Supported File Formats

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 the supported features, as of Pixyz 2025.x:

Format Version Extension Tessellated BREP PMI Metadata Alternative Importer option
3DS All Versions .3ds Yes Yes No Yes No
3MF 1.2.3 .3mf No Yes Not applicable No No
ACIS Up to 2023 .sab , .sat Yes Yes Not applicable No No
AutoCAD - 3D Up to AutoCAD 2024 .dwg Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Autodesk Inventor Up to 2025 .iam , .ipt Yes Yes Not applicable No No
Autodesk Navisworks From 2012 to 2025 .nwc , .nwd Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Autodesk Navisworks From 2012 to 2025 .nwf Yes Yes No Yes No
CATIA V4 Up to 4.2.5 .dlv , .exp , .model , .session Yes Yes Yes Yes No
CATIA V5 Up to V5_6R2024 .CATDrawind , .CATPart , .CATProduct , .CATShape Yes Yes Yes Yes No
CATIA V5 Up to V5_6R2024 .CGR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CATIA V6 Up to V5_6R2024 .3dxml Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
COLLADA All Versions .dae Yes No Not applicable No Yes
CSB All versions .csb Yes Yes Not applicable No No
Creo - Pro/E Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 11.0 .asm , .neu , .prt , .xas , .xpr Yes Yes Yes Yes No
DGN 7, 8 .dgn Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes
E57 All versions .e57 Yes No Not applicable No No
FBX All versions .fbx Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes
GDSII All versions .gds Yes Yes Not applicable Yes No
GL Transmission Format Version 2.0 only .glb , .gltf Yes No Not applicable Yes Yes
I-deas Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX I-deas 6 .arc , .mf1 , .pkg , .unv Yes Yes Yes Yes No
IFC IFC2 Up to 2.3.0.1, IFC4 Up to 4.0.2.1 .ifc Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes
IFC IFC2 Up to 2.3.0.1, IFC4 Up to 4.0.2.1 .ifczip Yes Yes Not applicable Yes No
IGES 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 .iges , .igs Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes
JT 8.1, 9.5, 10.0 .jt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NX - Unigraphics UG11 to UG18, UG NX, NX5 to NX12, NX1847 to NX2412 .prt Yes Yes Yes Yes No
OBJ All versions .obj Yes No Not applicable No Yes
PDF All Versions .pdf Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PLMXML All versions .plmxml Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PLY All versions .ply Yes No Not applicable No No
PRC All Versions .prc Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PTS All versions .pts Yes No Not applicable No No
Parasolid Up to 37.0 .p_b , .p_t , .x_b , .x_t , .xmt , .xmt_bin , .xmt_txt Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes
Pixyz All versions .pxz Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RVM All Versions .rvm Yes Yes No Yes No
Revit 2015 to 2025 .rfa , .rvt Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Rhino3D From 4 to 8 .3dm Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes
STEP AP 203 Ed1, Ed2, AP 214, AP 242 Ed1, Ed2 (beta), Ed3 (beta) .step , .stp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
STEP AP 203 Ed1, Ed2, AP 214, AP 242 Ed1, Ed2 (beta), Ed3 (beta) .stepz , .stpz Yes Yes Yes Yes No
STEP/XML All versions .stpx , .stpxz Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Solid Edge 1 to 20, ST1 to ST10, 2019 to 2025 .asm , .par , .psm , .pwd Yes Yes No Yes No
SolidWorks From 97 up to 2025 .sldasm , .sldprt Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Stereo Lithography (STL) All versions .stl Yes No Not applicable No Yes
U3D ECMA-363 .u3d Yes No Not applicable No No
USD All Versions .usd , .usda , .usdc , .usdz Yes No No No No
VDA-FS Version 1.0 and 2.0 .vda Yes Yes Not applicable No No
VRML Version 1.0 and 2.0 .vrml , .wrl Yes No Not applicable No Yes

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)

Warning

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 Extension Tessellated BREP PMI Metadata
CATIA V6 Up to V5_6R2024 .3dxml Yes Yes Yes Yes
COLLADA All Versions .dae Yes No Not applicable No
FBX All versions .fbx Yes Yes Not applicable Yes
GL Transmission Format Version 2.0 only .glb , .gltf Yes No Not applicable Yes
JT 8.1, 9.5, 10.0 .jt Yes Yes Yes Yes
OBJ All versions .obj Yes No Not applicable No
PDF All Versions .pdf Yes Yes Yes Yes
PRC All Versions .prc Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pixyz All versions .pxz Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stereo Lithography (STL) All versions .stl Yes No Not applicable No
USD All Versions .usd , .usda , .usdc , .usdz Yes No No No

(8) FBX can be exported as Binary file or ASCII file: go to Preferences. and search for FbxVersion

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