What's New

Added G2/G3 support

App Description

This is a great 3D NC data file viewer. It supports the most popular CAD / CAM / CNC data file formats including gcode ( g-code ) and apt file. With help of this app, you can view your cnc tool path anywhere you want, no matter you are at home or traveling abroad.

The app provides many 3D features including rotating model with finger movement, zooming in/out, changing color, etc. The app supports loading multiple models at the same time so that you can view them together. It is so easy to control it. You will love the way your model looks.

You can add files to the app's document folder through iTunes and use the file open button of the app to load them. You can also use the app to open 3D files you received as your email attachment. Just double tap on the attachment (must use .pm or .apt extension name)in you email app, the 3D viewer would be launched automatically. Or you can use it to open 3D files from third party file management app, like DropBox, etc.


The app is not just a 3D data file viewer. It is also a file organizer. The app provides you file sorting features so that you can find your model quickly. You can sort by file name or file creation time. If you have too many models in the app's folder, you can use delete button of the app to remove files you don't need any more. If you need share 3D model with your friend, coworker, client or partner, you can use in-app email feature to send your model out as email attachment. The app also provides unzip function. You can use it to unzip compressed files in .zip format. The app also tells you information about your files, for instance, the size and creation time of the files.


The app provides native support for you to view documents in many different formats, including Microsoft Words (.doc, .dock), Excel (.xls, .xlsx), PowerPoint(.ppt, .pptx), Apple Numbers (.numbers), Pages(.pages), Keynote(.key), Adobe PDF (.pdf) and multimedia files including image (.png and .jpg) and video (.mov,.mp4,.3gp). This way, you can manage and view not only 3D files, but also other files of your project.

The app provides unique in-app reviewing feature. You can easily take screen-shot of your file (3D or office document), draw your comment on the screen-shot and email it to your friends.

If you need iPhone or iPad app for other 3D file formats, for instance, stl, 3ds, obj, vrml, ply, etc, please search Afanche to find more 3D oriented apps. Afanche is a company specialized in 3D technologies. Afanche provides customized 3D programming solutions for mobile, web and desktop. For more info, please visit our website http://www.afanche.com.

iPhone Screenshots

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App Changes

  • March 15, 2012 Initial release
  • March 25, 2013 New version v2.7
  • October 07, 2013 Price increase: $2.99 -> $4.99