Uploading 3D File Types
- Youri Seichter (Deactivated)
- Dennis Hezel
- Brian Crotty (Unlicensed)
- Simone Dal Poz
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 |
|---|---|---|
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, .CATProduct3, .cgr | V5 R8 to V5–6 R2024 |
3DExperience (CATIA V6) | .CATPart, .CATProduct3, .cgr | Exported from up to V6 R2024x |
DXF™ / DWG™ | .dxf5, .dwg5 | 2.5 – 2025 |
IGES | .igs, .iges | Up to 5.3 |
Inventor | .ipt (V6 – 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 |
OBJ12 | .obj | 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, .asm3 | 16 – Creo 11.0 |
Rhino | .3dm | version 2 to 8 |
Solid Edge | .par, .asm3, .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 |
PLY1,4 | .ply | ascii/binary 1.0 |
1 Vertex/face color and texture (jpg, png, bmp, tiff) support
2 Multi-colored OBJ files must be zipped with their related MTL and (optional) texture file.
3 Has to be uploaded as a zip archive that also contains its referenced part files.
4 Triangle meshes only
5 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, tiff, bmp.
For more information see Uploading Multicolored Files.