Supported File Formats

This page lists the supported file formats for importing and exporting CAD and 3D files in Pixyz Products, along with their features and requirements.

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All Pixyz Products can import a wide range of CAD file formats from industry-leading solutions and standards (CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Creo, STEP, IGES…), AND tessellated/mesh file formats (FBX, OBJ, JT, USD, glTF…). Additionally, Pixyz can export tessellated/mesh file formats (FBX, glTF, USD, OBJ…). The following CAD and 3D file formats are supported:

Import

This table shows the supported file formats for import and their supported features:

Format	Version	Extensions	Supported Platforms	Tessellated	BREP	PMI	Metadata	Alternative Importer option
3DS	All Versions	.3ds	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
CATIA V5	Up to V5_6R2024	.CGR	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
CATIA V6	Up to V5_6R2024	.3dxml	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
COLLADA	All Versions	.dae	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌	❌
CSB	All versions	.csb	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	NA	❌	❌
E57	All versions	.e57	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌	❌
FBX	All versions	.fbx	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	NA	✅	❌
GDSII	All versions	.gds	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	NA	✅	❌
GL Transmission Format	Version 2.0 only	.glb .gltf	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	✅	❌
IFC	IFC2 Up to 2.3.0.1, IFC4 Up to 4.0.2.1	.ifc	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	NA	✅	❌
IGES	5.1, 5.2, 5.3	.iges .igs	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	NA	✅	❌
OBJ	All versions	.obj	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌	❌
PLMXML	All versions	.plmxml	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
PLY	All versions	.ply	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌	❌
PTS	All versions	.pts	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌	❌
PTX	All Versions	.ptx	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Parasolid	Up to 31.0	.p_b .p_t .x_b .x_t .xmt .xmt_bin .xmt_txt	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Pixyz	All versions	.pxz	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
RVM	All Versions	.rvm	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
Rhino3D	From 4 to 8	.3dm	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	NA	✅	❌
STEP	AP 203 Ed1, Ed2, AP 214, AP 242 Ed1, Ed2 (beta), Ed3 (beta)	.step .stepz .stp .stpz	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
STEP/XML	All versions	.stpx .stpxz	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Stereo Lithography (STL)	All versions	.stl	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌	❌
USD	All Versions	.usd .usda .usdc .usdz	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
VRML	Version 1.0 and 2.0	.vrml .wrl	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌	❌

Legend: ✅ Supported | NA Not Applicable | ❌ Not Supported In the table, these mentions are used:

The mention "not applicable" means that the file format doesn't support this feature.
The mention "Dev/Beta" means that the feature is supported but still under development.

(1) Requires Autodesk Alias to be installed (with a valid license, for Windows only) on the same computer on which Pixyz Studio (or Pixyz Scenario Processor) is running (2) Requires Autodesk VRED Professional or Design to be installed (with a valid license, (for Windows only) on the same computer on which Pixyz Studio (or Pixyz Scenario Processor) is running (3) Only geometries (no variants, animation, etc.) (4) BREP import (currently under Dev/beta) is available through the Alternative Importer parameter (5) Format supported only with Windows versions of Pixyz (6) Requires installing Autodesk ReCap SDK with a valid Autodesk account, on the same computer on which Pixyz is running (7) When imported in Pixyz, .gds files have their scale automatically multiplied so they are not too small and can be both tessellated and visualized correctly (files with their units set as nanometers are multiplied by 10^6)

Important

The Alternative Importer parameter gives the possibility to import some formats using a different import protocol, if the default one does not act as intended. To manage the parameter, go to Preferences. and search for

PreferAlternativeImporters

pxz.core.setModuleProperty("IO", "PreferAlternativeImporters", "True")

Export

This table shows the supported file formats for export and the supported features:

Format	Version	Extensions	Supported Platforms	Tessellated	BREP	PMI	Metadata
CATIA V6	Up to V5_6R2024	.3dxml	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅
COLLADA	All Versions	.dae	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌
FBX	All versions	.fbx	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	NA	✅
GL Transmission Format	Version 2.0 only	.glb .gltf	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	✅
OBJ	All versions	.obj	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌
Pixyz	All versions	.pxz	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	✅	✅	✅
Stereo Lithography (STL)	All versions	.stl	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌
USD	All Versions	.usd .usda .usdc .usdz	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	❌	❌
VRML	Version 1.0 and 2.0	.vrml .wrl	🪟 Windows 🐧 Linux 🍏 MacOS	✅	❌	NA	❌

Legend: ✅ Supported | NA Not Applicable | ❌ Not Supported (8) FBX can be exported as Binary file or ASCII file: go to Preferences. and search for

FbxVersion

pxz.core.setModuleProperty("IO", "FbxVersion", "2020")

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