Several companies specialize in CAD data translation software that can read from one CAD system and write the information in another CAD system format. There are a handful of companies, including [[Datakit]], [[Spatial Corp]], and [http://techsoft3d.com/ Tech Soft 3D], that provide low-level software toolkits to directly read and write the major CAD file formats. Most CAD developers license these toolkits, to add import and export capabilities to their products. There are also a significant number of companies that use the low-level translation toolkits as the basis for building standalone end-user translation and validation applications. Among these companies are [http://www.elysium-global.com/ Elysium], [http://www.iti-global.com/ International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI)], [[TransMagic]], and [http://www.coretechnologie.com/ CoreTechnologie].<ref>Yares, E. (2012, November 28). CAD Interoperability Today. ''Design World''. Retrieved October 29, 2016, from <nowiki>http://www.designworldonline.com/cad-interoperability-today</nowiki></ref> These systems have their own proprietary intermediate format some of which will allow reviewing the data during translation. Some of these translators work stand-alone while others require one or both of the CAD packages installed on the translation machine as they use code ([[API]]s) from these systems to read/write the data.
