Uploading 3D File Types

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Last updated: Dec 10, 2024 by Dennis Hezel
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There are over 25 different file formats supported for upload including options for multicolored uploads. You see a list of supported 3D file types below.

As soon as a file is uploaded, you follow the steps for Performing Printability Analysis to see a detailed review of the suitability for 3D Printing.

DISCLAIMER: most parametric file formats support hidden/invisible layers. If a layer is marked as hidden/invisible, its content will not be imported.

Supported 3D File Types

Name

Extension

Version

Name

Extension

Version

3DXML

.3dxml

4.0 to 4.3

3MF1

.3mf

1.1

ACIS

.sat, .sab, .asat, .asab

R1 – 2024 1.0

CATIA V4

.model, .exp, .session

4.1.9 – 4.2.4

CATIA V5

.CATPart, .CATProduct4, .cgr

V5 R8 to V5–6 R2024

3DExperience (CATIA V6)

.CATPart, .CATProduct4, .cgr

Exported from up to V6 R2024x

DXF™ / DWG™

.dxf6, .dwg6

2.5 – 2025

IGES

.igs, .iges

Up to 5.3

Inventor

.ipt (V6 – V2020)
.iam (V11 – V2020)

V11 – 2025

JT

.jt

JT 8.x, 9.x, 10, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9

NX

.prt

11 – NX 2406

OBJ1

.obj3

N/A

Parasolid

.x_t, .xmt_txt, .x_b, .xmt_bin, .p_b, .xmp_bin, .p_t, .xmp_txt

9.0 – 37.0.118

Pro/E / Creo

.prt, .asm4

16 – Creo 11.0

Rhino

.3dm

version 2 to 8

Solid Edge

.par, .asm4, .psm

V18 – SE 2024

SolidWorks

.sldprt, .sldasm

98 – 2024

STEP

.stp, .step

AP203, AP214, AP242

STL

.stl

N/A

VDA-FS

.vda

1.0 – 2.0

3DS1

.3ds

3D-Studio Release 3 and 4

XCGM

.xcgm

R2012 – 2024 1.0

WRL1

.wrl

VRML2, VRML97

OpenCTM1

.ctm

N/A

PLY1,5

.ply

ascii/binary 1.0

1 Vertex/face color and texture support
2 Texture support
3 Multi-colored OBJ files must be zipped with their related MTL and (optional) texture file.
4 Has to be uploaded as a zip archive that also contains its referenced part files.
5 Triangle meshes only
6 Only 3D content

A textured 3D file has to be uploaded as a .zip archive which contains the file and the one texture. Supported texture formats are: png, jpg, gif, bmp.

For more information see Uploading Multicolored Files.