IGES 5.x

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Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, or IGES, establishes information structures for the digital representation and exchange of product definition data. It supports exchanging this data among Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD and CAM, respectively) systems. IGES defines file structure and language formats to represent geometric, topographical, and non-geometric product definition data. These formats are independent of the modeling method used, and they support data exchange using physical media or electronic communication protocols.

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• BRL-CADOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
• Q251322Open sourcereads and writes · GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later
• SALOMEOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
• Visualization ToolkitOpen sourcereads · 3-clause BSD License
• Alibre Designreads and writes
• Amapi Pro 7reads and writes
• Autodesk 3DS Max 8reads and writes
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• Maya 6.0reads and writes
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• Nugrafwrites
• PhotoModelerwrites · proprietary license
• PolyTrans 4.1.2writes
• Rhinoceros 3Dreads and writes · proprietary license
• SOLIDWORKSreads and writes · proprietary license
• TransMagicreads and writes
• TurboCAD 9.1reads and writes
• VariCADwrites · proprietary license
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• VisualARQreads and writes
• Abaqusreads · proprietary license
• ABViewerreads
• Adobe FrameMaker 5.5reads
• Autodesk 3ds Maxreads · proprietary license
• Autodesk Inventorreads · proprietary license
• EliteCADreads
• Form-Zreads
• Fusion 360reads
• IntelliCADreads
• KeyCreatorreads
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• Navisworksreads
• NXreads · proprietary license
• Onshapereads · proprietary license
• Q942363reads
• Solid Edgereads · proprietary license
• SpaceClaimreads
• T-FLEX CADreads · proprietary license

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• File Formats Wiki
• PRONOM x-fmt/158
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