Supported File Formats

Table 1. Geometry File Formats for Import
File Format	Version
ACIS (.sab, .sat)	through R27
CATIA V4 (.model)	all 4.xx
CATIA V5 (.CATPart, .CATProduct)	R10 through R30
IGES (.iges, .igs)	5.2 and 5.3
Inspire Studio (.istudio)	2019.3 through 2021 Note: Evolve .evo and .pn formats are still supported if you select Inspire All Types in the Open File window.
Inventor (.ipt, .iam)	through 2021
JT (.jt)	through 11.0
Parasolid (.x_b, .x_t, .xmt_bin, .xmt_txt)	through 33.1
Pro/Engineer (.asm, .prt)	13 through Creo 8
UG NX (Unigraphics) (.prt)	11.1 through CR 2007
SolidWorks (.sldasm, .sldprt)	99 through 2022 (Inspire does not support files written from SolidWorks EDU Edition 2013-2018.)
STEP (.step, .stp)	AP 203, AP 214, AP 242

Table 2. Mesh File Formats for Import
File Format	Version
STL (ASCII .stl)
OptiStruct (.dat, .fem, .nas)	through 14.0
WaveFront (.obj)	This format will write triangular mesh data for Parasolid geometry, and n-sided polygons for PolyNURBS cages.

Table 3. Geometry File Formats for Export
File Format	Version
ACIS (.sab, .sat)	R19
IGES (.iges, .igs)	5.3
Parasolid (.x_b, .x_t, .xmt_bin, .xmt_txt)	25.0 to 33.1 (the default is 28.1)
STEP (.step, .stp)	214

Table 4. Mesh File Formats for Export
File Format	Version
STL (ASCII .stl)
VRML (.vrml, .vrl)	97
WaveFront (.obj)	This format will write triangular mesh data for Parasolid geometry, and n-sided polygons for PolyNURBS cages.