Before You Begin: Browsers and File Types

Browsers

Vertex supports the two most recent versions of the following browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Mozilla Firefox (desktop only)
  • Safari

File types

Vertex supports all major CAD and Neutral formats. If you do not see your specific file format in the list, please contact support@vertex3d.com to determine support: 

File type File extension Versions
3DXML .3DXML

All

ACIS SAT

Up to 2023

CATIA .CATProduct, .CATPart, .model, .CATShape, .cgr 4 ‑ 6
Compressed .zip, .7z, .tar, .tar.gz, .gz N/A
Creo/Pro-E .asm, .prt, .neu Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 11
Creo View .pvz, .ol Creo View 4 ‑ 7 and Creo View ECAD 6.1.0.0
GLTF .gltf, .glb Version 2.0
IFC .ifc 2 ‑ 4
IGES .iges, .igs Up to 5.3
Inventor .iam, .ipt Up to 2025
JT .jt 8.0 ‑ 10.9
NX - Unigraphics .prt 11.0 ‑ 12.0 and 1847‑2406
OBJ .obj All
Parasolid .x_b, .x_t, .xmt, .xmt_txt Up to 37.0
Revit .rvt, .rfa 2015 ‑ 2025
Rhino .3dm 4 ‑ 8
Solid Edge .asm, .par 19 ‑ 20, ST1‑ST10, and 2021 - 2025
SolidWorks .sldasm, .sldprt 97 ‑ 2025
STEP .step, .stp AP203, AP214, AP242
STL .stl N/A

NOTE: If the file is an assembly file, you need to take additional steps to prepare it for Vertex. This is so Vertex can properly import all of the data included in an assembly file.