Datakit Cross CAD

CAD File Converters, Importers, Exporters and SDK

What is Datakit Cross CAD?

Datakit Cross CAD is a suite of data exchange software that converts files from most CAD formats. Cross CAD is available as standalone software, integrated plug-in or Software development kits (SDK).

Datakit can import or export a variety of CAD file formats along with related data, including geometric data, topological data, attributes, meta data, and construction history that works inside your CAD package.

Who is Datakit?

Datakit was founded in 1994 to develop and promote CAD data exchange solutions and has grown into a world-leading supplier of CAD data exchange technologies used by industrial companies as well as major software vendors worldwide.

Datakit helps companies to:

Import files from a variety of CAD systems
Export and exchange files to share data with other CAD system users
Heal, modify, simplify or compare the models
Data migrate and batch process files

Datakit Cross CAD Capabilities

Easily import and export your CAD data with users of other CAD systems

Data Exchange Types

Exchange and convert 2D, 3D, geometric, topological, attributes, construction history, FD&T and Features with a wide choice of control parameters addressing specific user needs (choice of coordinate system, entity filtering, etc.)

Batch Conversion & Migration

To optimize automatic file transfer, a batch mode is available. Time is saved by directly selecting a whole directory to be processed along with its sub-directories.

Flexible Licensing & DLL

Datakit Cross CAD is available as single or floating licenses, and as file-to-file Dynamic Link Library (DLL) to allow you to pay for the file converters you need.

File Repair and Modification

Datakit Cross CAD allows you to repair, modify and compare files to ensure that CAD data is exchanged accurately.

CAD Software Plugins

Datakit CAD Cross is available as a native plugin for SOLIDWORKS Desktop CAD, Rhino, Autodesk 3DS Max, Alibre, Opencascade and ThinkDesign software.

Software Updates & Maintenance

Ensure your converters are up-to-date with maintenance and downloadable updates. DataKit Cross CAD is compatibile with new versions of major software including SOLIDWORKS 2024, NX series 2306 up to 2306.7000, CATIA V6 / 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x, Rhino 8, Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.17721.

Compatible file formats

3DVIA / CATIA / SOLIDWORKS Composer, 3Shape DCM, ACIS, CADDS, CATIA V4 2D, CATIA V4 3D, CATIA V5 2D, CATIA V5 3D, CATIA V6 / 3DEXPERIENCE 2D, CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE, CEREC – Sirona Dental, CGR Creo View, DWG / DXF 2D, DWG / DXF 3D, FBX, Fusion 360, glTF, IFC, IGES, Inventor, JT, Navisworks, OBJ, Parasolid, PLMXML, Procera ProE / Creo Parametric 2D, ProE / Creo Parametric 3D, Revit, Rhino, Robcad, Solid Edge 2D, Solid Edge 3D, SOLIDWORKS 2D, SOLIDWORKS 3D, STEP, STL, UG NX 2D, UG NX 3D, and VDA

Datakit Cross CAD Packages

Three CAD data exchange solutions to choose from

Package

Datakit Cross Manager

CrossManager is a standalone software allowing you to convert files from most CAD formats.

With Cross Manager, you select one or several CAD files to translate them automatically in the format you want. Cross Manager is available as a single or floating license.

Package

Datakit Cross CAD / Plg

Datakit provides integrated data exchange plug-ins for the major CAD software products including SOLIDWORKS Desktop CAD, Rhino, Autodesk 3DS Max, Alibre, Opencascade and ThinkDesign software.

Cross CAD / Plg can import or export a wide variety of file formats directly inside your CAD package.

Package

Cross CAD / Ware

Cross CAD / Ware is a software development kit (SDK) that allows software vendors to integrate Datakit technology into their own application.

Datakit libraries provide you a full-documented Application Programming Interface (API) to enable interoperability among CAD systems.

Datakit Cross CAD Matrix

Compare the different versions of Datakit Cross CAD software

All 3D combinations of CrossCad/Ware FileToFile
Inputs	3DXML	3MF	ACIS	CADDS	CATIA V4 3D	CATIA V5 3D	CGR	COLLADA	FBX	glTF	IFC	IGES	JT	OBJ	Open CASCADE	Parasolid	PDF 3D	PRC	Robcad	SOLIDWORKS 3D	STEP	STL	UG NX 3D	Unisurf	VDA	VRML
	Outputs
3DVIA / CATIA / SOLIDWORKS Composer	●	●					●	●		●	●		●	●			●	●			●	●				●
3Shape DCM	●	●						●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●				●				●
ACIS	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
CADDS	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
CATIA V4 3D	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
CATIA V5 3D	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
CATIA V6 / 3DEXPERIENCE 3D	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
CEREC - Sirona Dental	●	●						●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●				●				●
CGR	●	●						●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●				●				●
Creo View	●	●					●	●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●				●				●
DWG / DXF 3D	●	●				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			●	●	●			●
FBX	●	●					●	●		●	●		●	●			●	●			●	●				●
Fusion 360	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●
glTF	●	●					●	●	●		●		●	●			●	●			●	●				●
IFC	●	●	●				●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●	●	●		●	●	●				●
IGES	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Inventor	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
JT	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Navisworks	●	●						●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●				●				●
OBJ	●	●					●	●	●	●	●		●				●	●			●	●				●
Parasolid	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
PLMXML	●	●					●	●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●				●				●
Procera	●	●						●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●				●				●
ProE / Creo Parametric 3D	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Revit	●	●	●				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●	●	●				●
Rhino	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Robcad			●	●	●	●						●	●			●	●		●	●	●			●	●
Solid Edge 3D	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
SOLIDWORKS 3D	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●
STEP	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
STL	●	●					●	●	●	●	●		●	●			●	●			●					●
UG NX 3D	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●
VDA	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●

Datakit Cross CAD Benefits

Easy to use software which will adapt to your business process

Reduce Work

The ability to import data into your CAD system rather than modeling from scratch can save production time especially with complicated models.

Share data with other CAD users

Datakit allows sub-contractors to communicate directly with their clients and deeply enrich their product’s interoperability. They are affordable and very popular within design and engineering departments.

Enhance your CAD software

Many CAD software packages have limited file exchange options. With Datakit you can expand your software's capabilities with more file formats to import and export.

Flexible Licensing

With floating licenses, installed on a license server allows Cross Manager to be used by several users on different workstations. This allows large companies to share resources.

3DEXPERIENCE Compass

Looking for a Cloud Alternative?

3DEXPERIENCE Works provides a Safe, Social, Connected, Informed and Structured alternative to Datakit Cross CAD for team leaders, project managers and other professionals who want to manage data on the cloud and collaborate without constraints.

Safe: Customer controlled access. Transparent cloud backup. Encrypted communication protocols. Data always safe-no overwrite, no loss of data.

Social: Integrated structured and unstructured collaboration tools enabling social innovation. Collaborate on product design or engage with your stakeholders early in product development.

Connected: Every user always connected to a single, common database. Access data anywhere, anytime, on any device. Review and markup models.

Informed: Choose from the widget library, Create and share Dashboards. Get the latest information about your product development. Always have access to your latest data.

Structured: Zero overhead data management - store and manage data across collaborative spaces, share information in communities. Find indexed data faster by using tags, custom search, etc.