Exporting: Supported File Formats

AMF

V1.0

3D - parts, assemblies

.amf

  • Export also supports compressed AMF

  • The following are supported for export:

    • Geometry

    • Body and face colors

    • Body material

    • Textures

    • Lightweight components

    • Assembly structure tree

  • Export is supported by the Converter.

AutoCAD

R12 to 14, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2018

Export as 2D snapshot

.dwg, .dxf

  • When you save a design with a shaded graphics style as a DWG file, it is converted to the hidden line style.

  • Line weights can be exported to AutoCAD (DXF or DWG). Hatch lines on drawing sheets are exported as stand-alone lines.

  • Export as 2D snapshot

glTF

parts, assemblies

.glb

  • Binary glTF (GL Transmission Format) for scene graphics export.
  • Supported features include solid bodies, surface bodies, faceted bodies, lightweight components, and curves.
  • Includes graphics information such as body and face color, body finish (High/Medium/Low Gloss), and camera position.
  • Known limitations include faces with texture or hatched, brushed, and metallic render styles.
  • Use caution with proprietary models since the data is copied to web location.

IGES

V5.3, JAMA-IS, Types: 186, 144, 143

parts, assemblies

.igs, .iges

Image Files

parts, assemblies and drawing sheets

.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .png, .tif

On export, you can specify the image size in pixels or percent of full size.

When saving a drawing as an image you can specify Use Scene extents or Use Sheet extents. Scene extents includes gray borders around the drawing to fill the size of the entire scene. Sheet extents only includes what is within the sheet boundary.

See Inserting an image

OpenVDB

.vdb

SketchUp

V3.0 to V8.0, V2013 to V2020

parts, assemblies SketchUp

.skp

STEP

AP203, AP214, AP242 (geometry)

parts, assemblies

.stp, .step

When you import STEP assemblies from one file, select the Create multiple documents when importing assemblies file option if you want the assemblies to remain in one file instead of being split into multiple files, one for each internal component.

STL

parts, assemblies

.stl

  • When exporting STL files, the output is set to Binary by default.

  • When saving as an .STL file, the quality is based your graphics quality setting. You should set the option to enable the highest possible graphics quality if you want your design to be useful as an SLA rapid prototype for form, fit, and function purposes.

  • You can import an STL file as a solid, if it has multiple planar areas that can be merged into one planar face.

  • STL export can be performed directly from lightweight (visualization only) .rsdoc

Wavefront

Triangles

.obj

  • Structure is not maintained when you save as an OBJ file.

  • When you save your design as an OBJ file, the current graphics tessellation is used for accuracy. You can modify the tessellation by setting the Image quality vs. graphics speed option.

  • UV's are transformed according to a body or face and texture information is exported with the file.
  • Body and face colors

XAML

part and assembly solids only

.xaml

The orientation and translation of the current view is saved in an XAML file.