Supported File Formats

Pixyz Studio is mainly used to efficiently convert CAD/3D files from one format (import) to another (export).

See below the formats supported at import and export (and the supported features).

Import

Type Examples
CAD and BIM models in various file formats from industry-leading solutions and standards STEP, IGES, JT
Revit, IFC, Navisworks, AutoCAD
CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Alias
Mesh models, that is, tessellated models, in various file formats FBX, glTF, JT, OBJ
Point cloud models, that is, models that contain colored points, in various file formats E57, PLY, glTF
Note

For more information about CAD/3D model types and their differences, see this page.

Format Version Extensions 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 2025 .sab
.sat		 Yes Yes Not applicable No No
Alias (1) Up to 2024 .wire Yes Yes No Yes No
AutoCAD - 3D Up to AutoCAD 2024 .dwg
.dxf		 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 V5-6R2026 .CATDrawing
.CATProduct
.CATShape		 Yes Yes Yes Yes No
CATIA V5 Up to V5-6R2026 .CATPart Yes No Yes Yes No
CATIA V5 Up to V5_6R2024 .CGR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CATIA V6 (7) Up to V5_6R2024 .3dxml Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
COLLADA All Versions .dae Yes No Not applicable No Yes
CSB (3) 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
CreoView Up to 8.1 .pvs
.pvz		 Yes Yes No 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 (6) 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 (4) IFC2 Up to 2.3.0.1, IFC4 Up to 4.0.2.1 .ifc Yes Yes Not applicable Yes Yes
IFC (4) 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 Up to v10.6 .jt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NX - Unigraphics UG11 to UG18, UG NX, NX5 to NX12, NX1847 to NX2512 .prt Yes Yes Yes Yes No
OBJ All versions .obj Yes No Not applicable No Yes
PDF All Versions .pdf Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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
PTX All Versions .ptx Yes No No No No
Parasolid Up to 38.0 .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
ReCap (5) Version 20.1.1 .rcp Yes Yes No Yes No
ReCap (5) All Versions .rcs Yes No No No 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
Sketchup Up to 2021.0 .skp Yes Yes No No No
Solid Edge 1 to 20, ST1 to ST10, 2019 to 2026 .asm
.par
.psm
.pwd		 Yes Yes No Yes No
SolidWorks From 97 up to 2026 .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
VRED (2) Up to 2024 .vpb Yes Yes No Yes No
VRML Version 1.0 and 2.0 .vrml
.wrl		 Yes No Not applicable No Yes

(1) Requires Autodesk Alias to be installed (with a valid license, for Windows only) on the same computer on which Pixyz Studio 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 is running

(3) Only geometries (no variants, animation, etc.)

(4) BRep import (currently under Dev/beta) is available through the Prefer Alternative Importers parameter

(5) Requires installing Autodesk ReCap SDK with a valid Autodesk account, on the same computer on which Pixyz Studio is running

(6) 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)

(7) BRep import is available through the Prefer Alternative Importers parameter

Important

The Prefer Alternative Importers parameter gives the possibility to import some formats using a different importer, if the default one does not give satisfaction. To manage the parameter, go to Preferences > IO > Import.

Export

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

Format Version Extensions 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 (8) All versions .fbx Yes Yes Not applicable Yes
GL Transmission Format Version 2.0 only .glb
.gltf		 Yes No Not applicable Yes
JT Up to v10.6 .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
Prefab All Versions .prefab Yes No No No
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 Edit menu > Preferences > IO > Export > FbxVersion and choose the desired version.