BIM 360 Glue normalizes all design file formats into the Autodesk Navisworks format. Navisworks has its own native file formats (.nwd, .nwf, .nwc); however Autodesk Navisworks based solutions can additionally read a combination of many popular 3D CAD formats. The following table lists the CAD file formats currently supported by Autodesk Navisworks 2019 solutions.
The information below is also available as a PDF document (Navisworks 2019 Supported Formats and Applications), with additional information on CAD applications and properties currently supported by Autodesk Navisworks 2019 solutions, along with any additional information that may be necessary to review your project files in Navisworks software.
Note: Unless stated below, backward compatibility for previous versions cannot always be guaranteed.
| Format | Extension | File Format Version |
|---|---|---|
| Navisworks | .nwd .nwf .nwc | All versions |
| AutoCAD | .dwg, .dxf | Up to AutoCAD 2019 |
| MicroStation (SE, J, V8 & XM) | .dgn .prp .prw | v7, v8 |
| 3D Studio | .3ds .prj | Up to Autodesk 3ds Max 2019 |
| ACIS SAT | .sat .sab | All ASM SAT. Up to ACIS SAT v7 |
| Catia | .model .session .exp .dlv3 .CATPart .CATProduct .cgr | V4, v5 |
| CIS/2 | .stp | STRUCTURAL_FRAME_SCHEMA |
| DWF/DWFx | .dwf .dwfx | All previous versions |
| FBX | .fbx | FBX SDK 2019.0 |
| IFC | .ifc | IFC2X_PLATFORM, IFC2X_FINAL, IFC2X2_FINAL, IFC2X3, IFC4 |
| IGES | .igs .iges | All versions |
| Inventor | .ipt .iam .ipj | Up to Inventor 2019 |
| Informatix MicroGDS | .man .cv7 | v10 |
| JT Open | .jt | Up to 10.0 |
| NX | .prt | Up to 9.0 |
| PDS Design Review | .dri | Legacy file format. Support up to 2007. |
| Parasolids | .x_b | Up to schema 26 |
| Pro/ENGINEER | .prt .asm .g .neu | Wildfire 5.0, Creo Parametric 1.0-3.0 |
| RVM | .rvm | Up to 12.0 SP5 |
| Revit | .rvt | Up to 2019 |
| SketchUp | .skp | v5 up to 2016 |
| Solidworks | .prt .sldprt .asm .sldasm | 2001 Plus-2015 |
| STEP | .stp .step | AP214, AP203E3, AP242 |
| STL | .stl | Binary only |
| VRML | .wrl .wrz | VRML1, VRML2 |
| All versions | ||
| Rhino | .3dm | Up to 5.0 |