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File formats supported in Autodesk Fusion

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Issue:

A list of file formats that are compatible with Autodesk Fusion and can be imported into the software.

Solution:

By filename extension:

  • *.3dm
  • *.3mf
  • *.asm
  • *.brd
  • *.cam360
  • *.CATPart
  • *.CATProduct
  • *.dwg
  • *.dxf
  • *.f3d
  • *.fbx
  • *.g
  • *.iam
  • *.ige
  • *.iges
  • *.igs
  • *.ipt
  • *.jt 
  • *.neu
  • *.obj
  • *.prt
  • *.sab
  • *.sat
  • *.sch
  • *.skp
  • *.sldasm
  • *.sldprt
  • *.smb
  • *.smt
  • *.ste
  • *.step
  • *.stl
  • *.stp
  • *.svg
  • *.tsm
  • *.wire
  • *.x_b
  • *.x_t
  • *.123dx

By program name:

  • 3D Manufacturing Format (*.3mf)
  • Autodesk Alias (*.wire).
  • AutoCAD DWG Files (*.dwg).
  • Autodesk Fusion Archive Files (*.f3d).
  • Autodesk Fusion Toolpath Archive Files (*.cam360).
  • Autodesk Inventor Files (*.ipt, *.iam - including Inventor 2026).
  • CATIA V5 Files (*.CATProduct, *.CATPart).
  • DXF Files (*.dxf).
  • Electronics Board Files (*.brd)
  • Electronics Schematic Files (*.sch)
  • FBX (*.fbx).
  • IGES (*ige, *iges, *igs).
  • NX (*prt).
  • OBJ (*.obj).
  • Parasolid Binary Files (*.x_b).
  • Parasolid Text Files (*.x_t).
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Parametric Files (*.asm, *.prt).
  • Pro/ENGINEER Granite Files (*.g).
  • Pro/ENGINEER Neutral Files(*.neu).
  • Rhino Files (*.3dm).
  • SAT/SMT Files (*.sab, *.sat, *.smb, *.smt) - (note: Fusion only supports up to ACIS version 7 - later versions of ACIS SAT files will not be uploaded).
  • Siemens NX (*.jt) 
  • SOLIDWORKS Files (*.prt, *.asm, *.sldprt, *.sldasm - including SOLIDWORKS 2025) (note: SOLIDWORKS drawings, *.slddrw, cannot be opened in Fusion).
  • STEP Files (*.ste, *.step, *.stp).
  • STL Files (*.stl)​.
  • SVG Files (*.svg)
  • TSM Files (*.tsm)
  • SketchUp Files (*.skp).
  • 123D File (*.123dx).

Note:

  • Drawing or sketch files can only be imported as *.svg, *.dwg, or *.dxf files.
  • Not all data from non-Autodesk file types will be available in Fusion. Fusion translates the geometric data to create a Fusion friendly 2D or 3D model of the design. It does not retain all information that is available in the original program. 

Fusion for Personal Use can open and export the following file types:

  • Autodesk Fusion Archive Files (*.f3d)
  • 3MF Files (*.3mf)
  • Autodesk Inventor 2024 Files (*.ipt)
  • FBX Files (*.fbx)
  • OBJ Files (*.obj)
  • SketchUp Files (*.skp)
  • SMT Files (*.smt)
  • STEP Files (".stp *.step)
  • STL Files (*.stl) 
  • USD Files (*.usdz)

Autodesk Fusion for Personal Use file types

Note: Fusion for Personal use cannot export 3D models as a DXF file, but individual sketches can be exported as DXF files with the right click context menu. 

Autodesk Fusion for Personal Use export a sketch as a DXF file type.

 

Products:

Fusion;

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