A `.XMT_BIN` file usually refers to a Parasolid binary transmit object containing solid and surface geometry directly from the Parasolid kernel, enabling cleaner transfers between Parasolid-based CAD systems by packaging the true model definition into a compact binary exchange file that can’t be understood in a text editor.
Practically speaking, Parasolid transmit files show up as two extension pairs: `.x_t`/`.xmt_txt` for text and `.x_b`/`.xmt_bin` for binary, with `.x_b` now the more frequent choice although `. If you beloved this article and you also would like to get more info concerning XMT_BIN file viewer generously visit our own website. xmt_bin` still circulates, and opening the file involves importing it into software that understands Parasolid; when only `.x_b` is listed, copying and renaming `.xmt_bin` to `.x_b` usually works since importers read the binary Parasolid content regardless of the label.
With an `.xmt_bin` file, your primary workflow is leveraging its Parasolid solid/surface geometry by importing it into CAD for part review, measurement, drawing generation, or additional feature work in programs like Siemens NX, and likewise loading it into CAE environments such as ANSYS Workbench for meshing and running analyses.
If your goal is sharing with someone whose software can’t reliably read Parasolid, you can convert the file through your CAD exporter or a translator into formats like ISO STEP for solid accuracy or legacy IGES for older surface workflows, or into mesh formats like STL 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 two simplest ways to open an `.xmt_bin` file are either importing it directly as a Parasolid file in software that already supports Parasolid or renaming it to a more commonly accepted Parasolid-binary extension when the file picker is being strict, with the first method using File → Open/Import and selecting Parasolid to load the solid/surface model properly, and the second method involving copying and renaming the file to `.x_b` so programs that hide `.xmt_bin` still accept it as the same binary Parasolid format.
