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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>About Supported Import Formats</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1Only"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract"> 
	 <span class = "shortdesc">You can import a number of 3D and 2D file formats in Composer,
		whether from CAD systems (such as SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, and Pro/ENGINEER) or
		CAD-neutral formats (such as IGES and STEP). 
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<p>This page discusses: </p><ul><li><a href = "#c-Supported3DImportFormats" id = "toc_rg" title = "Composer can import the following 3D formats.">Supported 3D Import Formats</a></li><li><a href = "#c-Supported2DImportFormats" id = "toc_rg" title = "Composer can also import the following 2D image formats:">Supported 2D Import Formats</a></li></ul>
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	 <h2 class = "title topictitle2">Supported 3D Import Formats</h2>
 
	  
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		<span class = "shortdesc">Composer can import the following 3D formats. 
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		<div class = "note collapse"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
    		</span><span class = "notecontent">Not all import options apply to all formats. See <a class = "xref" href = "cps-r-DocumentProperties-Input.htm#cps-r-DocumentProperties-Input" title = "The Input page lets you configure the importing of CAD files.">(Default) Document Properties -
					Input</a>. To view the import options matrix, see <a class = "xref" href = "../CpsUserExamples/SWXImportOptions.pdf" target = "_blank">../CpsUserExamples/SWXImportOptions.pdf</a>. </span></div>
 
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		<ul class = "ul"> 
		  <li class = "li">All Composer formats</li> 
		  <li class = "li">3DStudio up to 3D Studio MAX 4 
			 <div class = "note"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
			</span><span class = "notecontent">Animations and instances are not supported. 
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		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">3DXML V2 to V4 
			 <div class = "note"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
			</span><span class = "notecontent">Favorite context is supported for 3D Tolerancing &amp;
				Annotation captures, and the visibility of geometrical elements is properly
				managed, providing that the favorite context is defined on the annotation set
				that contains the capture. 
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		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">ACIS up to R2022 1.0 </li> 
		   
		   
		  <li class = "li">IGES up to 5.3 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">Inventor 
			 <div class = "note"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
			</span><span class = "notecontent">Requires SOLIDWORKS and Autodesk Inventor Viewer. 
			 </span></div>
 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">OBJ Wavefront 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">Pro/ENGINEER 16 to Wildfire 5 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">Pro/E Creo 1.0 to 8.0 </li> 
		  <li class = "li">SOLIDWORKS 2006 to 2023<div class = "note"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
			</span><span class = "notecontent">Requires SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS OEM.</span></div>
</li> 
		  <li class = "li">STEP AP203, AP214 &amp; AP242 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">STL 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">U3D ECMA 1 to 3 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">VDA 1.0 and 2.0 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">VRML 2.0 
			 <div class = "note"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
			</span><span class = "notecontent">VRML1.0 and animations are not supported. Unicode is not
				supported by this 3D format (this means that files which use a file path
				containing Unicode characters cannot be imported). 
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		  </li> 
		</ul> 
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		<span class = "shortdesc">Composer can also import the following 2D image formats: 
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		<ul class = "ul"> 
		  <li class = "li">Bitmap (.bmp) 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">Jpeg (.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe) 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">Targa (.tga) 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">Rgb (.rgb) 
		  </li> 
		  <li class = "li">SVG (.svg) (Raster images encapsulated in SVG files are ignored). 
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