CAD file formats Moicon imports

Moicon translates more than 70 CAD and 3D formats into your browser-based digital twin through Autodesk Platform Services. These guides cover the formats manufacturers use most.

Neutral interchange

Vendor-neutral formats built for moving models between CAD systems. This is what suppliers and machine builders usually send.

STEP

.step .stp

The default neutral format for exchanging solid models between CAD systems.

IGES

.iges .igs

The 1980s-era neutral format still common in tooling and legacy archives.

DXF

.dxf

Autodesk's open companion to DWG, the lingua franca of 2D exchange.

JT

.jt

Siemens' lightweight visualization format, an ISO standard for design review.

IFC

.ifc

The open BIM exchange standard, vendor-neutral by design.

Native CAD

The files your design tools save natively. Upload them as they are, no export step, no CAD seat needed to view the result.

DWG

.dwg

AutoCAD's native format, home to most of the world's factory layouts.

SLDPRT

.sldprt

Native SolidWorks part files, straight from the world's most common MCAD tool.

SLDASM

.sldasm

SolidWorks assemblies: whole machines built from referenced parts.

IPT

.ipt

Autodesk Inventor's native part format for machine design.

IAM

.iam

Inventor assemblies that tie referenced parts into complete machines.

CATIA

.CATPart .CATProduct

Dassault's high-end CAD, dominant in aerospace and automotive.

3DM

.3dm

Rhino's native NURBS format, with an openly documented core.

SketchUp

.skp

The fast, approachable modeler behind countless building and layout studies.

Revit

.rvt

Autodesk's BIM authoring format, where modern buildings are born.

Mesh & visualization

Triangle and polygon formats from scanning, printing, and content pipelines. Shape and appearance rather than parametric precision.

STL

.stl

The bare-bones triangle mesh format born in 3D printing.

OBJ

.obj

The plain-text mesh format that visualization tools have shared for decades.

FBX

.fbx

The scene format of game and animation pipelines, from Autodesk.

glTF

.gltf .glb .bin

The open runtime format for 3D on the web, with its own import pipeline in Moicon.

Don't see your format?

These guides cover the most common formats, but the full list is much longer: Moicon supports upwards of 70 formats through Autodesk's translation service. If you are unsure about a specific file, the help center has the details, or just ask us.

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