Technical illustration software
The ideal tool for creating technical illustrations and documentation, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4 is a complete technical graphics application that offers precision illustration tools, bitmap-to-vector tracing, professional photo editing and industry-leading file compatibility, including 3D CAD.
Also available: Right Hemisphere® Deep Exploration™ CCE Upgrade
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$999.00 USD
$499.00 USD
3D CAD
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 includes Right Hemisphere® Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CSE, a powerful application that transforms 3D CAD models into accurate 2D graphics.
To double your 3D CAD editing abilities and benefit from increased file format support, upgrade to Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CCE. See below for more information.

With Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CSE (included with Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite), you can:
- access 3D designs from AutoCAD® DWG™ and DXF™, 3DS, VRML, U3D, SketchUp™ and other formats
- modify 3D models and views to accommodate the needs of a technical illustration (e.g., by applying cross sections and exploding models to create disassembly views)
- quickly transform 3D CAD models into accurate 2D vector illustrations and insert directly into Corel DESIGNER X4
- create renderings from 3D designs to output directly to Corel PHOTO-PAINT® for professional retouching and integration in technical documents and presentations
With Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CCE* (upgrade option) you receive:
- additional native 3D CAD file format support - get support for over 80 3D CAD file formats, including CATIA®, Inventor®, Pro/ENGINEER®, SolidWorks®, Unigraphics® NX and more
- 3D PDF publishing abilities
- more 3D CAD tools to optimize 3D files for display and manipulation, such as Polygon reduction tools, small parts removal and more
*Note: Deep Exploration™ CCE is an upgrade that requires additional purchase. For more information, click here.
- Compare Deep Exploration CSE to Deep Exploration CCE
- Additional 3D CAD formats supported with Right Hemisphere® Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CCE
- 3D file formats supported with Right Hemisphere® Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CSE
Compare Deep Exploration™ CSE (included) to Deep Exploration™ CCE (upgrade option)
Functionality |
Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CSE(included with Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4) |
Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CCE |
| Full error reporting | ![]() |
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| PDF Publishing | ![]() 3D Output |
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| Volume Cutting | ![]() |
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| Metadata Browser | ![]() |
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| CADTools | Limited (Explode assembly only) |
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| DXF, DWG and DWF file Support | ![]() |
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| Rhino File Format | ![]() |
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| STEP, IGES, SAT ParaSolid support | ![]() |
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| Opening and importing native 3D CAD files | Limited | ![]() |
| Vector illustration output with direct connection to Corel DESIGNER | ![]() |
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| Bitmap rendering output with direct connection to Corel PHOTO-PAINT | ![]() |
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Additional 3D CAD formats supported with Right Hemisphere® Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CCE (additional purchase to Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4)
File Format |
Extension |
| AutoCAD Sheet Set File | DST |
| Autodesk Inventor Assembly | IAM |
| Autodesk Inventor Part | IPT |
| CADKEY Advanced Design Language | CDL |
| CATIA4 | CGR, DLV, MODEL, SESSION |
| CATIA5 | CATPART, CATPRODUCT |
| Granite files | G |
| IGES Files | IGES, IGS |
| JT File | JT |
| Lattice XVL Structure and Geometry | XV0, XV3 |
| MicroStation CAD Graphic | DGN |
| Neutral Part File | NEU |
| Parasolid CAD File | X_B, X_T, XMT, XMT_TXT |
| Pro/ENGINEER Assembly | ASM, XAS |
| Pro/ENGINEER Part | PRT, XPR |
| Rhinoceros 3D Model | 3DM |
| SDRC I-DEAS Model | ARC, MF1 |
| SDRC I-DEAS Package | PKG |
| SDRC I-DEAS Universal | UNV |
| SolidEdge 3D CAD Model Part | PAR |
| SolidWorks Files | SLDASM, SLDLFP, SLDPRT, SLDDRW |
| Standard ACIS Text File | SAT |
| Standard ACIS Binary File | SAB |
| STEP Files | STEP, STP |
| Unigraphics Parts and Assemblies (Releases 13-18, NX1, NX2, NX3, NX4, and NX5) | PRT |
| VDA File | VDA |
3D file formats supported with Right Hemisphere® Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CSE (included with Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4)
File Format |
Extension |
| AutoCAD Drawing Interchange | DXF |
| AutoCAD Drawing Object | DWG |
| Autodesk 3D Studio | 3DS |
| Autodesk 3D Studio ASCII | ASC |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max ASCII | ASE |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Project | PRJ |
| AOFF File Format | GEO |
| Caligari trueSpace Object | COB |
| Caligari trueSpace Scene | SCN |
| CINEMA 4D | C4D |
| Collada | DAE |
| DirectX Model | X |
| FiLMBOX | FBX |
| Imagine Geometry | IOB |
| ISO G Code | ISO, NC |
| LightWave 3D and Binary Object | LWO, LW |
| LightWave Scene | LWS |
| Nendo | NDO |
| Object File Format Vector Graphics | OFF |
| Open Inventor File | IV |
| OpenFlight Scene Description Database | FLT |
| OpenGL CPP Code | CPP |
| Points File | PTS |
| Polygon Model Format | PLY |
| Portable Graymap Graphics File | PGM |
| POV-Ray RAW Triangle Format | RAW |
| Power Render Object | PRO |
| Protein Data Bank | PDB |
| Quake Character Model I | MDL |
| Quake Character Model II | MD2 |
| Quake Character Model III | MD3 |
| Quake Map | MAP |
| Quicktime 3D Metafile | 3DM, 3DMF |
| RAX Extended RAW Triangles | RAX |
| Right Hemisphere Binary | RH |
| Shockwave 3D File | W3D |
| Shockwave Web Page | HTML |
| Silo3D | SIA |
| Google SketchUp Document | SKP |
| SOFTIMAGE|XSI | XSI |
| Stereolithography File | STL |
| Universal 3D | U3D |
| VRML Worlds | WRL, VRML |
| Wavefront Object | OBJ |
| XAML | XAML |
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