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    Import/Export Third Party File Formats - CONNECT Edition

      Product: MicroStation
      Version: CONNECT
      Environment: N\A
      Area: Interchange
      Subarea: General

    File Format List

    MicroStation CONNECT Edition is able to import/export the following file formats for the versions listed:

    Format Can import versions Can export versions
    DWG

    14, 2000/2000i/2002, 2004/2005/2006,

    2007/2008/2009, 2010/2011/2012,

    2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018

    14, 2000/2000i/2002, 2004/2005/2006, 2007/2008/2009,

    2010/2011/2012, 2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018

    DXF

    11/12, 14, 2000/2000i/2002, 2004/2005/2006,

    2007/2008/2009, 2010/2011/2012,

    2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018

    11/12, 14, 2000/2000i/2002, 2004/2005/2006,

    2007/2008/2009, 2010/2011/2012,

    2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018

    FBX

    Up to and including 2011

    Up to and including 2011

    STL

    SKP (SketchUp) Up to and including 2017 2015, 2016 and 2017
    JT
    IGES 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0 fixed-length ASCII 4.0, 5.0, or 5.3 fixed-length ASCII
    Parasolid XMT All up to 13.0 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 12.0, 12.1, or 13.0
    ACIS SAT All up to 25.0 25.0
    CGM 1.0 1.0
    STEP AP203 International Standard (IS) International Standard (IS)
    STEP AP214 Draft International Standard (DIS) Draft International Standard (DIS)
    Acute3D (.3mx)

    The following table lists file formats which can either be only exported or only imported into MicroStation:

    Export Only Import Only
    VRML World TerrainModel LandXML
    SVG Image (JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF, and others)
    OBJ TXT
    Luxology (LXO) IFC
    Google Earth (KML) RFA (read Only)
    Collada (DAE)
    U3D

    See also

    Bentley iModel Bridges - File Format Support

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      Original Author: Erik Mendoza
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    • Erik Mendoza Created by Bentley Colleague Erik Mendoza
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