CATPart

File Format
Name	CATPart
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 3D and CAD/CAM Models CATPart
Extension(s)	.catpart
PRONOM	x-fmt/439
Wikidata ID	Q49416323
Magic Bytes	56 35 5F 43 46 56 32

CATPart (CATIA Part Description/Model v5) is one of a number of file formats used by the CATIA 3D product design software. It is used in CATIA version 5. The equivalent in version 4 is CATIA V4 Model.

Identification

Files appear to start with the ASCII sequence V5_CFV2 (hex bytes 56 35 5F 43 46 56 32).

Sample files

• One is linked in this question/answer page
• Another is linked here
• And another

Other CATIA formats

• 3DXML - 3DXML format
• CATDrawing - CATIA V5 Drawing document
• CATIA V4 Model - CATIA V4 Model / Part Description
• CATIA V4 Project - CATIA V4 Project
• CATMaterial - CATIA V5 Material
• CATProcess - CATIA V5 Manufacturing document
• CATProduct - CATIA V5 Assembly document
• cgr - CATIA V5 graphic representation file

Links

• CATIA site
• Dassault Systèmes site