Import Specifications for FeatureCAM 2008

These specifications are constantly being improved to keep up with releases from the CAD vendors.  If you don't see your CAD format or specific release listed, then please send email to our support department (support@featurecam.com) for details on availability.

File Format Import Version Number Supported Extension License comes in these FeatureCAM products Installs as part of the...
Parasolid Up to V18.1 .x_t, .xmt_txt, .x_b, .xmt_bin FeatureRECOGNITION Solid Plugin
ACIS Up to 17.1 .sat FeatureRECOGNITION Solid Plugin
AutoCAD Up to AutoCAD 2007 .dwg, .dxf FeatureMILL 2D, FeatureTURN, FeatureWIRE Base FeatureCAM
SolidWorks Up to SolidWorks 2008 .sldprt, .sldasm FeatureRECOGNITION Base FeatureCAM, import of assemblies before SW2003 requires SolidWorks installed.
IGES Up to V5.3 .igs, .iges

2D IGES import comes with FeatureMILL 2D, FeatureTURN, and FeatureWIRE.  3D IGES import comes with FeatureRECOGNITION

Base FeatureCAM
CATIA V4 4.1.9 and 4.2.4 .model, .exp Optional Module Solid Plugin
CATIA V5

R2 to R17

.CATPart, .CATProduct Optional Module CATIA Plugin
Autodesk Inventor Up to R12 (Inventor 2008) .ipt, .iam FeatureRECOGNITION Base FeatureCAM, also requires the Free Autodesk Design Tracker.
SolidEdge Up to V20 .par; *.asm FeatureRECOGNITION SolidEdge Plugin.
Pro/E 16-20, 2000i, 2000i2, 2001, Wildfire 1 to 3 .prt, .prt.*, .asm, .asm.* Optional Module Solid Plugin
STEP AP203 and AP214 (AP214 supports geometry only) .stp, .step Optional Module Solid Plugin
Unigraphics 11 to 18 & NX to NX3 .prt Optional Module Solid Plugin