU, PRT, XAS, XPR

Pro/ENGINEER 19.0 - Creo 10.0

I-deas

MF1, ARC, UNV, PKG

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

IFC

IFC, IFCZIP

IFC2x Editions 2, 3, and 4

IGES

IGS, IGES

5.1, 5.2, 5.3

JT

JT

Up to v10.9

NX - Unigraphics

PRT

UG11 to UG18, UG NX, NX5 to NX 12, and NX1847 Series to NX2312

Parasolid

X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT

Up to 36.1

PDF

PDF

All Versions

PRC

PRC

All Versions

Rhino3D

3DM

from 4 to 8

Solid Edge

ASM, PAR, PWD, PSD

V19-20, ST-ST10, 2022, 2023, 2024

SolidWorks 3

SLDASM, SLDPRT

From 97 up to 2024

STEP

STP, STEP, STPZ

AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242

STEP/XML

STPX, STPXZ

Any

VDA-FS

VDA

Version 1.0 and 2.0

 

See Also

Loading a CAD Drawing

MapleSim CAD Toolbox Copyright Information

Refreshing a CAD File

Trademark Attributions

MapleSim CAD Toolbox Overview

Tutorial: Building a Pick and Place Model with the CAD Toolbox