TRANSLATOR is a powerful extension that further extends the possibilities for collaboration by supporting direct opening of file formats from other CAD solutions.

Translator is the import and export filter that allows IRONCAD, INOVATE , and DRAFT to open files directly from SolidWorks, Inventor, CATIA V5, Solid Edge, NX, Creo, JT, IFC, and Rhino. The model is imported as true geometry, not as a “dead copy”: you can edit, combine, and build upon it without a history tree, and IRONCAD automatically selects the ACIS or Parasolid kernel for the best results. No conversion, no lost dimensions.
The standard installation of IRONCAD already opens IronCAD files, STEP AP203/214, IGES, Parasolid (.x_t), and ACIS (.sat) files. Translator adds the system-specific formats, allowing the customer’s or supplier’s original files to be opened directly without an intermediate step via STEP.
Translator is an import and export filter that allows IRONCAD, INOVATE , and DRAFT to open files from the most common CAD systems directly. Imported geometry can be modified without a history tree, and IRONCAD uses both the ACIS and Parasolid kernels for optimal import results.
For IRONCAD, INOVATE , and DRAFT: SolidWorks (sldprt, sldasm), Inventor (ipt, iam), CATIA V5 (import and export), Solid Edge, UG NX, Pro/E Creo, JT, IFC, Rhinoceros (.3dm), and DXF/DWG up to version 2026.
Yes, in a separate version that, in addition to the CAD formats listed above, also includes visualization formats such as VRML, OBJ, STL, SketchUp (.skp), 3D Studio, CATIA V4, and point clouds (.pts, .ptx, .xyz).
The standard installation supports, among other things, IronCAD files, STEP AP203/214, IGES, Parasolid (.x_t), and ACIS (.sat). Translator adds the system-specific formats.
No. Unlike many CAD systems, IRONCAD does not require you to recreate the model after importing it. You can edit, combine, and build upon the geometry immediately, and both the metadata and the geometry are preserved.
Translator Included in the complete installation file for IronCAD DCS and activated with a license. Contact Solidmakarna us for a license and a quote.