Integrate and reuse 2D & 3D data in engineering workflows.

Adopted by major industry players, 3D InterOp enables your application to work with an extensive breadth of CAD formats in a seamless, unified way.

Highest Quality for Applications

3D InterOp generates native geometry for ACIS, CGM, and Parasolid, providing high quality data ensuring the success of downstream operations.

Reuse Metadata from Different Sources

Beyond geometry, 3D InterOp imports associated metadata, such as manufacturing information, enabling you to automate your application workflow.

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Flexible and Performant

Load data as needed, by importing containers of your choice to deliver optimal user experiences.

3D InterOp Features Include:

Native Data Translation

3D InterOp leverages CGM kernel and native APIs to read/write CATPart and CATProduct from CATIA and SolidWorks metadata. Native APIs give your application a strong edge in terms of quality without requiring a CAD license. Similar behavior is available for Parasolid-based formats, such as NX, Solid Edge, and SOLIDWORKS, if your application embeds the Parasolid kernel.

Selective Import API

Incrementally import CAD data as individual containers, including product structure, tessellated geometry, exact geometry, and manufacturing information, as needed by your application workflows.

Geometry Repair

Automated healing and advanced operators like stitching and re-surfacing produce topologically valid solid models robust for downstream workflows.

CAD Associativity (PNames)

Import stable CAD topological identifiers allowing your application to capture and track design changes for the regeneration of downstream features.

Product Manufacturing Information (PMI)

3D InterOp supports product manufacturing information in graphical and semantic form with full geometrical associativity, enabling engineering reviews and process automation for manufacturing and measurement.

Concurrent Import

3D InterOp leverages modern hardware by using multiple threads, or multiple processes, to provide imported data more quickly than ever before.

A Unified Implementation

With an abstract interface, 3D InterOp enables applications to add new formats with consistent behavior across metadata at no development cost.

Getting Started Quickly

In addition to expert guidance from our support and services staff, 3D InterOp provides complete documentation of C++/C# interfaces, sample implementation to get started, and a JavaScript-based application (3DScript) for quick prototyping and debugging.

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Case Studies, White Papers, and Materials:

3D InterOp Data Sheet

ABB Case Study

ABB’s Robotics Division markets RobotStudio simulation and offline programming software, allowing robot programming to be done on a PC without shutting down production and increasing overall productivity.

BuildIt - Case Study

BuildIT Software & Solutions is a leading developer of 3D model-based inspection software. BuildIT needed a geometry kernel that would deliver higher levels of performance and provide advanced functionality for handling geometrical data.

Healing as an Essential Function

Learn why healing of 3D models is required, what actions 3D InterOp performs prior to healing, and details of the healing process.

The Second Life of Data

This whitepaper explains model repair and validation, the effects of model repair on modeling operations, and details various test results.

Supported Formats Include:

Format	Read	Write
3DPDF		•
3DXML	•	•
3MF	•	•
ACIS	•	•
AVEVA	•
CATIA V4	•	•
CATIA V5	•	•
3DEXPERIENCE (CATIA V6)	•
COLLADA	•
DXF / DWG	•
glTF		•
FBX	•	•
IFC	•	•
IGES	•	•
Inventor	•
JT	•
MicroStation	•
NX	•
OBJ	•
Parasolid	•	•
Pro / E / Creo	•
Revit	•	•
Rhino	•
Smart3D	•
Solid Edge	•
SOLIDWORKS	•
STEP	•	•
STL	•	•
VDA-FS	•	•
XCGM	•	•

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