LYON, France, July 15, 2024 – Datakit has released version 2024.3 of technical data exchange solutions, full compatibility with new versions of third-party vendors CAD software, and their solution to write PLM XML files*.

Note that the solution to read PLM XML was already available.

This written solution for PLM XML files* allows to write the assembly tree with all the nodes and links related to external parts, as well as instances and all metadatas available, such as attributes. As a consequence, the use of this compact open format facilitates the access of all the data registered all over the life cycle of a product.

As with every new quarterly release, Datakit improves the reliability, performance and compatibility of its solutions with third-party solutions on the market. Latest 2024.3 version ensures compatibility with the following software solutions:

• Creo 11.0,

• Fusion 2.0.19426,

• Inventor 2025,

• Opencascade 7.8.0,

• Revit 2025.

The aim of additional functionalities included in the V2024.3 is to ease the user works while enhancing once more the exchange of data.

Among significant developments:

• Retrieval of the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) of the part designed with STEP or Catia V6,

• Semantic information of SolidEdge as well as SOLIDWORKS are provided,

• Options to read CGR mesh data only and to process ProE / Creo Parametric Nurbs surface. Files become lighter and displayed quicker,

  

• Improved robustness of IFC even for ifc .ifcxml .ifczip corrupted files,
  

• Improved color and visibility management as well as processing of surface elements of

• • Inventor
    

• Handle level of Revit detail geometry with additional filter,

• And for the users of JT write translators, the possibility to write the textures

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^{*PLM XML is a published schema for PLM data represented in Siemens Digital Industries Software applications to facilitate product lifecycle interoperability.}