CAD formats - AutoCAD Mechanical

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Application	Vendor	Localized?	Free?	Link
AutoCAD Mechanical 2025	Autodesk		-	Details »
AutoCAD Mechanical opens formats:	3DS ACIS/SAT DGN DWG DXF IGES PDF-2D SKP STEP
AutoCAD Mechanical saves formats:	ACIS/SAT DGN DWF DWG DXF IGES PDF-2D STEP STL

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-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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