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Autodesk Inventor opens formats:	ACIS/SAT ASM CatiaV4 CatiaV5 DWG DXF Granite IAM IDW IFC IGES IPT JT NX/UG OBJ Parasolid Pro/E+Creo Rhino RVT SMT Solid Edge SolidWorks STEP STL Wire
Autodesk Inventor saves formats:	ACIS/SAT ADSK ASM CatiaV5 DWF DWG DXF glTF Granite IAM IDW IFC IGES IPT JT OBJ Parasolid PDF-2D PDF-3D QSM RFA RVT STEP STL USD XGL

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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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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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