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	 <span class="shortdesc">You can import a number of 3D and 2D file formats in Composer,
		whether from CAD systems (such as SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, and Pro/ENGINEER) or
		CAD-neutral formats (such as IGES and STEP). 
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	 <p> The following topics are discussed: 
	 </p> 
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<ul><li><a href="#c-Supported3DImportFormats" id="toc_rg" title="Composer can import the following 3D formats.">Supported 3D Import Formats</a></li><li><a href="#c-Supported2DImportFormats" id="toc_rg" title="Composer can also import the following 2D image formats:">Supported 2D Import Formats</a></li></ul>
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	 <h2 class="title topictitle2">Supported 3D Import Formats</h2>
 
	  
	 <div class="body conbody"><p class="abstract"> 
		<span class="shortdesc">Composer can import the following 3D formats. 
		</span>
 
		<p>Note:
		Not all import options apply to all formats. See 
		  <a class="xref" href="cps-r-DocumentProperties-Input.htm#cps-r-DocumentProperties-Input" title="The Input page lets you configure the importing of CAD files.">(Default) Document Properties -
			 Input</a>. To view the import options matrix, see 
		  <a class="xref" href="../CpsUserExamples/SWXImportOptions.pdf" target="_blank">../CpsUserExamples/SWXImportOptions.pdf</a>. 
		</p>
 
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		<ul class="ul"> 
		  <li class="li">All Composer formats 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">3DStudio up to 3D Studio MAX 4 
			 <p>Note:
		Animations and instances are not supported. 
			 </p>
 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">3DXML V2 to V4 
			 <p>Note:
		Favorite context is supported for 3D Tolerancing &amp;
				Annotation captures, and the visibility of geometrical elements is properly
				managed, providing that the favorite context is defined on the annotation set
				that contains the capture. 
			 </p>
 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">ACIS up to R2019 1.0 
		  </li>
 
		   
		   
		  <li class="li">IGES up to 5.3 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">Inventor 
			 <p>Note:
		Requires SOLIDWORKS and Autodesk Inventor Viewer. 
			 </p>
 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">OBJ Wavefront 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">Pro/ENGINEER 16 to Wildfire 5 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">Pro/E Creo 1.0 to 5.0 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">SOLIDWORKS 2015 to 2019 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">STEP AP203, AP214 &amp; AP242 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">STL 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">U3D ECMA 1 to 3 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">VDA 1.0 and 2.0 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">VRML 2.0 
			 <p>Note:
		VRML1.0 and animations are not supported. Unicode is not
				supported by this 3D format (this means that files which use a file path
				containing Unicode characters cannot be imported). 
			 </p>
 
		  </li>
 
		</ul>
 
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		<span class="shortdesc">Composer can also import the following 2D image formats: 
		</span>
 
	 </p>
 
		<ul class="ul"> 
		  <li class="li">Bitmap (.bmp) 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">Jpeg (.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe) 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">Targa (.tga) 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">Rgb (.rgb) 
		  </li>
 
		  <li class="li">SVG (.svg) (Raster images encapsulated in SVG files are ignored). 
		  </li>
 
		</ul>
 
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