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An overview of CAD formats supported in current versions of main Autodesk products, their conversion options, import, export. Which product can I use to convert format X to format Y?

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AutoCAD 2025	Autodesk		-	Details »
AutoCAD LT 2025	Autodesk		-	Details »
AutoCAD Mechanical 2025	Autodesk		-	Details »
AutoCAD opens formats:	3DS 3DS ACIS/SAT ACIS/SAT CatiaV4 CatiaV5 DGN DGN DGN DWG DWG DWG DXF DXF DXF Granite IAM IGES IGES IPT JT Navisworks NX/UG Parasolid PDF-2D PDF-2D PDF-2D Pro/E+Creo Rhino SKP SKP SolidWorks STEP STEP
AutoCAD saves formats:	ACIS/SAT ACIS/SAT DGN DGN DGN DWF DWF DWF DWG DWG DWG DXF DXF DXF IGES IGES PDF-2D PDF-2D PDF-2D STEP STL STL

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From format:

-choose-123D (.123d;.123dx)12D (.12da)3DS (.3ds)3MF (.3mf)3PS (.3ps)A3S (.a3s)ACIS/SAT (.sat)ADSK (.adsk)Alembic (.abc)ALG (.alg)AMF (.amf)APF (.apf)ASE (.ase)ASM (.smt)AXM (.axm)C4D (.c4d)C4X (.c4x)CAM (.cam360)CatiaV4 (.model;.session)CatiaV5 (.CATPart;.CATProduct)CityGML (.xml)CSB (.csb)DAE (.dae)DDX (.ddx; .ddz)DGK (.dgk)DGN (.dgn)DMT (.dmt)DTM (.dtm)DWF (.dwf;.dwfx)DWG (.dwg)DXF (.dxf)EDF (.edf)F3D (.f3d)F3Z (.f3z)FBX (.fbx)FIL (.fil)gbXML (.xml)GeoJSON (.geojson)glTF (.glb; .gltf)GPK (.gpk)Granite (.g)IAM (.iam)IDW (.idw)IFC (.ifc)IGA (.iga)IGES (.igs;.iges)IMX (.imx)IPT (.ipt)IV (.iv)JAMA-IS (.jamais;.jama)JT (.jt)KML (.kml;.kmz)LandXML (.xml)MA (.ma)MAX (.max)MB (.mb)MFR (.mfr)MIX (.mix)Navisworks (.nwd;.nwf;.nwc)NX/UG (.prt)OBJ (.obj)OSB (.osb)Parasolid (.x_t;.x_b)PDF-2D (.pdf;.ai)PDF-3D (.pdf)PLY (.ply)Pro/E+Creo (.prt;.asm)QSM (.qsm)RCM (.rcm)RFA (.rfa)Rhino (.3dm)RVT (.rvt)SDF (.sdf)Shoe (.shoe)SHP (.shp)SIM (.sim; .sim360)SKP (.skp)SMesh (.smesh)SMT (.smt)Solid Edge (.par)SolidWorks (.sldprt;.sldasm;.prt;.asm)SpaceClaim (.scdoc)STEP (.stp;.step)STL (.stl;.stla;.stlb)SVG (.svg)Thing (.thing)TIN (.tin)Top (.top; .cam)TSM/TSS (.tsm; .tss)U3D (.u3d)USD (.usd;.usdz)VDA-FS (.vda)VDA-IS (.vdais)VRML (.wrl;.wrz)VTFX (.vtfx)VUE (.vue)Wire (.wire)XGL (.xgl;.zgl)

→ to format:

-choose-123D (.123d;.123dx)12D (.12da)3DS (.3ds)3MF (.3mf)3PS (.3ps)A3S (.a3s)ACIS/SAT (.sat)ADSK (.adsk)Alembic (.abc)ALG (.alg)AMF (.amf)APF (.apf)ASE (.ase)ASM (.smt)AXM (.axm)C4D (.c4d)C4X (.c4x)CAM (.cam360)CatiaV4 (.model;.session)CatiaV5 (.CATPart;.CATProduct)CityGML (.xml)CSB (.csb)DAE (.dae)DDX (.ddx; .ddz)DGK (.dgk)DGN (.dgn)DMT (.dmt)DTM (.dtm)DWF (.dwf;.dwfx)DWG (.dwg)DXF (.dxf)EDF (.edf)F3D (.f3d)F3Z (.f3z)FBX (.fbx)FIL (.fil)gbXML (.xml)GeoJSON (.geojson)glTF (.glb; .gltf)GPK (.gpk)Granite (.g)IAM (.iam)IDW (.idw)IFC (.ifc)IGA (.iga)IGES (.igs;.iges)IMX (.imx)IPT (.ipt)IV (.iv)JAMA-IS (.jamais;.jama)JT (.jt)KML (.kml;.kmz)LandXML (.xml)MA (.ma)MAX (.max)MB (.mb)MFR (.mfr)MIX (.mix)Navisworks (.nwd;.nwf;.nwc)NX/UG (.prt)OBJ (.obj)OSB (.osb)Parasolid (.x_t;.x_b)PDF-2D (.pdf;.ai)PDF-3D (.pdf)PLY (.ply)Pro/E+Creo (.prt;.asm)QSM (.qsm)RCM (.rcm)RFA (.rfa)Rhino (.3dm)RVT (.rvt)SDF (.sdf)Shoe (.shoe)SHP (.shp)SIM (.sim; .sim360)SKP (.skp)SMesh (.smesh)SMT (.smt)Solid Edge (.par)SolidWorks (.sldprt;.sldasm;.prt;.asm)SpaceClaim (.scdoc)STEP (.stp;.step)STL (.stl;.stla;.stlb)SVG (.svg)Thing (.thing)TIN (.tin)Top (.top; .cam)TSM/TSS (.tsm; .tss)U3D (.u3d)USD (.usd;.usdz)VDA-FS (.vda)VDA-IS (.vdais)VRML (.wrl;.wrz)VTFX (.vtfx)VUE (.vue)Wire (.wire)XGL (.xgl;.zgl)

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The listed 3D CAD formats may be available in multiple versions and variants, please check their compatibility in the documentation of the respective CAD application. Free and Trial versions of the listed applications can be downloaded from the Download section.

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