http://community.visualcomponents.net/27.aspxGeneral info about all of the Visual Components 3DFamily productsenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://community.visualcomponents.net/thread/51.aspxWed, 26 Mar 2008 12:35:34 GMTaad2e229-7569-4b62-b93b-089fa15e658e:51RicardoVelez0http://community.visualcomponents.net/thread/51.aspxhttp://community.visualcomponents.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=51<p>We are CAD neutral; one layout can consist of many different CAD formats and we do not create any new CAD formats. 3DStudio and VRML2 files are a convenient format as they can have already predefined materials that give great model realism. Most CAD systems have an output format we can accept. If none exists a new loader can be developed with our geometry loader API. Our COM API also supports CAD interoperability whereby native CAD files can be read directly.</p><p>There are also some add-ons like SolidWorks Reader and Polytrans add-on that are able to read certain file formats.&nbsp; <br /></p>