You can import and export these types of files, which are described in the topics. See also Importing and Exporting SolidWorks Documents.
3D XML
Mechanical Desktop®
ACIS®
Parasolid® text and binary
Adobe® Illustrator®
PDF
Autodesk Inventor®
Pro/ENGINEER®
CADKEY®
Rhino®
CATIA® Graphics
ScanTo3D
DXF 3D
Solid Edge®
DXF™/DWG
STEP
eDrawings®
STL
Highly Compressed Graphics
TIFF™
HOOPS®
U3D
IDF
Unigraphics®
IGES
VDAFS
JPEG
Viewpoint®
VRML
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