Supported CAD File Formats
A list of all CAD File Formats supported by Glovius, along with their supported version information.
Popular 3D CAD File Formats Supported
| FILE FORMAT | EXTENSION | SUPPORTED VERSION | GLOVIUS LITE | GLOVIUS REG & GLOVIUS PLUS |
| STEP | STP, STEP, STPZ | AP 203, AP 214, AP 242 | ||
| IGES | IGS, IGES | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 | ||
| SolidWorks | SLDPRT, SLDASM | From 97 to 2025 | ||
| Autodesk Inventor | IPT, IAM | Up to 2025 | ||
| Solid Edge | PAR, ASM | Up to 2025 | ||
| CATIA V5 | CATPart, CATProduct | Up to V5_6R2025 | ||
| CATIA V6 3D Experience | 3DXML | Up to V5_6R2025 | ||
| NX – Unigraphics | PRT | Up to NX 2412 | ||
| Creo & Pro/ENGINEER | PRT, ASM | Pro/ENGINEER 19.0 to Creo 11.0 | ||
| JT | JT | Up to 10.9 |
2D CAD File Formats Supported
| FILE FORMAT | EXTENSION | SUPPORTED VERSION | LICENSE |
| AutoCAD (2D) | DWG, DXF | Up to DWG 2018 | Free |
| Autodesk DWF | DWF, DWFX | All versions | Free |
| CATIA V5 Drawings | CATDrawing | Up to V5_6R2025 | Glovius Regular/Plus |
| PDF (2D) | All versions | Free | |
| TIFF | TIFF, TIF | All versions | Free |
Other Supported Formats
In addition to the above 2D and 3D CAD file formats, Glovius also supports a variety of other 3D formats –
| FILE FORMAT | EXTENSION | SUPPORTED VERSION | LICENSE |
| 3D Manufacturing Format | 3MF | version 1.2.3 | |
| ACIS | SAT, SAB | Up to 2023 | |
| Autodesk 3DS | 3DS | All versions | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus |
| CATIA V4 | MODEL, SESSION, DLV, EXP | Up to 4.2.5 | Glovius Reg/Plus |
| COLLADA | DAE | All versions | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus |
| Filmbox | FBX | Coming soon | |
| GL Transmission Format | GLTF, GLB | Coming soon | |
| I-deas | MF1, ARC, UNV, PKG | Up to 13.x (NX 5), NX I-deas 6 | Glovius Reg/Plus |
| Parasolid | X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT | Up to v37.1 | Glovius Reg/Plus |
| PDF (3D) | All versions | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus | |
| PRC | PRC | All versions | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus |
| Rhino3D | 3DM | From 4 to 7 | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus |
| Stereo Lithography (STL) | STL | All versions | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus |
| Universal 3D | U3D | Coming soon | |
| VDA-FS | VDA | Coming soon | |
| VRML | WRL, VRML | Version 1.0 and 2.0 | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus |
| Wavefront OBJ | OBJ | All versions | Glovius Lite/Reg/Plus |
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