Visual Enterprise Author Supported File Formats (current at 16 December 2011 for version 7.

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These lists are organized alphabetically by the file format.

Formats supported by Visual Enterprise Author

CAD File Formats

File Format ACIS Part and Assembly Files CATIA4 CATIA5 CATIA5 IGES Files Inventor Assembly Type 3D Part 3D Part 3D Assembly/Part 3D Assembly/Part 3D Part/Assembly/2D 3D Assembly Extension SAT Import Yes Export Version/Notes 16 and earlier. Up to 4.24 Up to R21. R14 to R21. Up to Version 5.2 Two reading methods: 1. 'Import Inventor Solid': V10 to V2012 2. 'Quick view': V10 to V2012 (requires free Inventor 2012 viewer installed on machine). Two reading methods: 1. 'Import Inventor Solid': V10 to V2012 2. 'Quick view': V10 to V2012 (requires free Inventor 2012 viewer installed on machine). *Yes Versions 9.5 and earlier. Supports PMI data through JTPMI. Versions 95, SE, J, 7, and 8., V8i V15 to NXV7.5 Up to Version 24. 2001 - Creo Parametric 1.0. Note: No assembly level features or family tables support. 2001 - Creo Parametric 1.0. Note: No assembly level features or family tables support. 2001 - Creo Parametric 1.0. Versions 10 - 20. ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4. Yes Versions 10 - 20. ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4. Two reading methods: 1. 'Import Solidwords Solid' Versions 97-2012. 2. 'Quick view' Versions 97-2012 Yes Two reading methods: 1. 'Import Solidwords Solid' Versions 97-2012. 2. 'Quick view' Versions 97-2012 Yes* AP203 E2 and AP214. *Only saves solids/surfaces .

DLV, MODEL, SESSION, EXP Yes CATPART, CATPRODUCT, CATSHAPE CGR IGES, IGS IAM Yes Yes Yes Yes

Inventor Part

3D Part

IPT

Yes

JT File MicroStation CAD Graphic NX Parts and Assemblies Parasolid CAD File Pro/ENGINEER Assembly Pro/ENGINEER Part Pro/ENGINEER Neutral Assembly and Part Files SolidEdge 3D CAD Model Assembly SolidEdge 3D CAD Model Part SolidWorks Assembly Files

3D Assembly/Part 3D /2D 3D Assembly/3D Part 3D Part 3D Assembly 3D Part 3D Assembly/Part 3D Assembly 3D Part 3D Assembly

JT DGN PRT X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT ASM, XAS PRT, XPR NEU ASM PAR, PWD, PSM SLDASM, ASM

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SolidWorks Part Files

3D Part

SLDLFP, SLDPRT, PRT

STEP Files

3D Assembly/Part

STEP, STP

Yes

2D CAD Drawing File Formats

File Format CATIA4 and 5 Drawings NX Drawing Pro/ENGINEER Drawing SolidWorks Drawings Type 2D CAD Drawing 2D CAD Drawing 2D CAD Drawing 2D CAD Drawing Extension MODEL, CATDRAWING PRT DRW SLDDRW Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Export Version/Notes Up to R21. NX to NX7.5 2001 to Creo Parametric 1.0. Versions 97-2012.

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2D File Formats
File Format Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Type 2D Vector (Drawing) Extension EPS Import Export Yes* Version/Notes Version 15 and above files require Adobe Illustrator installed on machine. *Export via Vector Illustration. Standard 2D. No export options. Version 15 and above files require Adobe Illustrator installed on machine. *Export via Vector Illustration. Standard 2D. No export options.

Adobe Illustrator Vector Graphic

2D Vector (Drawing)

AI

Yes

Yes*

Adobe Photoshop Document Autodesk Animator Graphic Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Image DirectX DirectDraw Surface EA/Amiga Interchange File Format Enhanced Metafile Flexible Precision Buffer Map FLIC Animator Animation (flc) FLIC Animator Animation (fli) Graphics Interchange Format JPEG 2000 J2K JPEG 2000 JP2 JPEG 2000 JPC JPEG Image JPEG 2000 JPX JEDMICS C4 Compressed Image Maya Interchange File Format OpenEXR Bitmap Portable Network Graphics Portable Pixelmap Graphic Publisher's Paintbrush Bitmap Graphic Radiance Picture Scalable Vector Graphic Silicon Graphics Image SOFTIMAGE Picture Tagged Image File Format TGA File Windows Bitmap Graphic Windows Cursor File Windows Icon File Windows Run Length Encoded Bitmap

2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Vector (Drawing) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image) 2D Raster (Image)

PSD CEL DCM DDS IFF EMF FLX FLC FLI GIF J2K JP2 JPC JPEG, JPG JPX C4 IFF EXR PNG PPM PCX HDR SVG RGB, RGBA, INT, INTA PIC TIF, TIFF TGA BMP, DIB CUR ICO RLE

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes No export options With multipage support. Yes* *Export via Vector Illustration Yes* Yes Yes Yes * Requires Maya to be installed. Yes Yes Yes Yes Medical MRI file format.

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3D File Formats
File Format AutoCAD Design Web Format AutoCAD Drawing Interchange AutoCAD Drawing Object AutoCAD Sheet Set File Autodesk 3D Studio Autodesk 3D Studio ASCII Autodesk 3D Studio Max ASCII Autodesk 3D Studio Project AOFF File Format Caligari trueSpace Object Caligari trueSpace Scene CINEMA 4D Collada Computer Graphics Metafile DirectX Model FiLMBOX Gerber File Hewlett-Packard He lett Packard Graphics Librar Library Imagine Geometry ISO G Code LightWave 3D and Binary Object LightWave Scene Max File Maya ASCII Scene Maya Binary Scene Object File Format Vector Graphics Open Inventor File OpenFlight Scene Description Database Points File Polygon Model Format Portable Graymap Graphics File POV-Ray RAW Triangle Format Power Render Object Protein Data Bank Type 3D /2D 3D /2D 3D /2D 3D /2D 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 2D Vector (Drawing) 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene Extension DWF DXF DWG DST 3DS ASC ASE PRJ GEO COB SCN C4D DAE CGM X FBX GBR, GBP, GPT, GTL, GTO, GTS, GKO, GBL HPGL, PLT IOB ISO, NC LWO, LW LWS MAX MA MB OFF IV FLT PTS PLY PGM RAW PRO PDB Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Version 2.5. Version 2.5. Medical file format. 16-bit Yes** Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Version 13.0. *Import: Multigen API DLLs not required. Versions 2009-2012. Requires 3ds Max and the DCOM plugin to be installed. Versions 2009-2012 Requires Maya to be installed. Versions 2009-2012. Requires Maya to be installed. *Import: LightWave 5.6, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5., 9.0 **Export: LightWave version 6.0 (which is compatible with Lightwave 9.x). Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Up to version 11.5 Version 1.4.1 *Export: Version 3.0. Export via Vector Illustration. S t d b Ill t ti (ASCII d Bi ) No export options. All versions supported. HPGL 1 and HPGL 2. Yes Yes Yes Yes Export Yes Yes Version/Notes Up to 7.7. Up to 2012. *Export is also via Vector Illustration. Up to 2012 (including Autodesk Archectural Desktop support). Versions 7 and earlier.

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3D File Formats (continued)

File Format Rhinoceros 3D Model Right Hemisphere Binary Silo3D Google SketchUp Document SOFTIMAGE|XSI Stereolithography File Universal 3D Visual Design Stream Visual XML Visual XML VRML Worlds Wavefront Object XAML Type 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene 3D Scene Extension 3DM RH SIA SKP XSI STL U3D VDS RHZ VZXML, VMXML WRL, VRML OBJ XAML Yes Yes* Yes Yes** Yes Yes *Import: Versions 1.0 and 2.0 ASCII only. **Export: Version 2.0 Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Export Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes** Yes Yes Yes Yes Version/Notes Versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0. No Chem3D 3DM support. *Export: Versions 3.5 and 4.0. Version 1.0 only. No export options. Version 5.0.295, 6.0, 7.0 *Import: Versions 1.0, 3.0, 3.5. **Export: Versions 3.0 and 3.5.

Audio File Formats

File Format Audio Interchange Format MPEG Audio Files Musical Instrument Digital Interface RIFF MIDI File Sound Format Sun/NeXT/DEC Audio Waveform Audio Type Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio Extension AIF, AIFF MPA, MP2, MP3 MID, MIDI RMI SND AU WAV Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Export Version/Notes Play only. Play only. Play only. Play only. Play only. Play only. Play only.

Video File Formats

File Format Advanced Streaming Format Audio Video Interleave Animation Moving Pictures Expert Group Video Moving Pictures Expert Group Video Type Video Video Video Video Extension ASF AVI M1V, MPEG, MPG MP4 Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Export Version/Notes

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Material File Formats

File Format Autodesk 3D Studio Material Right Hemisphere Material Wavefront Material Type Material Material Material Extension MLI RHM MTL Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Export Version/Notes

Document File Formats

File Format Adobe Portable Document 2D Adobe Portable Document 3D Type Image/Scene Image/Scene Extension PDF PDF Import Export Yes* Yes* Versions 8.0 and above. Creates a PDF document with 3D content. *Requires PDF Publishing to be installed. Must be viewed with SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer. Must be viewed with SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer. Must be viewed with SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer. Version/Notes

Flex Web Application HTML Document with 3D Office Powerpoint Document Web Archived HTML Document

Image/Scene Image/Scene Image/Scene Image/Scene

HTML HTML PPT MHT

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Miscellaneous File Formats

File Format Text File WinRAR Compressed Archive ZIP Archive Type Text Archive Archive Extension TXT RAR ZIP Import Yes Yes Yes Export Version/Notes