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# Computer-Aided Design Formats

Supported CAD Formats

Format | Version | Reader | Extension | Filter | Export | View | Extract | Metadata | Charset | Header/Footer
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AutoCAD Drawing | R13, R14, R15/2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 | kpODArdr kpDWGrdr1On Windows platforms, kpODArdr is used for all versions up to 2007 and graphic rendering is supported; for later versions, only text extraction is supported through the kpDWGrdr or kpDXFrdr reader. | DWG | Y | Y2On non-Windows platforms, graphic rendering is supported through the kpDWGrdr reader for versions R13, R14, R15, and R18 (2004); for other versions, only text extraction is supported. | Y 3On non-Windows platforms, graphic rendering is supported through the kpDWGrdr reader for versions R13, R14, R15, and R18 (2004); for other versions, only text extraction is supported. | N | Y | Y | N
AutoCAD Drawing Exchange | R13, R14, R15/2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 | kpODArdr kpDXFrdr4On Windows platforms, kpODArdr is used for all versions up to 2007 and graphic rendering is supported; for later versions, only text extraction is supported through the kpDWGrdr or kpDXFrdr reader. | DXF | Y | Y5On non-Windows platforms, graphic rendering is supported through the kpDXFrdr reader for versions R13, R14, R15, and R18 (2004); for other versions, only text extraction is supported. | Y6On Windows platforms, kpODArdr is used for all versions up to 2007 and graphic rendering is supported; for later versions, only text extraction is supported through the kpDWGrdr or kpDXFrdr reader. | N | Y | Y | N
CATIA formats | 5 | kpCATrdr | CAT7All CAT file extensions, for example CATDrawing, CATProduct, CATPart, and so on. | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Microsoft Visio | 4, 5, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 20108Viewing and Export use the graphic reader, kpVSD2rdr for Microsoft Visio 2003, 2007, and 2010, and vsdsr for all earlier versions. Image fidelity in Viewing and Export is therefore only supported for versions 2003 and above. Filter uses the graphic reader kpVSD2rdr for Microsoft Visio 2003, 2007, and 2010, and vsdsr for all earlier versions. | vsdsr | VSD | Y | Y | Y | Y9Extraction of embedded OLE objects is supported for Filter on Windows platforms only. | Y | Y | N
kpVSD2rdr | VSD, VSS VST | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N
2013 | ActiveX components | VSDM VSSM VSTM VSDX VSSX VSTX | N | N | Y10 Visio 2013 is supported in Viewing only, with the support of ActiveX components from the Microsoft Visio 2013 Viewer. Image fidelity is supported but other features, such as highlighting, are not. | N | Y | N | N
kpVSDXrdr | VSDM VSSM VSTM VSDX VSSX VSTX | Y | Y | Y4 | Y | Y | Y | N
Unigraphics (UG) NX |  | kpUGrdr | PRT | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N

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