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Supported Formats of the 3DViewStation Product Family

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Information as per October 2, 2025, valid for the latest build, subject to change without notice at any time

Import 3D

			Desktop	WebViewer
Supported 3D File Formats	File Extension	Format Version	3D all importers	3D all importers
3D-PDF	PDF	PRC, U3D1	●	●
3DViewStation	3DVS, VSXML		●	●
3D Manufacturing Format	3MF	1.2.3	●	●
ACIS	SAT, SAB	Up to 2023	●	●
Autodesk 3DStudio1	3DS	Any	●	●
Autodesk AutoCAD Drawing	DWG	Up to AC1032	●	●
Autodesk AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format	DXF	Up to AC1032	●	●
Autodesk Design Web Format	DWF, DWFX	Any	●	●
Autodesk Inventor	IPT, IAM	Up to 2026	●	●
Autodesk Navisworks	NWD	2012 to 2026	●	●
Autodesk Revit	RVT, RFA	2015 to 2025	●	●
AVEVA RVM1	RVM		●	●
Bentley Microstation	DGN	V7, V8	●	●
CATIA V4	MODEL, DLV, EXP, SESSION	Up to V4.2.5	●	●
CATIA V5	CATProduct, CATPart, CATShape, CGR	Up to V5-6 R2025 (R35)	●	●
CATIA V6 / 3DExperience	3DXML	Up to V5-6 R2025 (R35)	●	●
COLLADA1	DAE	Any	●	●
CPIXML	CPIXML		●	●
Creo (Pro/E)	PRT, XPR, ASM, XAS, NEU	Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 12.4.0.0	●	●
Filmbox	FBX	ASCII: all ; Binary: all	●	●
GL Transmission Format	GLTF, GLB	Version 2.0 only	●	●
I-deas	MF1, ARC, UNV, PKG	Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX I-deas 6	●	●
IGES	IGS, IGES	5.1, 5.2, 5.3	●	●
Industry Foundation Classes	IFC	IFC2 up to 2.3.0.1, IFC4 up to 4.3	●	●
JTOpen	JT	V9.0 – V10.9 V6.4 – V8.2	●	●
LIDAR Point Cloud Data File1	E57		●	●
MineCraft2	NBT		●	●
NX (Unigraphics)	PRT	UG11 to UG18, UG NX, NX5 to NX12, NX1847 to NX2506	●	●
Parasolid	X_T, X_B, XMT, XMT_TXT	Up to V38	●	●
PLMXML	PLMXML		●	●
PRC	PRC		●	●
Rhino3D	3DM	4 to 8	●	●
Solid Edge	ASM, PAR, PWD, PSM	V1 to 20, ST1 – ST10, 2019 - 2025	●	●
SolidWorks	SLDASM, SLDPRT	From 97 up to 2025	●	●
STEP Exchange	STP, STEP, STPZ	AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242	●	●
STEP/XML	STPX, STPXZ		●	●
Stereo Lithography	STL	Any	●	●
Universal 3D1	U3D	ECMA-363 (1. – 3. edition)	●	●
USD1	USD, USDA, USDC, USDZ		●	●
VDA-FS	VDA	V1.0, V2.0	●	●
VRML	WRL, VRML	V1.0, V2.0	●	●
Wavefront OBJ	OBJ	Any	●	●

1) Provided on “As is” basis: KISTERS will neither support nor maintain these importers/exporters. Might be dropped at any time without notice.

2) Only NBT files, which were created with 3DViewStation

Import 2D

			Desktop			WebViewer
Supported 2D File Formats	File Extension	Format Version	2D basic	2D advanced	3D all importers	2D advanced	3D all importers
2D-PDF	PDF		●		●		●
Autodesk Design Web Format	DWF, DWFx		●		●		●
Autodesk AutoCAD Drawing	DWG	Up to AC1032	●		●		●
Autodesk AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format	DXF	Up to AC1032	●		●		●
AV1 Image File Format	AVIF		●		●		●
Bentley Microstation	DGN	7, 8	●		●		●
CALS	MIL	Type 1	●		●		●
Catia V4 Drawing	MODEL, DLV, EXP	4.15 to 4.25		●		●
Catia V5 Drawing	CATDrawing	R10 to R34 (V5-6R2025)		●		●
Catia V6 Drawing	3DXML	R2010x to R2025x		●		●
Computer Graphics Metafile	CGM		●		●		●
Creo / ProE Drawing	DRW	ProE 2000i to Creo 11.0		●		●
Gerber	GER	RS-274D, RS-274X, X2	●		●		●
Graphics Interchange Format	GIF		●		●		●
HP-GL	PLT	incl. HP-GL/2, KIPGL, HP-RTL	●		●		●
JPEG	JPEG, JPG		●		●		●
JPEG2000	JP2		●		●		●
JPEG XL	JXL		●		●		●
Microsoft Excel	XLS, XLSX		●		●		●
Microsoft Powerpoint	PPT, PPTX		●		●		●
Microsoft Word	DOC, DOCX		●		●		●
NX Drawing	PRT	UG15 to NX 2506 Series until 2506.4000		●		●
Open Office1	ODG, ODP, ODS, ODT		●		●		●
Portable Network Graphics	PNG		●		●		●
SolidEdge Drawings	DFT	ST1 to 2025		●		●
Solidworks Drawing	SLDDRW	1999 to 2025		●		●
Scalable Vector Graphics	SVG		●		●		●
Tagged Image File Format	TIF, TIFF		●		●		●
Windows Bitmap	BMP		●		●		●
WebP	WEBP		●		●		●

1) Provided on “As is” basis: KISTERS will neither support nor maintain these importers/exporters. Might be dropped at any time without notice. Includes also i.e. Calcomp, EDMICS, Intergraph, Photoshop, Excellon, HEIC.

Export 3D

			Desktop		WebViewer
Supported 3D File Formats	File Extension	Format Version	3D all importers	3D export	3D all importers	3D export
3D-PDF	PDF	PRC		●		●
3D Manufacturing Format	3MF	1.2.3		●		●
3DViewStation	3DVS, VSXML		●	●	●	●
ACIS	SAT, SAB	5.0		●		●
Filmbox	FBX	Binary 7.5		●		●
GL Transmission Format	GLTF, GLB	2.0		●		●
Industry Foundation Classes1	IFC			●		●
IGES	IGS, IGES	5.1		●		●
JTOpen	JT	8.1, 9.5, 10.0		●		●
MineCraft1	NBT		●	●	●	●
Parasolid	X_T	14.0		●		●
PRC1	PRC			●		●
STEP Exchange	STP, STEP	AP 203 E2, AP 214 E1, AP 242 E1		●		●
Stereo Lithography	STL	ASCII and binary		●		●
Universal 3D1	U3D	ECMA-363 (1st and 3rd editions)		●		●
VRML	WRL, VRML	V2.0		●		●
Wavefront OBJ	OBJ			●		●

1) Provided on “As is” basis: KISTERS will neither support nor maintain these exporters. Might be dropped at any time without notice.

Export 2D

		Desktop			WebViewer
Supported 2D File Formats	File Extension	2D basic	2D advanced	3D all importers	2D advanced	3D all importers
2D-PDF	PDF	●	●	●	●	●
3DViewStation	3DVS	●	●	●	●	●
Autodesk Design Web Format	DWF	●	●	●	●	●
Autodesk Drawing Exchange Format	DXF	●	●	●	●	●
Computer Graphics Metafile	CGM	●	●	●	●	●
Gerber	GBR	●	●	●	●	●
HPGL/2	PLT	●	●	●	●	●
JPEG	JPG	●	●	●	●	●
Portable Network Graphics	PNG	●	●	●	●	●
Scalable Vector Graphics	SVG	●	●	●	●	●
Tagged Image File Format	TIFF	●	●	●	●	●
Windows Bitmap	BMP	●	●	●	●	●
Windows Metafile	WMF	●	●	●	●	●

The Formats List requires a minimum resolution of 800 pixel in width for correct display. It is therefore only available as PDF file. Alternatively, open this page on a device with a higher resolution.

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