Best Practices: Choosing a proper 3D-file
Goal
The goal of this page is to advise our clients on preferred 3D file formats for Prespective, to enable high quality and efficient modeling.
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Description
We strongly advise you to work with the right quality of 3D files in Prespective. In this article we share some tips and best practices to help you choose the right 3D file types to work with. Taking the proper steps with your 3D data early on in the project will greatly help project management and optimization later on. You will always try to prevent to get back to this step later on. This costs you a lot of time to fix things later on.
Recommendations for cooperative projects
The following table shows recommended file formats to deliver to Unit040:
File Extension | Recommended for Unit040 | Type | Tool |
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.SLDASM | 1 | CAD native | SolidWorks |
.SLDPRT | 1 | CAD native | SolidWorks |
.STEP AP203 | 3 | CAD exchange | STEP |
.STEP AP214 | 2 | CAD exchange | STEP |
.STEP AP242 | 2 | CAD exchange | STEP |
.GLTF / .GLB | 2 | CAD exchange | GLTF |
.RFA | 1 | CAD native | Autodesk Revit |
.RVT | 1 | CAD native | Autodesk Revit |
.DWG | 1 | CAD native | AutoCAD 3D |
.DXF | 1 | CAD native | AutoCAD 3D |
.IPT | 1 | CAD native | Autodesk Inventor |
.IAM | 1 | CAD native | Autodesk Inventor |
CATIA v4&v5 | 1 | CAD native | Catia |
IGES | 2 | CAD exchange | IGES |
.SKP | 3 | PLY native | Google SketchUp |
.Max | 1 | PLY native | 3DsMax |
.3ds | 1 | PLY native | 3DsMax |
.FBX | 2 | PLY exchange | Autodesk |
.OBJ | 3 | PLY exchange | OBJ |
.DAE | 2 | PLY exchange | COLLADA |
The following table describes the different file types in the Type column in above table:
Format | Type |
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