3D Design Programs: Tools for Your Trade

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Kraftwurx Pro-Quote™ system will accept uploads in many model formats including .STL, .OBJ, .X3D (COLLADA), .DAE, VRML(WRL). To assist you, we've compiled a list of 3D Design Programs to help you model or design your product. We've broken the list down into Premium, Entry Level and Free tools. If you feel we have missed one that is important; please let us know, and we will be happy to add it to the list. If you have experience with any of these packages, please share it in the community.

DESIGN & AUTHORING TOOLS

3D FILE FORMATS

.3dm / .3dx

• OpenNURBS Initiative 3D Model (used by Rhinoceros 3D) (.3dm)

.igs / .iges

• IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

.stp / .step

• STEP Standard for the Exchange of Product model data (CATIA)

.sldprt / .sldasm

• SLDASM  SolidWorks Assembly Document (.sldasm)
• SLDPRT  SolidWorks Part Document (.sldprt)

.fbx

• FBX  Autodesk FBX (.fbx)

.lwo

• LWO  Lightwave Object (.lwo)

.stl

• STL Stereo Lithographic data format (see STL (file format)) used by various CAD systems and stereo lithographic printing machines.

.obj

• OBJ  Wavefront .obj file (.obj)

.ply

• Polygon File Format Wikipedia Link
  

.slc

• .SLC files are used in the fused deposition modeling (FDM) process from Stratasys, Inc.
  

.vrml/.wrl

FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS

Kraftwurx will eventually accept and work with the following file formats:

• DMF  QuickDraw 3D Metafile (.3dmf)
• 3DM  OpenNURBS Initiative 3D Model (used by Rhinoceros 3D) (.3dm)
• 3DS Legacy 3D Studio Model (.3ds)
• AC  AC3D Model (.ac)
• AMF Additive Manufacturing File Format
• AN8  Anim8or Model (.an8)
• AOI  Art of Illusion Model (.aoi)
• B3D  Blitz3D Model (.b3d)
• BLEND  Blender (.blend)
• BLOCK  Blender encrypted blend files (.block)
• C4D  Cinema 4D (.c4d)
• Cal3D  Cal3D (.cal3d)
• CCP4 X-ray crystallography voxels (electron density)
• CFL  Compressed File Library (.cfl)
• COB  Caligari Object (.cob)
• CORE3D  Coreona 3D Coreona 3D Virtual File(.core3d)
• CTM  OpenCTM (.ctm)
• DAE  COLLADA (.dae)
• DFF  RenderWare binary stream, commonly used by Grand Theft Auto III-era games as well as other RenderWare titles
• DPM  deepMesh (.dpm)
• DTS  Torque Game Engine (.dts)
• EGG  Panda3D Engine
• FACT  Electric Image (.fac)
• FBX  Autodesk FBX (.fbx)
• G  BRL-CAD geometry (.g)
• GLM  Ghoul Mesh (.glm)
• LWO  Lightwave Object (.lwo)
• LWS  Lightwave Scene (.lws)
• LXO  Luxology Modo (software) file (.lxo)
• MA  Autodesk Maya ASCII File (.ma)
• MAX  Autodesk 3D Studio Max file (.max)
• MB  Autodesk Maya Binary File (.mb)
• MD2 Quake 2 model format (.md2)
• MD3 Quake 3 model format (.md3)
• MDX  Blizzard Entertainment's own model format (.mdx)
• MESH  New York University(.m)
• MESH  Meshwork Model (.mesh)
• MM3D  Misfit Model 3d (.mm3d)
• MRC voxels in cryo-electron microscopy
• NIF  Gamebryo NetImmerse File (.nif)
• OBJ  Wavefront .obj file (.obj)
• OFF  OFF Object file format (.off)
• PRC  Adobe PRC (embedded in PDF files)
• POV  POV-Ray document (.pov)
• RWX  RenderWare Object (.rwx)
• SIA  Nevercenter Silo Object (.sia)
• SIB  Nevercenter Silo Object (.sib)
• SKP  Google Sketchup file (.skp)
• SLDASM  SolidWorks Assembly Document (.sldasm)
• SLDPRT  SolidWorks Part Document (.sldprt)
• SMD  Valve's format. (.smd)
• U3D  Universal 3D file format (.u3d)
• VUE  Vue scene file (.vue)
• WINGS  Wings3D (.wings)
• X  DirectX 3D Model (.x)
• X3D  Extensible 3D (.x3d)
• Z3D  Zmodeler (.z3d)