What is a .PAR file?
PAR is a part file from Siemens Solid Edge CAD.
- Did you know
- PAR holds a single mechanical part designed in Solid Edge.
- Solid Edge was first built by Intergraph in 1996 before passing to UGS and then to Siemens.
- Solid Edge models its PAR parts on the Parasolid kernel, adopted after the move away from the original ACIS kernel.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify more 3D, CAD and scene files: Google Draco compressed meshes, Gaussian splats (KSplat), Universal 3D, Dassault 3DXML, DirectX .x models, Qubicle voxels, Wings3D, Autodesk Revit (RVT/RFA and templates, build version from BasicFileInfo), Siemens Solid Edge, Navisworks, legacy CATIA V4, terrestrial-scanner point clouds (FARO/Trimble) and legacy binary Visio (.vsd).
- Depth of analysis
- .PAR is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .PAR file
- Drag a .PAR file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.