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What Is a Solid Edge File?
Solid Edge keeps each kind of work in its own document type: a .par is a part, a .psm is a sheet-metal part, a .asm is an assembly, and a .dft is a draft, the 2D drawing with views, dimensions, notes and a title block that a shop works to. All of them are compound documents, the same structured container format older Microsoft Office files use, with Solid Edge’s own data stored in named streams inside.
Solid Edge models on the Parasolid kernel, and a part or sheet-metal document stores the kernel’s own transmit data in a storage named PARASOLID: the same exact B-rep a .x_t file holds. The viewer reads those streams and tessellates the bodies through its STEP pipeline, so what you see is the real model geometry, at its real size.
A draft’s drawing views live in Solid Edge’s own object store, but Solid Edge also saves a copy of every sheet for Solid Edge Viewer: one compressed Windows metafile per sheet, plus a list of the sheet names and paper sizes. The viewer replays those metafiles as vector linework and text, one sheet at a time, at the sheet’s paper size in millimetres. Parts export like any 3D model, for example to STEP or STL, and drafts like any drawing, for example to DXF or PDF.
Who Uses Solid Edge Files?
Mechanical engineers and designers in machinery, industrial equipment, sheet-metal fabrication and consumer products who model in Solid Edge; the machine shops, fabricators and suppliers who receive their parts and drawings; purchasing and quality staff checking a revision before an order goes out; and anyone who has been sent a .par or .dft and needs to look at it without a Solid Edge licence.
Common Use Cases
- Look at a Solid Edge part or sheet-metal part someone sent you without a Solid Edge licence
- Read the dimensions, notes and title block of a draft on any computer or phone
- Step through every sheet of a multi-sheet draft, background sheets included
- Convert a part to STEP, STL or OBJ for another CAD system, a slicer or a render
- Convert a draft sheet to DXF, DWG or PDF for a supplier or a submittal
- Measure a part or a drawing at its real size
Features
Parts in 3D From the Parasolid B-rep
A .par or .psm renders from the Parasolid bodies Solid Edge saves inside it: the exact kernel geometry, tessellated in your browser.
Assemblies With Their Parts
An assembly (.asm) opened together with its .par and .psm files, or in a .zip of its folder, shows every part in place.
Drafts Drawn Sheet by Sheet
A .dft is drawn from the sheet metafiles Solid Edge saves for Solid Edge Viewer: lines, arcs, fills and text as vector linework.
Every Sheet of a Draft
A picker lists each sheet by its Solid Edge name, working sheets first and then the background sheets with the title-block frames.
Real Paper Size
Each sheet is drawn at the paper size the draft records, so an A1 sheet measures 841 × 594 mm and dimensions can be checked on it.
Text in Any Script
Notes and title-block text keep their font, size and angle, and non-Latin scripts such as Cyrillic come through as text.
Model Exports for Parts
Save a part as STEP, STL, OBJ, GLB, 3MF, USDZ, DXF, DWG and more, or as a PDF, SVG or image of the view.
Drawing Exports for Drafts
Save a draft sheet as DXF, DWG, vector PDF, SVG, PNG or JPG, with the linework and text kept as vectors in DXF, PDF and SVG.
Renamed Files Still Open
Solid Edge documents are recognised by their contents, so a part or draft with the wrong extension still reaches the right reader.
Clear Notices
A document with nothing drawable, such as a draft saved without viewer data, gets a notice naming the export to make from Solid Edge.
Nothing Is Uploaded
Files are read and drawn entirely in your browser. No account, no upload, no copy of your design on a server.
Share and Embed
Send a link that opens the part or drawing in any browser, or drop the viewer into your own page with one iframe.
Compatibility & Format Notes
Parts and sheet metal (.par, .psm): the Parasolid transmit streams in the document’s PARASOLID storage are read and every body in them is tessellated, with its analytic and NURBS faces. Files are recognised by their contents, so a part with the wrong extension still opens. A document with no recoverable bodies (a damaged file, an empty document) shows a notice advising a STEP export from Solid Edge. A part that holds only a sketch or a curve is drawn as its edges.
Assemblies (.asm): an assembly records which documents it places and where; the parts themselves stay in their own .par and .psm files. Open the assembly together with them (a .zip of the assembly folder, or several files picked at once) and every part is placed where the assembly puts it, subassemblies included. An assembly opened on its own shows a notice that names the part files it needs and takes them when you drop them on it, and one missing only some of its parts is drawn without them, with a card asking for the rest.
Drafts (.dft): each sheet is drawn from the metafile Solid Edge saves for Solid Edge Viewer, with lines, arcs, fills, embedded pictures and text (non-Latin text included), at the paper size the draft records, so an A1 sheet measures 841 × 594 mm. A picker lists every sheet by name, the working sheets first and then the background sheets that carry the title-block frames, and the draft opens on its first sheet. Each sheet shows the drawing as it was when the draft was last saved, with its views and dimensions drawn as lines and text. A draft saved without this viewer data shows a notice advising a DXF, DWG or PDF export from Solid Edge.
Embed on Your Website
Add this viewer to your own site with a single line of HTML. Click Embed in the toolbar to generate an embed code, or use the snippet below with your own file URL.
Your Files Stay on Your Computer
Your Solid Edge files are parsed entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or shared unless you explicitly click the Share button. Shared files are hosted for 90 days then deleted.
Frequently Asked Questions
▶Do I need Solid Edge or Solid Edge Viewer installed?
No. Parts are rendered from the Parasolid geometry stored inside them and drafts from the sheet metafiles stored inside them, both read by the viewer in your browser. Nothing from Siemens needs to be installed.
▶How accurate is the 3D geometry of a part?
It is the exact B-rep Solid Edge saved: the Parasolid bodies the part is made of, tessellated for display. Sizes are the model’s real sizes, so measurements match the part. A STEP export from the viewer writes that tessellation as a faceted solid; for the exact curved surfaces in another CAD system, export STEP from Solid Edge itself.
▶How do I see the other sheets of a draft?
A draft with more than one sheet shows a sheet picker in the top-left corner of the viewer. It lists every sheet by the name given in Solid Edge, the working sheets first and then the background sheets, which hold the borders and title blocks for each paper size. Pick one and it is drawn at its own paper size.
▶Why does my draft show a notice and no drawing?
The viewer draws a draft from the copy of each sheet that Solid Edge saves for Solid Edge Viewer. A draft saved without that copy has nothing the viewer can draw, so it shows a notice. Open it in Solid Edge and save it as DXF, DWG or PDF, then open that file here.
▶Can I open a Solid Edge assembly (.asm)?
Yes, together with its parts. An assembly holds where its parts sit, and the parts stay in their own .par and .psm files. Upload a .zip of the assembly folder, or pick the .asm and its part files at once, and the assembly opens with every part in place. An .asm opened on its own shows a notice listing the part files it needs; drop them on it and it reloads assembled. A Solid Edge Viewer document (.sev) of the assembly opens on its own in the SEV viewer.
▶Is this Solid Edge viewer really free?
Yes, completely free. No signup, no watermarks, no file size limits on the viewer (the optional share-link feature has a 100 MB upload cap). Built by Innerscene as a tool for architects, engineers, and designers.
▶Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. All parsing, rendering, and conversion runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded, stored, or transmitted by default. The Share button is the only feature that uploads a file, and only when you explicitly click it.
▶Can I convert to another format?
Yes. Click Export in the toolbar. For a part or sheet-metal part the menu offers STL, OBJ, GLB, PLY, USDZ, 3MF, WRL, STEP, DXF, DWG (converted on our server), 3DM, PDF (a snapshot or a vector drawing), SVG, PNG and JPG. For a draft sheet it offers DXF, DWG (converted on our server), PDF (a snapshot or a vector drawing), SVG, PNG and JPG.
▶Can I embed this viewer on my own site?
Yes. Click Embed in the toolbar to generate a one-line <iframe> snippet you can paste into any HTML page. You can choose whether the embed shows the viewer’s toolbar.
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