Latest news:
17/09/2024: MatConvert 11.0 (Q3 2024 Release - default in Magics 28.01)
15/05/2024: MatConvert 10.9 (Q2 2024 Release - default in Magics 28.0)
20/02/2024: MatConvert 10.8
22/01/2024: MatConvert 10.7 (Q1 2024 Release - default in Magics 27.03)
28/09/2023: New known issue - Missing CAD import(s) after Magics upgrade (resolved with Magics 27.03)
28/09/2023: MatConvert 10.6 (Q4 2023 Release - default in Magics 27.02)
21/06/2023: MatConvert 10.5 (Q3 2023 Release - default in Magics 27.01)
24/04/2023: MatConvert 10.4 (Q2 2023 Release - default in Magics 27.0)
12/01/2023: MatConvert 10.3 (Q1 2023 Release)
17/10/2022: MatConvert 10.2 (Q4 2022 Release)
29/07/2022: MatConvert 10.1 (Q3 2022 Release - default in Magics 26.01 and 26.02)
13/05/2022: MatConvert 10.0 (Q2 2022 Release - default in Magics 26.0)
MatConvert is a plug-in to the Magics software, that enables the import of native CAD formats, the export of STEP and the import and export of 3MF into Magics. MatConvert is embedded into your Magics installation, but can be updated separately, allowing you to import the latest CAD formats in your current Magics version. Every quarter a new MatConvert is being released, which is also being integrated in the quarterly Magics Maintenance release.
Please note that upon installation of a new MatConvert, a license reactivation might be needed (see Missing CAD import(s) after Magics upgrade).
Release info
MatConvert 11.0 - Q3 2024
What's new:
- A newly supported file format Catia Graphics Representation (*.cgr)
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| Siemens NX |
*.prt |
15 to NX 2312 Series (until 2312.7000) |
| Autodesk Inventor |
*.ipt |
9 to 2025 |
| Revit |
*.rvt |
2011 to 2025 |
Build version: 11.0.0.48 — available via https://passwords.materialise.com/Download
MatConvert 10.9 - Q2 2024
What's new:
- Allow to import *.3mf files with missing references
- Enable preservation of UUID for *.3mf (in combination with Magics 28 and higher)
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| CATIA 5 | *.CATPart, *.CATProduct | R10 to V5-6R2024 |
Siemens NX |
*.prt | 15 to NX 2312 Series (until 2312.4000) |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V36.1 |
Build version: 10.9.0.21 — available via https://passwords.materialise.com/Download
MatConvert 10.8 - Q1 2024
What's new:
- ‘Use topology information’ parameter has been removed (but the functionality remained and is always ON)
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| CATIA 6 | *.3dxml | R2010x to R2024x |
Siemens NX |
*.prt | 15 to NX 2306 Series (until 2306.7000) |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V36.0 |
Solidworks |
*.sldprt, *.sldasm | 2006 to 2024 |
| Solid Edge | *.par | 10 to 2024 |
Build version: 10.8.0.12 — available via https://passwords.materialise.com/Download
MatConvert 10.7 - Q1 2024
What's new:
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 2306 Series (until 2306.4000) |
| Parasolid (by Siemens PLM) | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V36.0 |
Build version: 10.7.0.7 — available via https://passwords.materialise.com/Download
MatConvert 10.6 - Q4 2023
What's new:
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| ACIS SAT | *.sat | Up to 2023 1.0 |
| Autodesk Inventor | *.ipt | 9 to 2024 |
| Pro/Engineer | *.prt, *.asm | 2000i to Creo 10.0 |
| Revit | *.rvt | 2011 to 2024 |
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 2212 Series (until 2212.7000) |
| SketchUp | *.skp | SketchUp 2023 |
Build version: 10.6.0.11 — available via https://passwords.materialise.com/Download
MatConvert 10.5 - Q3 2023
What's new:
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| ACIS SAT | *.sat | Up to 2022 1.0 |
| CATIA 5 | *.CATPart, *.CATProduct | R10 to V5-6R2023 (R33) |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V35.1 |
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 2212 Series (to 2212.4000) |
Build version: 10.5.0.13 — available via https://passwords.materialise.com/Download
MatConvert 10.4 - Q2 2023
What's new:
- *.3mf is being exported using zip64 instead of zip32 to support export of larger data
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| Autodesk Inventor | *.ipt | 9 to 2023 |
| CATIA 5 | *.CATPart, *.CATProduct | R10 to V5-6R2022 (R32) |
| CATIA 6 | *.3dxml | R2010x to R2023x |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V35 |
| Pro/Engineer | *.prt, *.asm | 2000i to Creo 9.0 |
| Rhino | *.3dm | Rhino 7.11 |
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 2206 Series |
| SketchUp | *.skp | SketchUp 2022 |
| Solid Edge | *.par | 10 to 2023 |
| Solidworks | *.sldprt, *.sldasm | 2006 to 2023 |
| STEP | *.stp, *.step | AP203 (E1, E2), AP214 (up to E3), AP242 (E1,E2, E3) |
Build version: 10.4.0.10 — available via https://passwords.materialise.com/Download
MatConvert 10.3 - Q1 2023
What's new:
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 2007 Series , 2008 , 2011, 2015, 2019 , 2027, 2206 |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V35.0 |
Build version: 10.3.0.11
MatConvert 10.2 - Q4 2022
What's new:
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| CATIA 5 | *.CATPart, *.CATProduct | R10 to V5-6R2022 (R32) |
| CATIA 6 | *.3dxml | R2010x to R2022x |
| Pro/Engineer | *.prt, *.asm | 2000i to Creo 9.0 |
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 2007 Series , 2008 , 2011, 2015, 2019 , 2027 |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V34.1 |
| SketchUp | *.skp | SketchUp 2022 |
| Autodesk Inventor | *.ipt | 9 to 2023 |
Build version: 10.2.0.7
MatConvert 10.1 - Q3 2022
What's new:
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| JT | *.jt | 6.4 to 10.7 |
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 1980 Series until 2000 |
| Revit | *.rvt | 2011 to 2022 |
| Solidworks | *.sldprt, *.sldasm | 2006 to 2022 |
| Solid Edge | *.par | 10 to 2022 |
Build version: 10.1.0.28
MatConvert 10.0 - Q2 2022
What's new:
- All CAD files can now be imported as BREP into Magics (Magics 26 or higher is needed)
- CATIA 4 is no longer supported
- More recent versions supported of the following formats:
| ACIS SAT | *.sat | Up to 2021 1.0 |
Pro/Engineer |
*.prt, *.asm | 2000i to Creo 8.0 |
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 1980 Series until 1988 |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V34 |
| Autodesk Inventor | *.ipt | 9 to 2022 |
| Revit | *.rvt | 2015 to 2022 |
Build version: 10.0.0.28
Supported CAD formats
Latest update on 17/09/2024 - available through MatConvert 11.0.
Please note that the ‘all imports’ license is needed for all these CAD formats, except for importing STEP files.
| Via 'Magics RP' base license | ||
| STEP |
*.stp, *.step |
AP203 (E1, E2), AP214 (up to E3), AP242 (E1,E2, E3) |
| VRML |
*.wrl, *.vrml, *.x3dv |
1.0 and VRML 97, X3D 3.3 |
| Via ‘all imports’ module | ||
| IGES | *.igs, *.iges | Version 5.3 |
| ACIS SAT | *.sat | Up to 2023 1.0 |
| JT | *.jt | 6.4 to 10.7 |
| Rhino | *.3dm | Rhino 7.11 |
| CATIA 5 | *.CATPart, *.CATProduct | R10 to V5-6R2024 |
| CATIA 6 | *.3dxml | R2010x to R2024x |
| CATIA Graphics Representation | *.cgr | R10 to V5-6R2024 |
| Pro/Engineer | *.prt, *.asm | 2000i to Creo 10.0 |
| Siemens NX | *.prt | 15 to NX 2312 Series (until 2312.7000) |
| Parasolid | *.x_t, *.x_b | V7 to V36.1 |
| SketchUp | *.skp | SketchUp 2023 |
| Autodesk Inventor | *.ipt | 9 to 2025 |
| Revit | *.rvt | 2011 to 2025 |
| Solidworks | *.sldprt, *.sldasm | 2006 to 2024 |
| Solid Edge | *.par | 10 to 2024 |
Compatibility with Magics
Any Magics version supports all versions of MatConvert that are released during its lifetime
- From the original release date of the major version till the EoL of the major version
- Supported combinations are highlighted in green in the table below
Every Magics version is upon release bundled with the latest available version of MatConvert
- Release combinations are indicated in the table below with an ‘x’
| 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | |
| Magics 26.0 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 26.01 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 26.02 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 27.0 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 27.01 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 27.02 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 27.03 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 28.0 | x | ||||||||||
| Magics 28.01 | x |