KeyCreator Drafting Packages

Design Features

Comprehensive Drafting, and Detailing

KeyCreator provides traditional 2D CAD drawing tools for creating and editing engineering drawings. A complete set of dimensions, details, and symbols support mechanical drawing standards from around the world.

Design Features

Fasteners, Mechanical and Structural Elements

Generate standard mechanical elements, structural elements, and fasteners based on industry standard sizes, fits, and functions.

Geometry Verification and Measurement

Interference Checking

Find intersecting areas on assembled models and graphically display those intersections.

Geometry Verification and Measurement

Draft Angle Analysis

Perform a draft angle or mold extraction analysis on a model based on a defined draw direction.

Data Exchange

PDF (Export)

Developer: Adobe

PDF format support: Vector graphics, text 

3D PDF format support: Vector graphics, text, and 3D polygon

Export versions: 7

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DWG/DXF (Import, Export)

Developers: Autodesk and Open Design Alliance

DWG format support: Drawings, wireframe, and 3D models (import only)

DXF format support: Drawings and wireframe

Import versions: All versions up to 2022

Export versions: 2022-2000, R12-R14

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ACIS (Import)

Developer: Spatial Corp. (Dassault Systemes)

Extension(s): SAT, SAB

Support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe

Import versions: R2024-R2016, 5-1, R26

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STEP (Import)

Developer: ISO 10303

Extension(s): STP, STPZ

AP 203 format support: solid, surface, wireframe

AP 214 format support: solid, surface, wireframe, and assemblies

AP 242 format support: solid, surface, wireframe, mesh,  assembly, and GD&T (import only)

Import versions: all

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IGES (Import)

Developer: ANSI Y14.26M

IGES,IGS format support: wireframe and drawings

Import versions: All

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Parasolid (Import)

Developer: Siemens Digital Industries Software

Extension(s): X_T, X_B

Support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe, assemblies

Import versions: 36 - 7.0

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SolidWorks (Import)

Developer: SolidWorks (Dassault Systemes)

SLDPRT format support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe

SLDASM format support: Assemblies

Import versions: 2024 - 99

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CGR 

Developer: Dassault Systemes 

CGR format support: polygon mesh

Import versions: all

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IFC - Industry Foundation Classes

Developer: buildingSmart, ISO 16739-1

IFC format support: Building Information Modeling (BIM) data - assemblies, solids, and meshes

Versions: 4, 2x4, 2x3

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JT 

Developer: ISO 14306 (HP, Siemens)

JT format support: solids, polygon mesh

Import versions: 10.7 - 8.x 

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NX (Import)

Developer: Siemens Digital Industries Software

PRT format support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe, assemblies

Import versions: 2312 - 1847, 12 - 10

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Creo (Import)

Developer: PTC

PRT format support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe 

ASM format support: Assemblies

Import versions: 11.0 - 1.0, Wildfire 5 - 1, Pro/E 2000i

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CATIA V5 (Import)

Developer: Dassault Systemes

CATPart format support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe 

CATProduct format support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe, and assemblies

Import versions: 2024 (R34) - R10

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PMI (CATIA V5, Creo, NX, SolidWorks)

Read Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) including 3D geometric tolerances from the native formats of major 3D CAD programs.

Dassault CATIA versions: V5 2023 (R33) - R5

PTC Creo versions: 9.0 - 1.0, Wildfire 5 - 1

Siemens NX versions: 2306 -1847, 12 - 1, UG V11.0

Dassault SolidWorks versions: 2024 - 99

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CADKEY (Import)

Developers: CADKEY and Baystate Technologies

PRT format support: Drawings, wireframe, and 3D models

PTN format support: wireframe

Import versions: Versions 19, 99 - 97, 5- 7

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CATIA V4 (Import)

Developer: Dassault Systemes

MOD, MODEL format support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe

Import versions: 4.25 - 4.15

CATIA V6 / 3DX (Import)

Developer: Dassault Systemes

3DXML format support: 3D solid, surface, mesh and wireframe/points

Import versions:

3DExperience R2024x to R2014x, V6 R2013x to R2010x

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Inventor (Import)

Developer: Autodesk

IPT format support: 3D solid, surface, and wireframe 

IAM format support: Assemblies

Import versions: 2025 - 2008, 11 - 9

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Rhino (Import)

Developer: Robert McNeil & Associates

3DM format support: 3D solid, surface, mesh and wireframe/points

Import versions: V8 - V1

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Solid Edge

Developer: Siemens Digital Industries Software

PAR format support: solid, surface, curves, points, workplanes, materials, attributes and colors

ASM format support: assemblies, workplanes, attributes, paths

PSM format support: sheet metal workbench

Import versions: 2024 - 2019, ST10 

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PMI (CATIA V4, Solid Edge, Inventor)

Read Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) including 3D geometric tolerances from the native formats of major 3D CAD programs.

Dassault CATIA versions:  V4 4.2.5 - 4.1.5

Siemens Solid Edge versions: 2024 - 2019

Autodesk Inventor versions: 2025 to 9

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Drawings Import (CATIA, Creo, NX, SolidWorks, Solid Edge)

Import drawing files from the native formats of major 3D CAD programs.

Dassault CATIA drawing versions: V5 2024 (R33),- R7 : V4 4.2.5 - 4.1.5

PTC Creo drawing versions: 11.0 - 1.0

Siemens NX drawing versions: 2312 - 1884, 12 - 1

Dassault SolidWorks drawing versions: 2024 - 99

Siemens Solid Edge drawings versions: 2024