IGES Converter
The legacy CAD surface exchange format. Convert IGES files into other formats, all inside your browser.
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What is IGES?
IGES predates STEP and is still produced by older CAM and CAD systems. It excels at surfaces and curves rather than solids, so imported models sometimes arrive as loose surface patches instead of closed volumes.
Typical uses
- Legacy CAD archives
- CAM surface machining
- Mould and die data
Supported by
- CATIA
- NX
- SolidWorks
- Mastercam
- FreeCAD
Format details
- Extensions
- .igs, .iges
- Full name
- Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
- Category
- CAD / solid modelling
- Encoding
- Plain text
- MIME type
- model/iges
- Direction
- read
Questions
What is a .igs file?
IGES predates STEP and is still produced by older CAM and CAD systems. It excels at surfaces and curves rather than solids, so imported models sometimes arrive as loose surface patches instead of closed volumes.
Which applications use IGES?
CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Mastercam, FreeCAD all work with .igs files.
Can I export to IGES?
Not yet. IGES is supported as an input format, so you can convert IGES files into any of the supported output formats.
Are there limits with IGES?
IGES is supported as an input only.