Import CAD files into Unity to build AR/VR applications with your favorite engine

Use CAD Exchanger technologies to bring CAD to the Unity scene. Build high quality rendering and AR/VR apps with full immersive experience. Target HTC Vive or Microsoft Hololens, and build photorealistic renderings.

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All CAD data in Unity

B-Reps and meshes

Assembly structure

Materials and textures

PMI

Edit and Play modes

Unity GameObjects

Multi-LODs

User-controlled triangulation

Mesh decimation (extra component)

Flexible Licensing

Per-format and bundles

For Enterprise and startups

Collaborate in the Multi-CAD World

Need to work with CAD files in numerous formats? No worries.

From JT to STL, from NX to OBJ, CAD Exchanger gets you covered.

Browse all supported formats

Develop Faster

Easy to integrate with CAD Exchanger SDK.

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using cadex;
using UnityEngine;

...

var aModel = new ModelData_Model(); // format-neutral document

var aReader = new STEP_Reader();
aReader.ReadFile (new Base_UTF16String("bolt.stp"));
aReader.Transfer (aModel);

//convert MDM to GameObject
var aFactory = new Unity_ObjectFactory();
GameObject aTarget = aFactory.Create (aModel, "bolt.stp");

Key Features

All key 3D formats

Read STEP, Solidworks, JT, STL and 30+ other formats.

Integration with Unity

Use direct C# API to convert to Unity’s GameObjects. Full run-time support.

Textures, materials and transparencies

Retrieve all graphical data from the CAD file to create great visual appearances.

Mesh decimation

Reduce polygon counts up to 100x to improve loading times and UI responsiveness while preserving visual look.

Multi-LOD support

Use visualization mesher to generate multiple polygonal representations with different Levels of Details.

Flexible Licensing for Enterprise and Start-ups

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is scaling defined in the Unity plugin?

Length unit coefficient is taken either per input CAD file format convention (e.g. meters for Parasolid) or per explicitly defined settings for unit-agnostic formats (e.g. STL). This convention can be overridden though the Unity plugin-specific scale factor.

When importing B-Rep representation into Unity, how to specify triangulation parameters?

You can generate polygonal representations with the help standard CAD Exchanger SDK API (ModelAlgo_BRepMesherParameters) which accept pre-defined settings (coarse, medium, fine) and user-defined ones (for chordal and angular deviations, max edge size, etc). In the case of multiple polygonal representations, the Unity plugin will import all of them into the Unity scene.

How is CAD Exchanger SDK / Unity plugin licensed?

The plugin is licensed as an add-on to one or multiple CAD formats, per customer’s application, through the tier-based licensing model. Refer to SDK licensing, or contact us for further details.

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