IMPORT STEP, IGES and SolidWorks

STEP 2 DWG free included in progeCAD Professional, Import (and Export) STEP, IGES geometries from any mechanical application and transform them into easily editable DWG entities.

progeCAD also natively import .sldprt part files and .sldasm assembly files created with SolidWorks

progeCAD offers advanced capabilities for interacting with MCAD (mechanical design system and software) through the activate exchange of physical design data. The range of systems and interfaces that bridge the CAD-MCAD domains also rely on standardized data formats such as the industry ratified STEP protocol or the industrial standard SolidWorks.

The STEP file format itself (.stp or .step) is defined in the ISO 10303-21 (International Organization for Standardization) specification for CAD data exchange, and is supported by the majority of MCAD tools and systems. At the fundamental file exchange level, progeCAD Professional offers both export and import capabilities for 3D STEP files.

This provides the basis for the free exchange of high quality, standardized 3D modeling data between software domains, which simplifies CAD-MCAD design collaboration and enhances both the quality and accuracy of 3D model data.

Note that both the STEP AP214 and the legacy AP203 formats are supported by progeCAD Professional – exported files are ISO-10303-21 -compliant (AP214).

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PDF to DWG conversion

progeCAD helps you convert your PDF files to editable DWG files quickly and easily. The tool generates and optimizes vector entities such as lines, polylines, splines, hatches, circles, arcs and text strings; offers intelligent TrueType texts and line width recognition; retains colors in the DWG/DXF file. It is compatible with Layered PDF and preserves the same Layers scheme existing in the PDF when converting PDF to DWG. The PDF to CAD feature allows to save time by easily transferring projects, drawings, parts of existing in vectorial PDFs catalogues and manuals to CAD drawings to use them as native DWG files. It supports all versions of Adobe PDF file.

With progeCAD, you can easily Import/Export into your drawings a large number of file formats:

IMPORT

• STEP, IGES Import (and Export) STEP geometries and transform them into easily editable DWG entities.
• SolidWorks Import .sldprt part files and .sldasm assembly files and transform them into DWG entities.
• ESRI-SHAPE SHP Import SHAPE (ESRI) files with geometry and its attributes into DWG drawings. Specific commands allow geometry insertion, colors and layers management, data dynamic control.
• Inserts geometries from SDF and  SQLite. WFS services supported.
• 3DS, DGN(Microstation), LWO, OBJ(Wavefront), STL, RGT, DXF, DWF
• Autodesk Revit_® to insert BIM models into DWG. .rvt/.rfa are standard the facto in the building industries. progeCAD allows inserting BIM Autodesk Revit_® models into your DWG as an underlay or as part of the DWG.
• IFC to insert BIM models into DWG. IFC is a global standard for data exchange in the building industries. Building industry professionals can use IFC to share data regardless of what software application they use to get their job done. progeCAD allows inserting BIM models into your DWG as an underlay or as part of the DWG.
• REVIT^® - Direct import of Revit files (up to v. 2024) selecting the entire model or a specific View. BIM objects are placed on different layers selecting between two options:
  1) Layers based on entities
  2) Layers based on Level+Category.
  If present, the appropriate materials will be associated with the imported entities.
• POINT CLOUDS Import ReCap_® .rcp, .rcs, and general formats like .pcg, .isd, .xyz, .ply, .las, .laz

EXPORT

• STEP, IGES
• IFC, with IFCEXPORT It is possible to include .rvt, .ifc underlays, and AEC Objects when exporting to .ifc files. Specify the IFC4 or IFC4x3 schema when exporting to .ifc files and set display properties for AEC styles.
• PDF, DWF, DWFx, 3DS, DAE (Collada), LWO, POV, MA(Maya), OBJ(Wavefront), BMP, JPG, WMF, EMF, SVG
• 3D PRINT  STL Export for 3D Printer output

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