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May 30, 2024
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Import and export formats
This page gives an overview of the file formats supported by each applications at import and export time.
Application / Format |
Painter | Sampler | Designer | Stager | Modeler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in | out | in | out | in | out | in | out | in | out | |
| Materials | ||||||||||
| SBSAR | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MDL | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| GLSL | X | X | ||||||||
| MaterialX | X | X | ||||||||
| 3D Scenes | ||||||||||
| FBX | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| ABC | X | |||||||||
| OBJ | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| DAE | X | X | X | |||||||
| PLY | X | X | X | |||||||
| GLTF | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| USD | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 3DS | X | |||||||||
| DXF | X | |||||||||
| STL | X | X | X | |||||||
| SKP | X | |||||||||
| 3DM | X | |||||||||
| ASM | X | |||||||||
| CATPART | X | |||||||||
| CATPRODUCT | X | |||||||||
| IGS | X | X | ||||||||
| IGES | X | X | ||||||||
| JT | X | X | ||||||||
| STP | X | X | ||||||||
| STEP | X | X | ||||||||
| SLDPRT | X | |||||||||
| SLDASM | X | |||||||||
| PRT | X | |||||||||
| X_T | X | |||||||||
| SBSM | X | X | ||||||||
| VDB | X | X | ||||||||
| Lights | ||||||||||
| EXR | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| HDR | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| IBL | X | |||||||||
| SBSAR | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Projects | ||||||||||
| SBS (Designer) | X | X | ||||||||
| SPP (Painter) | X | X | ||||||||
ALCH (Sampler - legacy) SSA (Sampler) |
X |
X |
||||||||
DN (Dimension) SSG (Stager) |
X |
X |
||||||||
| SMOD (Modeler) | X | X | ||||||||
| PSD (Photoshop) | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| AI (Illustrator) | X | |||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||
| ABR | X | |||||||||
| Image (png, tiff, etc.) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Vector (svg) | X | X | ||||||||
