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Import of IGES, CATIA, Pro/E, Solidworks, NX files in AutoCAD 2013.

The IMPORT command in AutoCAD 2013 supports loading of 3D models in a number of exchange formats and native formats of foreign CAD applications. So you can easily work with the 3D models (parts, assemblies) from other CAD software tools.

AutoCAD 2013 supports e.g. these foreign formats:

CATIA V4 (.model, .session, .exp, .dlv) - all revisions,
CATIA V5 (.CATPart, .CATProduct) - R9-R20,
IGES (.igs, .iges) - all versions, incl. export,
JT (.jt) - 7.0,8.0-8.2,9.0-9.5,
UGS NX (.prt) - versions 3 to 7.5,
Parasolid (.x_b, .x_t) - up to version 23,
Pro/E (.prt, .asm) - up to Wildfire 5.0,
Pro/E Granite (.g),
Pro/E Neutral (.neu),
Rhino (.3dm) - up to version 4.0,
Solidworks (.prt, .sldprt, .asm, .sldasm) - 2003-2010,
STEP (.stp, .step) - AP214 and AP203E2.

Formats 2013

IGES files can be also processed using the commands IGESIMPORT and IGESEXPORT.

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