Imports / Exports

Hexagon allows you to communicate with other 3D software products for other modeling operations or obviously for preparing materials, textures, rendering and animations of the models created by Hexagon.

To do this, Hexagon can read and write several 3D file formats.

The DAZ Carrara native file format. Only export is supported.

Carrara is the natural companion of Hexagon for rendering and animation of Hexagon models. The Hexagon to Carrara export is very complete.

Files created by Hexagon are compatible with Carrara 4.1 or later.

• Exports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, materials (Color, transparency, bump), UVs, shading domains, etc.

The Wavefront object format.

This format developed by Wavefront is becoming a de facto standard for exchanging 3D polygonal data. This is the recommended exchange file format to and from Hexagon.

• Imports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, materials, UVs, shading domains
• Exports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, materials, UVs, shading domains

The file format of the Autodesk's 3D Studio rendering and animation tools.

Like OBJ, 3DS is considered as a de facto standard. To be used only if OBJ does not give good results

• Imports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups.
• Exports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups.

Autodesk's Autocad clear text file format.

Used mostly for exchanging technical data sets (architecture, etc.).

• Imports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, lines.
• Exports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, lines.

Autodesk's Autocad native binary file format.

Used mostly for exchanging technical data sets (architecture, etc.). More compact than DXF.

• Imports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, lines.
• Exports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, lines.

Format used for stereolithography (rapid prototyping). Only export is supported.

This format produces only a list of triangles with normals and so should not be used for other purpose than stereolithography.

• Export: object geometry as a set of triangles

Native file format of Amapi Designer.

Hexagon is an evolution of the Amapi Designer product family and so supports its file format.

• Imports: objects geometry, dynamic geometry, names, scene and groups, lines.
• Exports: objects geometry, names, scene and groups, lines

Native file format of Adobe Illustrator, version 3.2. Only import is supported.

Illustrator is a very well known 2D illustration program. Hexagon can read 2D vector Illustrator 3.2 files and so can create models from curves and drawings recorded in this format (such as logos, contours, etc.).

• Imports: 2D lines and curves as Bézier curves.