14.04
2025

Version 25.2.05

New

New

• IMPORT Communicator now supports ACIS 2025, CATIA V5-6 2025, JT 10.9, NX 2412, Parasolid 37, Solid Edge 2025, SolidWorks 2025, and XCGM 2025 file formats.
  

• EXPORT Communicator now supports ACIS 2025, CATIA V5-6 2025, Parasolid 37, and XCGM 2025 file formats.
  

Fixes

• IMPORT Fixed a regression when reading some STEP files.
  SR187186

23.10
2024

Version 25.1.05

New

New

• IMPORT Communicator now supports Inventor 2025, NX 2406, and Creo 11 file formats.
  SR177819 SR177871

Fixes

• IMPORT Fixed import of .ipt models that contain hidden entities.
  SR151647

• IMPORT Importing files created in non-commercial versions of CATIA V5 is now possible but not officially supported. Please see the note at the end of this page for details.
  

• EXPORT Fixed export failure when a .NET based plugin is loaded.
  SR155443 SR155954 SR170398 SR170527 SR166701 SR178371 SR177860 SR170480 SR180507 SR181730

15.04
2024

Version 24.2.04

New

New

• IMPORT Communicator now supports ACIS 2024, CATIA V5-6 R2024, Inventor 2024, JT 10.8, NX 2312, Parasolid 36, Creo 10.0, Solid Edge 2024, SolidWorks 2024, and XCGM 2024 file formats.
  

• EXPORT Communicator now supports ACIS 2024, CATIA V5-6 R2024, Parasolid 36, and XCGM 2024 file formats.
  

Fixes

• IMPORT Importing files created in non-commercial versions of Creo and SolidWorks is now possible but not officially supported. Please see the note at the end of this page for details.
  SR164703 SR167984

• IMPORT Fixed BricsCAD hang at the post-processing stage after importing some documents with ImportPMI turned on.
  SR174947

• IMPORT Fixed units conversion when importing into non-mm document with ImportPMI turned on.
  SR168081 SR171605

16.10
2023

Version 24.1.05

Improvements

• EXPORT Improved export of colors for solids in block references.
  

7.08
2023

Version 23.2.06

New

New

• IMPORT Communicator now supports ACIS 2023, CATIA V5-6 R2023, JT 10.7, Parasolid 35, Solid Edge 2023, SolidWorks 2023, and XCGM 2023 file formats.
  

• EXPORT Communicator now supports ACIS 2023, CATIA V5-6 R2023, and Parasolid 35 file formats.
  

Fixes

• IMPORT Fixed import problem of some models on Linux.
  SR132885 SR148076

• IMPORT Fixed import problem of a STEP model.
  SR92825

• IMPORT Fixed import problem of some models on Mac.
  

31.10
2022

Version 23.1.05

New

New

• IMPORT Communicator now supports Creo 9.0, Inventor 2023, JT 10.6, and NX 2206 file formats.
  

Fixes

• IMPORT When importing the product structure, component names with characters forbidden in block names are preserved now.
  SR141769

• IMPORT Fixed a problem reading product structure in some cases.
  SR143040

• EXPORT Fixed incorrect export of parametrized blocks with mirror or scale transform.
  SR139895

• EXPORT Fixed exporting product structure to Parasolid files.
  SR142109

14.03
2022

Version 22.2.02

New

New

• IMPORT and EXPORT Communicator now supports new file formats for import: ACIS 2022, CATIA V5-6 R2022, JT 10.1, NX 2007, Parasolid 34, SolidEdge 2022, SolidWorks 2022, and XCGM 2022; for export: ACIS 2022, CATIA V5-6 R2022, Parasolid 34, and XCGM 2022.
  

• IMPORT and EXPORT The new implementation of import which supports importing custom properties, and the new implementation of export are available now in synchronous (non-background) mode. The old implementation can be activated by BC_COMM_LEGACY environment variable set to 1.
  SR132261

• EXPORT (Linux only) Export to CATIA V5 format is now available on Linux.
  

Fixes

• IMPORT Fixed a problem with importing SolidWorks 2022 files.
  SR137371

• IMPORT Fixed a hang when importing certain CATIA V5 assemblies.
  SR133510

20.12
2021

Version 22.1.06

New

New

• EXPORT (Linux only) Export to XCGM format is now available on Linux.

Fixes

• Communicator Fixed a problem with loading the bmcomm.tx module on Windows 8.1.
  SR133028

• IMPORT Improved message shown in the bubble when background import finished.
  SR131532 SR133314

• EXPORT Fixed a bug with scaling geometry when exporting if the units in the exported document differ from millimeters.
  SR132486

• EXPORT Geometry flags setting is now supported when exporting in background.
  SR93737

15.11
2021

Version 22.1.05

New

New

• IMPORT Added ImportJTRepresentation setting with options Graphics, Geometry, and Geometry with Graphics to better control the import process.
  SR130457

Fixes

• IMPORTFixed import of files containing visualization materials.
  SR130457

25.10
2021

Version 22.1.04

New

New

• IMPORTCommunicator now supports importing Creo 8.0 files.
  SR130374

• IMPORTCommunicator now supports importing Inventor 2022 files.

• IMPORT Nine additional formats are supported in background import mode: ACIS, CATIA V4, Creo, JT, NX, Solid Edge, STL, VDA, and XCGM.

• EXPORT Setting CommunicatorBackgroundMode now enables export in background. You can continue working on your documents while Communicator exports your file. This setting is enabled by default.

Fixes

• IMPORTWe fixed an issue that occurred when importing a .stl file with BricsCAD Communicator, where only the first entity in the file was imported.
  SR119679

• IMPORT Improved the quality of the import of Assembly structure.

• Communicator Fixed Communicator loading issue accompanied by "boost::interprocess::intermodule_singleton initialization failed" message.
  SR124537 SR125490 SR125599 SR126644

2.07
2021

Version 21.2.06

New

New

• IMPORTCommunicator now supports importing files in NX 1953 and Solid Edge 2021 formats.

Fixes

• IMPORTFixed failures when importing some .ipt files.
  SR115544

• IMPORTFixed wrapping part files into block references for file formats that may contain either a part or an assembly within a file with the same name extension (e.g. IGES, STEP).
  SR122401

• EXPORTFixed export to .vda.
  SR125780

8.04
2021

Version 21.2.02

New

New

• IMPORTCommunicator now supports importing files in 2021 format for: ACIS, CATIA V5, Inventor, SolidWorks, and XCGM.
  SR103963 SR117406 SR119233 SR119693 SR120698 SR121088 SR122507

• IMPORTA new experimental option was introduced when importing SolidWorks files using Communicator. It allows selecting which data you want to import from SolidWorks files (SLDASM/SLDPRT). The following procedures are available: Graphics - all the B-Rep data will be imported as Meshes; Geometry - default mode, imports B-Rep data; Geometry with preview graphics - imports saved graphics fast, display them, then import B-Rep data. The last procedure is very useful when importing large assemblies/parts. It works only if CommunicatorBackgroundImport option is set to [1].

• IMPORTSupported layers conversion from STEP files in background mode of Communicator.

• IMPORTThe ImportHiddenParts setting in the background import mode of Communicator is supported now.

• IMPORT (Windows only) and EXPORT (all platforms)pskernel.dll, if available, is automatically used now to export to the Parasolid format, and to import from supported formats (JT, NX, Parasolid, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks).
  SR87506 SR90956 SR100489

• EXPORTIf Communicator is not installed then the writer from BricsCAD is used for ASAT/ASAB export. If Communicator is installed and loaded then ExportAcisAssemblyWriter setting determines which export writer to use.

• EXPORTCommunicator now supports exporting files in 2021 format for: ACIS, CATIA V5, and XCGM.

• EXPORTCommunicator now exports solids to IGES files as solids. In previous versions, solids were exported as sets of surfaces.

Fixes

• IMPORTFixed failures when importing some .ipt files.
  SR104037 SR105036 SR115438 SR116592 SR121055 SR122561

• IMPORTThe incomplete import of some STEP files has been fixed.
  SR118229 SR119372 SR119713 SR119813 SR122098 SR123377

• IMPORTThe import of renamed SolidWorks models is possible now.
  SR103043

• IMPORTBricsCAD no longer hangs when importing some NX files.
  SR114523

• IMPORTA modeling failure (skipping solids) when importing geometry data has been fixed.

• IMPORTFixed bug with empty mechanical browser after import in background mode of Communicator.

• EXPORTFixed the double scaling of parts if the ACIS header specifies a non-mm unit.
  SR99405 SR104297 SR104776

27.10
2020

Version 21.1.04

Improvements

• CommunicatorFixed compatibility issues between minor and maintenance releases of BricsCAD and Communicator.
  SR101232 SR101353 SR101174 SR101326 SR101361 SR101537 SR101549 SR93021

• EXPORTExport file versions updated: ACIS, CATIA v5, and XCGM updated to v2020, and Parasolid updated to version 32.

New

New

• IMPORTIntroduced new option "CommunicatorBackgroundImport" in Communicator/Import settings section. It allows to produce import in background thread and do anything else while Communicator works. This option is experimental and supports only the following file extensions for now: STEP, STP, STPZ; IGES, IGS; SLDASM, SLDPRT (only Windows and Linux versions); CATProduct, CATPart (only Windows and Linux versions); IAM, IPT (only Windows version); X_T, XMT_TXT, X_B, XMT_BIN.
  SR71522 SR79245 SR83167 SR84827 SR89727

28.10
2019

Version 20.1.04

Improvements

• IMPORTSupported NX 1847 version, Parasolid 31.1.188 version, and Creo 6.0 version.
  
• EXPORTAdded settings ExportAcisFormatVersion, ExportCatiav4FormatVersion, ExportCatiav5FormatVersion, ExportParasolidFormatVersion, and ExportXcgmFormatVersion which allow controlling output file versions.
  

Supported file formats

• Importing files written with non-commercial versions of software (like educational editions, alpha, beta, etc.) might be possible, but is not officially supported. Importing files of this kind is not possible in previous Communicator versions 23.2.06 (use V23.1.05 instead) and V24 (V24.2.04 allows importing Creo and SolidWorks files, but not CATIA V5).
• Parasolid-based translator is activated for Parasolid-based formats (JT, NX, Parasolid, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks) if pskernel.dll is available in the system (the library version required is 37.0.118), and P_SCHEMA environment variable is defined that points to schemas folder, e.g. C:\ Program Files\ SOLIDWORKS Corp\ SOLIDWORKS\ schema_18 for SolidWorks 2018 installation.

• IMPORT

  File format	File extensions	Platform support	Direct translator	Parasolid-based translator (Windows only)
  ACIS	.asab, .asat, .sab, .sat	Windows, Linux, Mac	R1 − 2025 1.0
  CATIA V4	.exp, .model, .session	Windows, Linux, Mac	4.1.9 − 4.2.4
  CATIA V5	.CATPart, .CATProduct, .CGR	Windows, Linux	V5 R8 − V5−6 R2025
  IGES	.iges, .igs	Windows, Linux, Mac	up to 5.3
  Inventor	.iam, .ipt	Windows, Linux	V11 − 2025
  JT	.jt	Windows, Linux	JT 8.x, 9.x, 10.x (*)	JT 8.x, 9.x, 10.x (*)
  NX	.prt	Windows, Linux	NX 1 − NX 2412	11 − NX 2412
  Parasolid	.xmt_bin, .xmt_txt, .x_b, .x_t	Windows, Linux, Mac (**)	9.0.x − 37.0.x	9.0 − 37.0.118
  Pro/E / Creo	.asm, .asm.*, .prt, .prt.*	Windows, Linux, Mac	16 − Creo 11.0
  Solid Edge	.asm, .par, .psm	Windows, Linux	V18 − SE 2025	V18 − SE 2025
  SolidWorks	.SLDASM, .SLDPRT	Windows, Linux	2003 − 2025	98 − 2025
  STEP	.step, .stp, .stpz (***)	Windows, Linux, Mac	AP203, AP214, AP242
  STL	.stl	Windows, Linux	All (Graphical data only)
  VDA−FS	.vda	Windows, Linux, Mac	1.0 − 2.0
  XCGM	.xcgm	Windows, Linux	R2012 − 2025.1.0

• (*) JT 10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9.
  (**) Import of Parasolid files on Mac is experimental.
  (***) Import of .stpz files is not available on Mac.

• EXPORT

  File format	File extensions	Platform support	Direct translator	Parasolid-based translator (Windows only)
  3D PDF	.pdf	Windows, Linux	1.7
  ACIS (*)	.asab, .asat, .sab, .sat	Windows, Linux, Mac	R18 − 2025 1.0
  CATIA V4 (*)	.model	Windows, Linux, Mac	4.1.9 − 4.2.4
  CATIA V5 (*)	.CATPart, .CATProduct	Windows, Linux	V5 R15 − V5−6 R2025
  IGES	.iges, .igs	Windows, Linux, Mac	5.3
  Parasolid (*)	.xmt_bin, .xmt_txt, .x_b, .x_t	Windows	Not supported	12 − 37.0.118
  STEP (*)	.step, .stp	Windows, Linux, Mac	AP203, AP214, AP242 (Geometry only)
  VDA−FS	.vda	Windows, Linux, Mac	2.0
  XCGM (*)	.xcgm	Windows, Linux	R2012 − 2025 1.0

• (*) Export version is selected in the Communicator section of BricsCAD Settings dialog.