Name | DXF | STL |
Full name | DXF - Drawing Interchange Format | Stereolithography File Format |
File extension | .dxf | .stl |
MIME type | image/vnd.dxf | |
Developed by | Autodesk | 3D Systems |
Type of format | CAD | |
Description | AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. Versions of AutoCAD from Release 10 and up support both ASCII and binary forms of DXF. Earlier versions support only ASCII. | STL is a file format native to the stereolithography CAD software created by 3D Systems. This file format is supported by many other software packages. It is widely used for rapid prototyping, 3D printing and computer-aided manufacturing. STL files describe only the surface geometry of a three-dimensional object without any representation of color, texture or other common CAD model attributes. The STL format specifies both ASCII and binary representations. Binary files are more common, since they are more compact. |
Technical details | As AutoCAD has become more powerful, supporting more complex object types, DXF has become less useful. Certain object types, including ACIS solids and regions, are not documented. DXF coordinates are always without dimensions so that the reader or user needs to know the drawing unit or has to extract it from the textual comments in the sheets. | An STL file describes a raw, unstructured triangulated surface by the unit normal and vertices (ordered by the right-hand rule) of the triangles using a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. In the original specification, all STL coordinates were required to be positive numbers, but this restriction is no longer enforced and negative coordinates are commonly encountered in STL files today. STL files contain no scale information, and the units are arbitrary. |
File conversion | DXF conversion | STL conversion |
Associated programs | AutoCAD | TurboCAD, GOM Inspect, STL Viewer, Geomagic Explorer, Parametric Technology Creo, Dassault Systemes CATIA, KeyCreator, MeshLab, SolidWorks, Pro/Engineer, CloudCompare, Blender, AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Autodesk Inventor, Mechanical Desktop |
Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD_DXF | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format) |
SAT Format D7.0 @ An at sign starts a string record. If these reserved characters are encountered in unknown entity string data when a.sat file is restored (read in), the unknown entity reader will not process the data correctly because these. SAT Save File Format By ACIS ACIS can store modeling information in external files, called save files. These files have an open format so that external applications, even those not based on ACIS, can have access to the ACIS geometric model. Keyspan usa 28xb drivers for mac.
.sat File Extension
- Hi, I have a sat file which I am unable to open in cad. The header of the file is: 500 0 2 0 20 Intergraph S3D v2013 14 ACIS 23.0.2 NT 24 Tue Jun 16 16: I tried in Autocad 2013 and 2015. Thanks & Regards Sanjay Pandey.
- The SAT file type is primarily associated with ACIS. SAT is the Standard ACIS Text format for exchanging information with the ACIS geometry definitions. ACIS is the 3D modeling software from Spatial, a division of Dassault Systemes of France. Any ACIS-based CAD program will open the file.