Format
CATIA Model
Summary
- Name
- CATIA Model
- Version
- 4
- Identifiers
-
- Other:
- PUID: x-fmt/436
- Format type
- Model
- Disclosure
- Full
- Description
- CATIA is a 3D modelling software created by Dassault Systèmes, widely used across many industries for computer aided design, manufacture and engineering. Model files store representations of mechanical structures, or parts of structures.
- File extensions
-
mod,model - Source
- Digital Library Research Group / MIT Libraries
- Developed by
- Dassault Systèms
- Supported by
- Dassault Systèms
Internal signatures
CATIA Model V4
- Note
- BOF offset 80, magic bytes: CATIA followed by three spaces*CATIA SOLUTIONS V4{6}RELEASE followed by one space
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 80
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
4341544941202020*434154494120534F4C5554494F4E53205634{6}52454C4541534520- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V118
- Release date
- 30 April 2024
CATIA Model 4: Signature updated to include a variable rather than a fixed byte sequence of 2026 bytes. Submitted by J. Paul Getty Trust.
-
Updated in V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
CATIA Model 4: Max-offset modified for the BOF signature to allow for more exact signature identification. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
-
Updated in V105
- Release date
- 29 June 2022
CATIA Model 4: Updated description and magic bytes. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
-
Updated in V101
- Release date
- 15 February 2022
CATIA Model: Removed MIME type and added description. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department,The National Archives.
-
Updated in V84
- Release date
- 21 January 2016
CATIA Model 4: Added format type 'Model'.
-
Added in V45
- Release date
- 6 December 2010
CATIA Model 4: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.