UNV

File Format
Name	UNV
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 3D and CAD/CAM Models UNV
Extension(s)	.unv
Wikidata ID	Q7893953

UNV (Universal File Format) is a file format for CAD that was created as far back as the 1960s by a company called SDRC, and was later used by I-DEAS, created by SDRC in 1982. After several mergers, SDRC and I-DEAS wound up being part of Siemens.

Format documentation

• I-deas Universal files

Software

• FEconv: converts between several mesh and FE field formats
• Universal File Format Import Driver for LabVIEW and DIAdem

Links

• Official site (German)
• Wikipedia article: Universal File Format
• Wikipedia article: I-DEAS
• Importing I-DEAS unv file into FLUENT