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The VDA/FS and ACIS to FBD translators are bundled with the open source and extended versions of CalculiX for Windows. The others are bundled with the Extended Version of CalculiX for Windows.

	Export
Import	BREP	FBD	IGES	STEP	STL	VRML
ACIS	-	X	-	-	-	-	V4
BREP	same	X	X	X	X	X	-
IGES	X	X	same	X	X	X	5.3
STEP	X	X	X	same	X	X	AP203 & AP214
STL	X	X	X	X	same	X	ASCII & binary
VDA	-	X	-	-	-	-	FS
	-	CGX	5.3	AP214	ASCII	V1 & V2

Extended version

IGES:

Supports IGES versions up to and including version 5.3

Translates to BREP

Translates to STEP (AP214)

Translates to STL (A)

Translates to VRML (1.0 or 2.0)

Entities translated to FBD:

• Points

• Straight Lines

• Arcs

• B-Splines

• B-Spline Surfaces

Translations of some public domain IGES files to FBD

STEP:

Supports STEP version AP203 and AP214

Translates to BREP

Translates to IGES (5.3)

Translates to STL (A)

Translates to VRML (1.0 or 2.0)

Entities translated to FBD:

• Points

• Straight Lines

• Arcs

• B-Splines

• B-Spline Surfaces

Open source translators

ACIS:

Supports ACIS version 4 (version 7 will be available in the next release of the ACIS translator)
The Perl script was written by Roland Felde. A C++ implementation is shipped with CalculiX for
Windows to remove the Perl dependency. This was written by Convergent Mechanical
Solutions and supports the same entities.

Entities translated to FBD:

• Points

• Straight Lines

• Elliptic Curves

• Shells

• Bodies

VDA:

Supports VDA-FS
Tool written by Johannes Barner.

Entities translated to FBD:

• Point

• Circle

• Curve

• Surface

• Cons

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