Actify's software can read the following file formats with no CAD system or connection to a CAD server required.
Format Description Extension Versions PMI Support
ACIS® SAT SAT files generated by Spatial Technologies® ACIS as exported by Autodesk AutoCAD, CADKEY®, IRONCAD®, Vellum Solids™, and several others CAD systems. *.sat Up to ACIS v13 N/A
Autodesk® DWF format DWF (Drawing Web Format) drawing files from AutoCAD and Inventor. *.dwf Up to DWF 7.0 N/A
Autodesk® DWG format DWG drawing and models from Autodesk products and compatible CAD systems. *.dwg AutoCAD® compliant DWG. Up to AutoCAD 2008 N/A
Autodesk® DXF format DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) drawing files from virtually any CAD system. *.dxf Autodesk compliant DXF. Up to AutoCAD 2008 N/A
Autodesk® Inventor® Native Autodesk Inventor parts, assemblies and drawings. *.ipt, *.iam, *.idw Inventor R11, R10, R9, R8 N/A
Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® Native Autodesk Mechanical Desktop files from Autodesk Mechanical Desktop. *.dwg Up to v6 N/A
CADDS CADDS file *._pd v4 and v5 N/A
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) CGM drawing files from many CAD systems. *.cgm Any N/A
Dassault Systemes® CATIA® V4 Native CATIA 3D and 2D entities from all CATIA platforms. *.model, *.exp, user-def., *.session Export: from v3.2.5 to v4.X.X
Model: from v4.1.1 to v4.X.X
Session: v4.X.X
N/A
Dassault Systemes CATIA V5 3D & 2D Native CATIA V5 R18 part files and assemblies and Native CATIA V5 R10 to R18 Drawings *.catpart, *.catproduct, *.cgr 2D:V5 R10 to R18
3D: V5 up to R18
YES
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks® Native SolidWorks parts, assemblies, drawings and sheet metal models. *.sldprt, *.sldasm, *.sldlfp, *.slddrw From v97+ to v 2007 N/A
UGS Direct Model® (.JT) .JT files from EDS PLM Solutions, including parts and assemblies. *.jt Up to v8.1 N/A
UGS I-DEAS Native I-DEAS native part, assembly and package files. Note: Assembly files only supported as part of package files. Files with extension .XPK are NOT supported. *.arc,*.unv, *.mfl, *.prt, *.pkg NX12 M3 and M4 YES
UGS® I-DEAS® WEB I-DEAS Web Access files including assemblies. Crushed ASCII (*.MCA) files can also be exported from I-DEAS ™. *.idi, *.idz, *.mca, *.arc MCA: up to v7
IDI, IDZ: up to v9
N/A
UGS Parasolid ® Parasolid X_T files as exported by Unigraphics, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, PTC Pro/DESKTOP™, and several other CAD/CAM systems. *.x_t, *.xmt_txt, *.x_b Up to v17.1 N/A
UGS Solid Edge® Native Solid Edge parts, sheet metal, assemblies and drawings. *.par, *.asm, *.psm, *.dft Up to v19 N/A
UGS Unigraphics 2D & 3D ® Native Unigraphics parts and assemblies and Unigraphics 2D drawing. *.prt Unigraphics 2D: NX 1 to NX5
Uigraphics 3D: From v13 to NX4
N/A
HPGL All HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) and HPGL/2 files. *.plt, *.hpgl Any N/A
IGES 2D & 3D (Initial Graphics Exchange Specifications) All IGES 2D & 3D entities. *.igs, *.iges Up to 6.0 N/A
ISO G-Code ISO standard for NC machining code; G0 and G1 codes. user-def. Any N/A
MICRO CADAM MICRO CADAM 2D files *.mcd MICRO CADAM Helix V4R1-R3, V5R1-R2 2D data only, Style 1 line types only N/A
PRC® TTF *.prc Any N/A
PTC® Pro/ENGINEER™ Native PTC Pro/ENGINEER parts and assembly files. *.prt, *.asm Parts and assemblies from rel.18 through Wildfire 3 N/A
STEP STEP files compliant with AP203 and AP214. *.stp, *.step AP203, AP214 N/A
STL STL files both binary and ASCII. *.stl Any N/A
TIFF Tag(ged) Image File Format files from any graphics program. Optional raster-to-vector conversion of non-photographic .tif files *.tif Any N/A
VRML All VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) 1.0 and 2.0 files. *.wrl, *.wrml v1.0 and v2.0 N/A
VDA-FS VDA-FS (Verband Der Automobilindustrie Flachen Schnittstelle). *.vda v2.0 N/A
XVL® Lattice XVL *.xv3 Any N/A
Discreet® 3D Studio™ 3D Studio files. Note that 3DStudioMax files are not currently supported. *.3ds Any N/A
The following is the cross-correlation table of supported file formats with major CAD systems.
Checkmark Preferred Format
Checkmark Supported Format
  Native IGES Web Access STL VDA-FS Parasolid DXF DWG SAT 3D Studio VRML
Autodesk AutoCAD Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format     Supported Format Preferred Format Supported Format    
Autodesk Inventor Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format              
Autodesk MDT Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format     Supported Format Preferred Format Supported Format    
Bentley MicroStation   Supported Format   Supported Format   Preferred Format Supported Format Supported Format      
CADDS Preferred Format                    
CADKEY Corp.   Supported Format   Supported Format   Preferred Format Supported Format Supported Format     Supported Format
CoCreate Solidesigner   Preferred Format   Supported Format Supported Format            
Dassault Systemes CATIA v4 & v5 Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format Supported Format            
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format Supported Format Supported Format         Supported Format
Discreet 3DStudio Preferred Format                 Preferred Format  
EDS I-DEAS Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format Supported Format           Supported Format
EDS I-DEAS Web   Supported Format Preferred Format Supported Format Supported Format           Supported Format
EDS Solid Edge Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format   Supported Format         Supported Format
EDS Unigraphics Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format Supported Format Supported Format          
MICRO CADAM Preferred Format Supported Format         Supported Format        
PTC Pro/DESKTOP   Supported Format   Supported Format   Preferred Format          
PTC Pro/ENGINEER Preferred Format Supported Format   Supported Format              
Think3   Supported Format   Preferred Format Supported Format            
  Native IGES Web Access STL VDA-FS Parasolid DXF DWG SAT 3D Studio VRML