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What file formats does Mastercam support?
Translator Extensions Version Read/write? Solids Read/write?
ACC File
Notes
ACIS

.SAT

R21

R/W

R/W

-

 

ACIS .SAB R21 R R
-
Alibre Design .AD_PRT, .AD_SMP V12 R R
-
AutoCAD .DWG, .DXF 2011 R/W R/W
-
Use DXFRescuer c-hook for non-standard DXF files
AutoCAD

.DWF

2011

R

n/a

-

 

Autodesk Inventor

.IPT, .IAM

2011

R

R

-

Requires Inventor View 2009 or Inventor; Solids only

Autodesk Inventor .IDW 2011 R n/a
-
Requires Inventor View 2009 or Inventor
CADKey

.CDL

n/a

R/W

n/a

-

 

CATIA V4

.MODEL, .EXP

4.1.9 - 4.2.4*

R/W

R/W

catv4

 

CATIA V5

.CATPart, .CATProduct

R19

R

R

catv5in

 

CATIA V5

.CATPart

R19

W

W

catv5out

 

EPS

.AI, .EPS

7, 8*

R

n/a

-

 

IGES

.IGS

5.3

R/W

W

-

Solids to surfaces, no views or drawing layouts.

KeyCreator .CKD V9 R R
-
Solids only
Parasolid

.X_T, .X_B, .XMT_TXT

21

R/W

R/W

-

 

Pro/Engineer

.PRT, .ASM

Wildfire5

R

R

proe

 

Raster 2 Vector

.JPG, .BMP, .TIF

n/a

R

n/a

rast2vec

Included. in Art, Router, Router Plus, Router Pro, Mill Levels 1,2,3; ACC required for Router Entry, Mill Entry, Lathe, Wire, Design

Rhino

.3DM

4

R

n/a

-

 

SolidEdge

.PAR, .PSM, .ASM

ST3

R

R

-

Solids only.

SolidWorks

.SLDDRW

2011

R

n/a

-

SolidWorks must be installed

SolidWorks

.SLDPRT, .SLDASM

2011

R

R

-

Solids only; SolidWorks required for history tree

SpaceClaim .SCDOC all R R
-
Solids only; no assembly support; Requires .NET 3.0
STEP

.STP, .STEP

all

R/W

R/W

-

"Part 42" data/AP203, AP214.

Stereolithography (STL)

.STL

1

R/W

W

-

Creates polygonal mesh entities

Unigraphics .PRT NX7 R R
ug
VDA

.VDA

2

R/W

W

-

Solids to surfaces.

Other Products

Product NetHASP optional cmd line arg
Accessory file
Notes
Curve & Drill 5 axis
-
crvdrl5x

 

Engrave
/Engr
-

Included in Art, Router, Router Plus, Router Pro, Mill Levels 1,2,3; ACC no longer used

Five Axis
/X5
-
Mpbin
-
mpbin
Nesting
/Nest
nesting

Included in Router, Router Plus, Router Pro; ACC required for all Mill levels including Entry, Router Entry, Wire, and Design

Solids
/S
-

Included in Art, Router, Router Plus, Router Pro, Mill Levels 1,2,3; ACC no longer used

Verify 4/5 axis
-
-

Included free of charge

  • Translators convert files up through the listed version. The * indicates only the listed version(s) is supported.
  • All "Translators" with an ACC file and all "Other Products" must be purchased, except as noted.
  • NetHASP: Programmed with the purchased products (no ACC file needed), except as noted.
  • NetHASP: Command Line Arguments check out the license at startup.

Please not this list is subject to change without notice though MLC CAD Systems will make every effort to keep this information current as Mastercam announces new versions, updates and enhancements.

 

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