A `.XMT_BIN` file is most widely known as a Parasolid “binary transmit” format, which holds real model geometry and topology in the Parasolid kernel’s exchange form instead of mesh or drawing data, allowing CAD programs that use Parasolid to share accurate geometry through a binary snapshot optimized for speed and unreadable as plain text.
If you have any type of questions pertaining to where and how to use XMT_BIN file compatibility, you could call us at our internet site. In common CAD workflows, Parasolid transmit data is packaged in two extension sets—text forms like `.x_t` or `.xmt_txt` and binary forms like `.x_b` or `.xmt_bin`—where `.x_b` is now standard but `.xmt_bin` still appears, and to open it you import into a Parasolid-supporting CAD/CAE tool; if that tool lists just `.x_b`, renaming `.xmt_bin` to `.x_b` usually lets it load successfully because both extensions point to the same binary Parasolid format.
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 COMSOL Multiphysics for meshing and physics analysis.
If you’re sending the model to someone whose software handles Parasolid poorly, the fix is converting to formats like STEP solids for solid fidelity or IGES legacy for surface workflows, or to mesh types like standard mesh exports for printing/visualization while accepting the loss of analytic CAD surfaces; you can also heal or stitch geometry in the receiving tool before exporting again, and using an `.xmt_bin` export is a common troubleshooting step to see whether problems originate from your native CAD model or appear only during file translation.
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.
