A quick sanity check for an XMT_TXTQUO file works as a low-effort confirmation that it’s probably a Parasolid transmit CAD format, with the first clue being where it came from—engineering workflows or CAD-related senders usually imply 3D geometry—followed by checking the file’s Properties for size hints, and finally doing a non-destructive peek in a text editor to see if structured text appears, making sure not to save or allow reformatting.
If the content looks like gibberish, that often just means it’s binary rather than something being wrong, and you should still attempt to import it into a Parasolid-aware CAD system; for a harmless deeper check, you can use PowerShell to print initial lines or view the first bytes in hex to confirm the nature of the data, and if a CAD tool hides the file in its Open dialog, copying and renaming it to .x_t can make it selectable without modifying the actual file.
If you liked this article therefore you would like to get more info regarding XMT_TXTQUO file viewer software please visit our own web site. XMT_TXTQUO is used as a Parasolid transmit-text exchange format for sharing 3D CAD geometry among software that reads Parasolid, effectively putting it in the same family as .X_T (and binary siblings .X_B / XMT_BIN), with most programs interpreting it as another Parasolid text transmit rather than a separate model type, which aligns with its appearance beside X_T under the MIME type `model/vnd.parasolid.transmit-text`, designating it a Parasolid text file.
The name looks “weird” because some software pipelines don’t stick to the usual `.x_t` extension and instead use compound descriptor-style extensions like `XMT_TXT…` to mark “Parasolid transmit” plus “text,” where the ending segment (such as QUO) is just a toolchain-specific variant tag you don’t need to interpret, and since it’s still Parasolid text transmit geometry, the practical step is to load it into a Parasolid-capable CAD tool or translator, using the common trick of copying and renaming it to `.x_t` if your software doesn’t show it in the picker.
Opening an XMT_TXTQUO file mainly means treating it like a Parasolid transmit-text CAD file and using a tool that imports Parasolid geometry, with the simplest route being a Parasolid-capable CAD program (SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge, Siemens NX) where you open it just as you would a .x_t—File → Open/Import, set the type to Parasolid or switch to All files *.*, and let the software translate the B-Rep into a part or assembly; if the program filters out the extension, a common workaround is to copy the file, rename the copy to .x_t, and import that version, which doesn’t alter the data but helps the software recognize it.
If you don’t need full CAD editing and only require viewing or conversion, a CAD translator/viewer is often the recommended choice: open the file and convert it to STEP (.stp/.step), which practically all CAD tools can read; if the file won’t open anywhere, it’s usually a binary Parasolid under a different name, a damaged file, or something depending on sidecar files, so the safest action is to get a STEP export from the sender or confirm the originating system and try again.
