Can I convert files from other programs? What formats are supported?

Mastercam lets you read from and write to many industry-standard and third-party file formats. The tables below list the supported formats in our most current version. Many of the converters are supplied standard with Mastercam, while others are extra-cost options. Click here to learn more about converting files.

Converters supplied with Mastercam X

Translator Extensions Version Read/write? Solids Read/write?
ACC File
 Notes

ACIS

.SAT

R19

R/W

R/W
-

 

ACIS

 .SAB R19 R R
-
  

Alibre Design

 .AD_PRT, .AD_SMP V11 R R
-
  

AutoCAD

 .DWG, .DXF 2009 R/W R/W
-
 Use DXFRescuer c-hook for non-standard DXF files

AutoCAD

.DWF

2009

R

n/a
-

 

Autodesk Inventor

.IPT, .IAM

2009

R

R
-

Requires Inventor View 2009 or Inventor; Solids only

Autodesk Inventor

 .IDW 2009 R n/a
-
 Requires Inventor View 2009 or Inventor

CADKey

.CDL

n/a

R/W

n/a
-

 

CATIA V4

.MODEL, .EXP

4.1.9 - 4.2.4*

R/W

R/W
catv4

 

CATIA V5

.CATPart, .CATProduct

R18

R

R
catv5in

 

CATIA V5

.CATPart

R18

W

W
catv5out

 

EPS

.AI, .EPS

7, 8*

R

n/a
-

 

IGES

.IGS

5.3

R/W

W
-

Solids to surfaces, no views or drawing layouts.

KeyCreator

 .CKD V6 R R
-
 Solids only

Parasolid

.X_T, .X_B, .XMT_TXT

19

R/W

R/W
-

 

Pro/Engineer

.PRT, .ASM

Wildfire 4

R

R

proe

 

Raster 2 Vector

.JPG, .BMP, .TIF

n/a

R

n/a

rast2vec

Included. in Art, Router, Router Plus, Router Pro, Mill Levels 1,2,3; ACC required for Router Entry, Mill Entry, Lathe, Wire, Design

Rhino

.3DM

4

R

n/a
-

 

SolidEdge

.PAR, .PSM, .ASM

ST

R

R
-

Solids only.

SolidWorks

.SLDDRW

2009

R

n/a
-

SolidWorks must be installed

SolidWorks

.SLDPRT, .SLDASM

2009

R

R
-

Solids only; SolidWorks required for history tree

SpaceClaim

 .SCDOC all R R
-
 Solids only; no assembly support; Requires .NET 3.0

STEP

.STP, .STEP

all

R/W

R/W
-

"Part 42" data/AP203, AP214.

Stereolithography (STL)

.STL

1

R/W

W
-

Creates polygonal mesh entities

VDA

.VDA

2

R/W

W
-

Solids to surfaces.

 

Other Products

Product NetHASP optional cmd line arg
Accessory file
 Notes

Curve & Drill 5 axis
-
crvdrl5x

 

Engrave
/Engr
-

Included in Art, Router, Router Plus, Router Pro, Mill Levels 1,2,3; ACC no longer used

Five Axis
/X5
-
  

Mpbin
-
mpbin
  

Nesting
/Nest
nesting

Included in Router, Router Plus, Router Pro; ACC required for all Mill levels including Entry, Router Entry, Wire, and Design

Solids
/S
-

Included in Art, Router, Router Plus, Router Pro, Mill Levels 1,2,3; ACC no longer used

Verify 4/5 axis
-
-

Included free of charge
  • Translators convert files up through the listed version. The * indicates only the listed version(s) is supported.
  • All "Translators" with an ACC file and all "Other Products" must be purchased, except as noted.
  • NetHASP: Programmed with the purchased products (no ACC file needed), except as noted.
  • NetHASP: Command Line Arguments check out the license at startup.

THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE