Supported CAD Readers

CAD readers supported by HyperWorks.

Format Latest Version Supported File Extensions Supported
ACIS r21 .sat
AVEVA Marine E3D 3.1 .xml
CATIA
  • v4
  • v5-6 R2021
  • 3D Experience R2020X
 CATIA v4
  • .model
  • .exp
CATIA v5
  • .CATProduct
  • .CATPart
  • .cgr
CATIA v6
  • .3Dxml
  • .3DRep
  • .PLMBriefcase
CATIA Composites Link .h5
Creo
  • 8.0
  • Supports reading Neutral files made with Creo 8 or earlier
  • .prt
  • .asm
DXF AutoCAD 12 .dxf
FiberSim .h5
FORAN   .stp with paired .xml
IGES
  • v6.0
  • JAMA-IS
  • .iges
  • .igs
Inspire 2021.2 .stmod
Intergraph schema 2013 .xml
Inventor 2021
  • .ipt
  • .iam
JT 10.5 .jt
NX
  • 12.0
  • 1872
  • 1899
  • 1926
  • 1953
  • 1957
  • 1969 (Third party)
 .prt
OCX v2.8.5 .xml
Parasolid v33.1.154
  • .x_t
  • .x_b
  • .xmt_txt
  • .xmt_bin
PDGS v26 .fsf
Rhino 1 6 .3dm
SolidWorks 2021
  • .sldasm
  • .sldprt
  • .SLDASM
  • .SLDPRT
STEP
  • AP203
  • AP214
  • AP242
  • .step
  • .stp
STEP AP242 BOM 2 AP242 .stpx
VDAFS v2
  • .vda
  • .vdafs
  1. RHINO is supported only on Windows.
  2. Only BOM import is possible as these files do not contain geometry.