Opening Files in Other Formats

You can open IGES, Parasolid, ACIS SAT, CGM, STL, STEP AP203/AP214, Image, or Text STEP AP203/AP214, or Text files in these ways:

Directly by choosing File > Open > Browse. The current import settings control the conversion. The contents of the opened file are placed in a new DGN file that is created from the Default Translation Seed File. The Default Translation Seed File is set by the MS_TRANSEED configuration variable.
Interactively by choosing File > Import > Common file Types, Exchange File Types, or 3D Modeling File Types and selecting a particular file type. You can adjust import settings before proceeding. The contents of the imported file are placed in the open DGN file. This changes the DGN file.
By issuing commands from the system prompt. On systems that have a system prompt, you can automatically convert multiple files to DGN files.

Note: DXF files can be opened only if the file extension is dxf. This is because DXF is a published file format.