PTC ProductView Supported formats This document includes the following import and export formats. However the document is independent of the release / version numbers of CAD / other softwares. For more information on software compatibility, refer to Software Compatibility Matrix Supported import formats ProductView Native Import formats Division Mockup Simulation files ProductView MCAD adapters ProductView MCAD Adapters from third parties ProductView 3D Format Adapters ProductView 3D Import Filters ProductView PDF support ProductView Document support ProductView ECAD support ProductView Export formats Shaded Mode -> Image Mode Shaded Mode -> 3D format Mode Hidden Line Removal mode -> Image Mode Hidden Line Removal mode -> 2D format Mode Hidden Line Removal mode -> 3D format Mode page 1 of 11
ProductView Native import formats ProductView directly imports the following viewable files in zipped / unzipped formats. Format PVS PVZ ED EDZ, JAR, ZIP OL Pro/ENGINEER (.PRT,ASM) ProductView Structure file Compressed binary file, contains Product Structure Zipped PVS /OL files Engineering data file An ASCII file contains product structure and part attributes Zipped PVS / ED / OL files Geometry file containing objects shape and surface characteristics in binary format Pro/ENGINEER Part and Assembly files ProductView import of Mockup Simulation files ONLY ProductView Standard displays the following Division Mockup formats VDI Format VPF Virtual Product Folder ProductView Native Read 2D formats Virtual Data Interchange file An ASCII file that contains parts, hierarchies, interdependencies and properties ProductView supports native reading of the following 2D formats. 2D Drawing Format PLT HPGL2, HPGL CGM SLD HGL HP2 HP DWG Hewlett Packard s PLOT / HPGL file Computer graphics meta file Autodesk Slide file format Hewlett Packard Graphics Language AutoCAD format DXF Drawing Interchange File format ProductView 3D Import Filters ProductView 3D Import Filters are additional software components which can be used in conjunction with ProductView Standard or ProductView Professional to extend the range of formats which may be read directly into ProductView. JT adapter is an additional cost item. 3D File Format JT IGES Supports JT files Supports IGES files page 2 of 11
VRML Supports VRML 1 and 2. STL Supports STL files Microstation Supports DGN 8. GBF or GAF Pro/ENGINEER (pgl) Supports the format used by EPD.Connect Visualizer Known as pgl2pv. This Import Filter provides simple reading of Pro/ENGINEER parts, assemblies and drawing. However, it is strongly recommended that Pro/ENGINEER data is published via the Pro/ENGINEER adapter. STEP ProductView MCAD Adapters Supports STEP AP203 and AP214 formats ProductView MCAD adapters provide the ability to publish native CAD files to lightweight accurate ProductView viewable formats. The adapters can be used in two modes: 1) As a standalone batch mode executable which may be run from the command line or integrated into other software environments. 2) As a worker, typically used in ProductView Graphics Server or Windchill configurations. In worker mode, the adapter is started once and continues to run, awaiting jobs from either the Graphics Server or Windchill. MCAD adapters are additional cost items. MCAD Tool Pro/ENGINEER CADDS5 CATIA V4 Unigraphics I-DEAS SolidWorks Microstation (DGN) Publishes assemblies, parts and drawings. Requires an installation and license of Pro/ENGINEER. Publishes assemblies and parts. Requires an installation and license of CADDS5 if publishing drawings. Publishes.model,.session files and drawings. Requires an installation and license of CATIA V4. Publishes assemblies, parts and drawings. Requires an installation and license of Unigraphics. Publishes assemblies, parts and drawings. Requires an installation and license of I-DEAS. Publishes assemblies, parts and drawings. Requires an installation and license of SolidWorks. Publishes structure, parts and drawings from DGN files. Requires minor customization to integrate this adapter with Windchill. ProductView MCAD Adapters from third parties The following adapters are not available to purchase from PTC but provide PTC-certified capabilities. MCAD Tool page 3 of 11
CATIA V5 Publishes parts, assemblies and drawings. Requires an installation and license of CATIA V5. Available from Theorem Solutions www.theorem.co.uk Autodesk Inventor Publishes assemblies, parts and drawings. Available from Theorem Solutions www.theorem.co.uk ProductView 3D Format Adapters The adapters listed below provide the ability to publish from the specified format to lightweight accurate ProductView viewable formats. The adapters can be used in two modes: 1. As a standalone batch mode executable which may be run from the command line or integrated into other software environments. 2. As a worker, typically used in ProductView Graphics Server or Windchill configurations. In worker mode, the adapter is started once and continues to run, awaiting jobs from either the Graphics Server or Windchill JT adapter is an additional cost item. 3D File Format JT IGES Convert JT objects to ProductView viewable files Support for IGES files VRML Supports VRML 1.0 and 2.0 Microstation Supports up to DGN 8.0 GBF STL Supports the format used by EPD.Connect Visualizer. Supports STL files STEP Supports STEP AP203 and AP214 formats ProductView PDF support ProductView PDF provides the ability to publish PDF files for View, Markup within ProductView. The adapters can be used in two modes: PDF Adapter is an additional cost item. Module ProductView Adapter for PDF Additional module for ProductView Standard Edition or Lite Edition which allows view/markup/print/watermarking of PDF files in ProductView (Lite and Standard client). It includes a "special" version of Adobe Acrobat (NOT Adobe Reader). This option also provides Annotation with Adobe tools ProductView PDF Collaboration Interface Additional module for ProductView Standard Edition or Lite Edition which allows view/markup/print/watermarking of PDF files. It is appropriate for customers who already have seats of Adobe Acrobat (NOT Adobe Reader) - or who intend to purchase Acrobat via other means (e.g. via an Adobe reseller). ProductView ECAD support page 4 of 11
ProductView ECAD Viewing option is an additional software component available ONLY for ProductView Standard that must be installed to import the following formats. We recommend ProductView ECAD customers migrate to the PTC InterComm solution family. InterComm solution is an additional cost item. Cadence Mentor Graphics Accel PADS PCAD Protel Zuken Veribest Gerber ProductView Collective Document support Available with ProductView Standard Edition ONLY. Provides native viewing of a wide range of document office style documents. Word, word perfect, Excel etc. and image formats This is the Inside-out plugin that was part of the standard client up to ProductView 7.0. This is the Stellent viewer that pre-r8 standard client was packaged with, now an optional module. The Collective Document adapter is an additional cost item. Note: To view the below formats in ProductView Professional - use ProductView Collective Document Adapter to create PDF files. Supports Standard Word processing formats, spreadsheet formats, database formats, presentation formats. Refer to the tables below for specific formats. Standard Word Processing Formats Software Format ANSI Text (7 & 8 bit) Microsoft Write ASCII Text (7 & 8 bit versions available) MultiMate Corel WordPerfect for Windows Navy DIF DEC WPS Plus (DX) Nota Bene DEC WPS Plus (WPL) Novell Perfect Works DisplayWrite 2 & 3 (TXT) Novell WordPerfect for DOS DisplayWrite 4 & 5 Novell WordPerfect for Mac Enable Novell WordPerfect for Windows First Choice Office Writer Framework PC-File Letter HTML PC-File+ Letter IBM FFT PFS:Write IBM Revisable Form Text Professional Write for DOS IBM Writing Assistant Professional Write Plus Hangul Q&A for DOS JustSystems Ichitaro Q&A Write for Windows JustWrite Samna Word Legacy SmartWare II Lotus AMI/AMI Professional Sprint page 5 of 11
Lotus Manuscript StarOffice Write (UNIX and Windows text extraction only) Lotus WordPro (Win32 platforms) Total Word Lotus WordPro (Non-Windows platforms - text only) Unicode Text MacWrite II Volkswriter 3 & 4 MASS11 Wang PC (IWP) Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) WordMARC Microsoft Word for DOS WordStar 2000 for DOS Microsoft Word for Macintosh WordStar for DOS Microsoft Word for Windows WordStar for Windows Microsoft WordPad XyWrite Microsoft Works for DOS Desktop Publishing Formats: Microsoft Works for Macintosh Adobe FrameMaker (MIF, text only) Microsoft Works for Windows Microsoft Works for Windows Spreadsheet Formats Format Enable First Choice Framework Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2) Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (DOS & Windows) Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (OS/2) Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite Lotus Symphony Microsoft Excel Charts Microsoft Excel for Macintosh Microsoft Excel for Windows Microsoft Multiplan Microsoft Windows Works Microsoft Works (DOS) Microsoft Works (Macintosh) Mosaic Twin Novell Perfect Works PFS:Professional Plan QuattroPro for DOS QuattroPro for Windows SmartWare II StarOffice Calc (UNIX and Windows text extraction only) SuperCalc 5 page 6 of 11
VP Planner 3D Database Formats Access dbase DataEase DBXL Enable First Choice FoxBase Framework Microsoft Windows Works Microsoft Works (DOS) Microsoft Works (Macintosh) Paradox (DOS) Paradox (Windows) Personal R:BASE R:BASE 5000 R:BASE System V Reflex Q & A SmartWare II Standard Graphics Formats Binary Group 3 Fax BMP (including RLE, ICO, CUR & OS/2 DIB & OS/2 Warp) CDR (if TIFF image is embedded in it) CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile DCX (multi-page PCX) DRW - Micrografx Designer DRW - Micrografx Draw EMF EPS Encapsulated PostScript FPX - Kodak Flash Pix GIF - Graphics Interchange Format GP4 - Group 4 CALS Format HPGL - Hewlett Packard Graphics Language IMG - GEM Paint JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format) JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group format (includes EXIF) PBM - Portable Bitmap PCD - Kodak Photo CD PCX Bitmap Perfect Works (Draw) PGM - Portable Graymap PIC Lotus 1-2-3 Picture File Format PICT1 & PICT2 (Raster) page 7 of 11
PNG - Portable Network Graphics Internet Format PNTG PPM - Portable Pixmap Progressive JPEG PSP - Paintshop Pro PSP - Paintshop Pro 6 (Win32 only) SDW Snapshot (Lotus) SRS - Sun Raster File Format Targa TIFF TIFF CCITT Group 3 & 4 VISO WBMP WMF WordPerfect Graphics (WPG and WPG2) XBM - X-Windows Bitmap XPM - X-Windows Pixmap XWD - X-Windows Dump High-End Graphics Formats CDR - Corel Draw GEM - Graphics Environment Manager Metafile PS - Postscript Presentation Formats Corel Presentations Novell Presentations Harvard Graphics for DOS Harvard Graphics Freelance for Windows Freelance for OS/2 Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh StarOffice Impress (UNIX and Windows text extraction only) Compressed and Encoded Formats: GZIP LZA Self Extracting Compress LZH Compress Microsoft Binder MIME (text mail) UNIX Compress UNIX TAR ZIP Other Formats: Executable (EXE, DLL) Executable for Windows NT MSG (text only) Microsoft Project (text only) vcard Electronic Business Card WML page 8 of 11
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ProductView Export formats ProductView Export formats is dependent on the rendering mode. There are two rendering modes Shaded and Hidden Line removal which determine the output formats. The table below highlights the rendering mode and the supported export file formats. Shaded Mode -> Image BMP GIF JPG TIFF TGA WMF PNG EMF Shaded Mode -> 3D format WRL STL DXF IGS Hidden Line Removal mode -> Image BMP GIF JPG TIFF TGA WMF EMF Hidden Line Removal -> 3D format WRL STL DXF IGS Windows DIB Compuserve GIF JPEG TIFF Targa Windows Meta file (Note : supported by ProductView Professional Enhanced Windows Metafile VRML STL (Binary or ASCII) AutoCAD DXF file IGES File Windows DIB Compuserve GIF JPEG TIFF Targa Windows Meta file Enhanced Windows Metafile VRML STL (Binary or ASCII) AutoCAD DXF file IGES File page 10 of 11
Hidden Line Removal -> 2D format CGM HPGL DXF Integer / Real CGM file HPGL file DXF file(note : supported by ProductView Standard page 11 of 11