A `.XMT_BIN` file is usually a Parasolid binary transmit file, meaning it’s a compact non-readable 3D exchange format that stores the actual solid and surface geometry from the Parasolid kernel rather than drawings or meshes, effectively passing the true model structure between Parasolid-based tools in a fast serialized binary snapshot that isn’t viewable in a text editor.
In practice, Parasolid transmit files usually come in two interchangeable extension sets: text forms like `.x_t` or `.xmt_txt` and binary forms like `.x_b` or `.xmt_bin`, with `.x_b` being more common today while `.xmt_bin` survives as an alternate naming, and to open one you normally import it into a Parasolid-compatible CAD/CAE tool—renaming `.xmt_bin` to `. If you are you looking for more info about XMT_BIN file unknown format look into our own website. x_b` often works when the importer only lists `.x_b` even though both represent the same binary Parasolid idea.
With an `.xmt_bin` file, the essential action is loading its Parasolid-based solid and surface geometry into CAD or CAE applications, enabling you to examine the part, check measurements, generate drawings, or extend modeling inside SOLIDWORKS, while also allowing import into simulation tools like other CAE systems for meshing and physics analysis.
If your goal is sharing with someone whose software doesn’t handle Parasolid well, you can convert the file through your CAD exporter or a translator into formats like ISO STEP for solid accuracy or IGES surface data for older surface workflows, or into mesh formats like OBJ when 3D printing or visualization is required—keeping in mind that meshes lose true CAD surfaces and features; you can also import the file to run heal/stitch/repair tools before re-exporting a cleaner model, and as a diagnostic step you can export to Parasolid to see whether issues persist on import elsewhere, helping distinguish modeling problems from translation problems.
The easiest methods to access an `.xmt_bin` file are importing it straight into a Parasolid-compatible CAD/CAE tool or renaming it when the software only recognizes `.x_b`, where the direct import path uses File → Open/Import with Parasolid selected so the translator loads the solid/surface data, while the rename trick works because `.xmt_bin` and `.x_b` represent the same binary Parasolid transmit type and the altered name merely satisfies the file filter.
