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What is a .CATPRODUCT file?
CATPRODUCT is a CATIA assembly of multiple parts. Created and opened by Dassault Systemes CATIA.
- Did you know
- Architect Frank Gehry famously adopted CATIA, originally an aerospace tool, to work out the curved titanium skin of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
- CATProduct files were originally driven by software Dassault built to design the Mirage fighter jet before spinning it out as Dassault Systèmes.
- A CATProduct does not contain geometry itself; it links to the individual CATPart files that make up the assembly.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify CAD files and read header metadata: AutoCAD DWG/DWT and DXF now open as a 2D drawing preview (see Diagrams), SolidWorks .sldreg Settings Wizard backups (release year, settings groups and the saved registry keys) and SOLIDWORKS Visualize .svap appearances and .svpj projects, opened as the ZIP packages they are, Inventor (IPT, IAM), Rhino (3DM) and Grasshopper (GH, GHX), SketchUp (SKP), 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, ZBrush, Maya, CATIA, Eagle, and KiCad. SolidWorks parts/assemblies/drawings (SLDPRT, SLDASM, SLDDRW) and Autodesk Fusion 360 (F3D, F3Z) have their own viewers - see SolidWorks and Fusion 360 above.
- Depth of analysis
- .CATPRODUCT is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .CATPRODUCT file
- Drag a .CATPRODUCT file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.