TurboCAD 2023 File Format Comparison
TurboCAD’s extensive file interoperability makes it a great companion product. View import (open) and export (save) options by product level.
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| File Format | Description of file format | TurboCAD Platinum 2023 |
TurboCAD Professional 2023 |
TurboCAD Deluxe 2023 |
TurboCAD Designer 2023 |
| DWG | AutoCAD® native format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DWF | Autodesk® Drawing Web Format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DXF | Drawing Exchange format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3DM | Rhino format | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| 3DS | Autodesk® 3D Studio format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| 3DV | VRML Worlds | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | – |
| 3MF | 3D Manufacturing Format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| 3DXML | 3D XML | ✓** | – | – | – |
| ASAT | ACIS® | ✓ | – | – | – |
| ASM | Pro/E/Creo/Solid Edge Assembly | ✓* | – | – | – |
| CATPART | CATIA V5/V6 | ✓ | – | – | – |
| CATPRODUCT | CATIA V5/V7 | ✓ | – | – | – |
| ASC, PCD, PCG | Point Cloud Data | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| BMP | Bitmap | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** |
| CGM | Windows® Bitmap format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DAE | COLLADA Model | ✓ | ✓** | ✓** | – |
| DC, DCD | DesignCAD® format | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* |
| DGN | Intergraph Microstation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| EPS | Adobe® PostScript | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| FCD, FCW | Fast CAD format | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* |
| FBX | FBX® data exchange technology | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| GEO | VRML Worlds | ✓* | ✓* | – | – |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange format (w/ Alpha Channel Support) | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** |
| IAM | Autodesk Inventor Assembly File | ✓* | – | – | – |
| IPT | Autodesk Inventor Part File | ✓* | – | – | – |
| IFC | Industry Foundation Classes | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| IGS | IGES Drawing | ✓ | – | – | – |
| JPG | JPEG | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** |
| JPG | SDK sample filter JPEG | ✓** | – | – | – |
| KML, KMZ | Google Map Format | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | – |
| Model | CATIA V4 | ✓* | – | – | – |
| OBJ | OBJ Drawing | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| PAR | Solid Edge Part | ✓* | – | – | – |
| PRT | UG NX/Pro/E/Creo | ✓* | – | – | – |
| Adobe® Portable Document Format | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** | |
| Adobe® 3D Portable Document Format | ✓** | – | – | – | |
| Adobe PRC Portable Document Format | ✓** | ✓** | – | – | |
| PLT | Plotter file format language | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphic (w/ Alpha Channel Support) | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** |
| PRC | Product Representation Compact (3D PDF) | ✓** | ✓** | – | – |
| Raster | (Reference 2D multiple formats) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SAT | ACIS® | ✓ | – | – | – |
| SAB | ACIS® | ✓ | – | – | – |
| SHX | Shape file format | ✓** | ✓** | – | – |
| SKP | Trimble SketchUp® format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| SLDASM | SolidWorks Assembly | ✓* | – | – | – |
| SLDPRT | SolidWorks Part | ✓* | – | – | – |
| STEP | STEP Drawing | ✓ | – | – | – |
| STL | Stereolithography format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| STP | STEP Drawing | ✓ | – | – | – |
| SVG | Scaleable Vector Graphics | ✓** | ✓** | ✓** | – |
| TAP | TurboApps® packaged file format | ✓* | ✓* | – | – |
| TCT | TurboCAD® drawing template | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TCW | TurboCAD® native format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| U3D | Universal 3D | ✓ | ✓** | – | – |
| VDA | VDA-FS | ✓ | – | – | – |
| WMF | Windows® Metafile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WRL | VRML Worlds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WRZ | VRML Worlds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| X_B | Parasolids Binary | ✓* | – | – | – |
| X_T | Parasolids Text | ✓* | – | – | – |
| XYZ | Terrain Data | ✓* | ✓* | – | – |