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Understanding Creo View File Formats

Creo View stores and uses various file types.

  • File types include: PVS file

  • OL file

  • PVA file

  • PVP file

  • PVT file

  • PVZ file

  • ED file

  • EDZ file

Understanding Creo View File Formats

Creo View stores and uses various file types, including the following:

  • PVS file — The primary representation document for Creo View’s 3-D model. The PVS format stores the structure of a Creo View model in a binary format.

  • OL file — The primary graphics geometry from the MBD model. There is one OL file per assembly component.

  • PVA file — Stores an author state, or a combination state. There is one PVA file per combination state in the original MBD model.

  • PVP file — Stores properties for an associated Creo View model.

  • PVT file — Stores 3-D thumbnails that are used when viewing lightweight graphics representations in Creo Parametric.

  • PVZ file — A Creo View archive file encapsulating the PVS, PVP, PVA, and OL files into a single zip file. This file can be opened on a standalone basis without any additional files needed to resolve references. The PVZ file is a zip file that the system has renamed to PVZ.

  • ED file — Similar to PVS files, but stores product structure in a legacy ASCII format.

  • EDZ or EDP file — Older, legacy Creo View formats that store an Engineering Data Package consisting of compressed OL and ED files.