# File formats

Manufacturing reference articles in File formats.

[Manufacturing Wiki](https://planar.so/wiki/index.md)

- [3MF files](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/3mf-files.md): Manufacturing model packages, extension compatibility, tessellation and reliable handoff of 3MF geometry and slicer projects.
- [DWG drawing files](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/dwg-drawing-files.md): DWG handoffs: file version, units, layouts, references and custom-object compatibility.
- [DXF drawing files](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/dxf-drawing-files.md): DXF exchange: format versions, units, entity geometry and a bounded manufacturing handoff.
- [IGES files](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/iges-files.md): Exchanging IGES geometry with explicit translator settings, units, body expectations and post-import checks.
- [JT files](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/jt-files.md): JT exchange: tessellation, precise geometry, PMI, assembly dependencies and version-specific handoff checks.
- [Parasolid files](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/parasolid-files.md): Parasolid model exchange: text/binary variants, target versions, body and assembly content, and receiving checks.
- [PDF engineering drawings](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/pdf-engineering-drawings.md): Engineering drawing exchange in PDF: revision authority, content quality, scale, measurement and CAD handoff.
- [QIF inspection data](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/qif-inspection-data.md): Exchanging linked product, inspection-plan and measurement-result information with explicit QIF versions and semantic checks.
- [STEP AP203](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/step-ap203.md): AP203 edition and translator distinctions, configuration-controlled model exchange, geometry validation and practical handoff checks.
- [STEP AP214](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/step-ap214.md): AP214 exchange: legacy specification status, translator choices, geometry, color and post-import acceptance.
- [STEP AP242](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/step-ap242.md): Exchanging product geometry, assemblies and manufacturing information with explicit edition and translator boundaries.
- [STL mesh files](https://planar.so/wiki/parts-and-design/file-formats/stl-mesh-files.md): Using triangle meshes with explicit scale, tessellation, topology and manufacturing checks.