File Formats
The following file formats are available for PDF3D ReportGen, XML Server utilities and the Interface Layer of PDFD-SDK PRO Development Toolkit. For PV+ see the other alternative File Format list.
Type | Format | Extensions | Applications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD Models | ||||
| 1 | Additive Manufacturing Format | amf | 3D Printing industry consortium format alternative to STL | |
| 2 | AutoCAD Export DWF Format | dwf | AutoCAD Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, Visual Representations | |
| 3 | AutoCAD Generic DXF Format | dxf | AutoCAD historic versions, Survey, Geophysics, Modelling | |
| 4 | AutoCAD Native DWG Format | dwg | AutoCAD Mechanical, Civil, Inventor, Parts, Colours, Widely Used | |
| 5 | Bentley-Intergraph Microstation DGN Format | dgn | Microstation related applications | |
| 6 | IGES 3D Model Interchange | igs, iges | Industry Interoperability Model Exchange, CAD Applications | |
| 7 | Industry Foundation Classes IFC | ifc | BIM, AEC, Subset support, AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, Civil 3D | |
| 8 | Movie.BYU Geometry Format | byu | Historic FEA Mesh Geometry Interchange | |
| 9 | Polygon File Format Stanford | ply | Surface, Line & Point Open Academic and Research Exchange | |
| 10 | PRC Product Representation Compact Format | prc | ISO 14739-1 3D Model used in 3D PDF context as interactive view | |
| 11 | STEP AP214 3D Model Interchange | stp,step | Industry Interoperability Model Exchange, PLM, CAD Applications | |
| 12 | Stereolithography ASCII Multi-part File Format | stla | CAD-CAM, 3D Printing, Triangle Mesh Surfaces, Geometry Only | |
| 13 | Stereolithography Binary File Format | stlb | CAD-CAM, 3D Printing, Single Triangle Mesh, Geometry Only | |
| 14 | Stereolithography STL File Format w/Color | stl | 3D Printing, Triangle Geometry, Scanners, CAD, Materialise Magics | |
| 15 | U3D Universal 3D Interchange Format | u3d | ECMA 363 used in 3D PDF context as interactive view | |
| Analysis Data | ||||
| 16 | AVS/Express UCD Format | inp | Advanced Visual Systems Proprietary, Unstructured Mesh & Attributes | |
| 17 | COMSOL Simulation Results Format | dat,txt,mphtxt | COMSOL Proprietary Mesh & Result Plot Output Format | |
| 18 | Protein Data Bank Molecular Format | pdb | Chemistry, Research, Academic, well established database | |
| 19 | VTK PolyData Format | vtp | Visualization Toolkit polygon surface data, science, engineering | |
| 20 | VTK Model File Format | vtk | Visualization Toolkit mesh, element, multi-attribute 2D & 3D data | |
| Images & Video | ||||
| 21 | Flash Animations or Movie clips | swf | Video, Movie, Animation, Creative Suite, MacroMedia, Adobe | |
| 22 | Raster Image Files | png,jpg,tif,bmp | Universal standard image file formats, monochrome, color, alpha | |
| Geospatial | ||||
| 23 | ArcGIS Geospatial Grid Format | asc | ArcGIS Proprietary ASCII Grid Raster Elevation Data | |
| 24 | ESRI ArcGIS Geospatial Vector Shapes | shp | ArcGIS Proprietary ShapeFile for Vector Features, 2D or 3D | |
| 25 | GeoTIFF Geospatial Image and Grid Data Format | tif, tiff | Well-known TIFF image with additional Geographic coordinates included | |
| 26 | GeoVRML Geospatial Format | wrl, vrml | VRML97 extended to include geographic coordinate systems, ArcScene | |
| 27 | IMAGINE Multi-Channel Image or Elevation Grids | img | Hexagon Geospatial raster format for image and attribute data | |
| 28 | KML Geospatial Vector Features | kml | XML based mark-up for geospatial features, ArcGIS, Google Earth | |
| 29 | LAS Well Log (Subset) | las | Oil industry well log, complex borehole data, simple subset | |
| 30 | LiDAR LAS File Format v1,2,3 | las | Point Cloud Industry Interchange Format, Space, Airborne & Terrestrial | |
| 31 | LiDAR LAZ Compressed Format | laz | Very good compressed optimization option for LAS data | |
| 32 | Point Cloud Formats | csv,pts,xyz | 3D points, ASCII, from LiDAR, Laser, point sample systems | |
| 33 | Point Cloud with Color or attribute | xyzrgb, stzi | 3D points, ASCII with intensity or full RGB Color per point | |
| 34 | ReCAP RCS point cloud format | rcs | 3D points, Binary with optional full RGB Color per point | |
| 35 | e57 Point Cloud format | e57 | 3D points, Binary optional full RGB Color per point | |
| 36 | PROJ Geographic Projection Format | proj | Geographic coordinate mapping data to place corresponding models | |
| 37 | Surfer Grid Format | grd | Surfer from Golden Software Proprietary raster elevation grid data | |
| 38 | Surfer Colormap Format | clr | Surfer from Golden Software Proprietary color classification files | |
| 39 | USGS DEM Geospatial Grid File Format | dem | Elevation grid data for terrains, bathymetry, raster data | |
| 40 | World Geographic Coordinate File | jpw,pgw,tfw | Geographic coordinate mapping data to place corresponding images | |
| 41 | ZMapPlus Geospatial Grid Field Format | dat | Earth Science Subsurface Horizon Data, ZYCOR, Historic Data Exchange | |
| 3D Graphics | ||||
| 42 | 3D GameStudio 3DGS Format | mdl | Gamestudio Development & Authoring Application for Games | |
| 43 | 3D GameStudio 3DGS Terrain Format | hmp | Gamestudio Development Application Terrain Landscape Data | |
| 44 | 30 Studio MAX Format | 3ds | Widely used 3D graphics exchange, 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD, Textures | |
| 45 | 3ds Max ASE Format | ase | AutoDesk 3DS Max Proprietary 3D Model Format (subset) | |
| 46 | AC3D Inivis Format | ac | AC3D Proprietary Model Creation and Editing 3D Format | |
| 47 | ANSYS Workbench Viewer File | avz | CAE Visualization results format used by ANSYS Viewer application | |
| 48 | Blender 3D Format | blend | Blender CAD Application Design Native 3D Model Format | |
| 49 | BlitzBasic 3D Format | b3b | Interactive Game & Scene Environment System | |
| 50 | Collada COLLAborative Design Activity Format | dae | Industry interchange rich 3D graphics, 3DS Max, Maya, Sketchup, Textures | |
| 51 | Design Workshop Database | dw | AEC DesignWorkshop 3D modeling program for architectural design | |
| 52 | DirectX 3D Model Format | x | Microsoft DirectX Graphics 3D Model Geometry | |
| 53 | DirectX X Format | x | Microsoft DirectX Graphics Generic Data | |
| 54 | Doom 3 Format | md5 | Interactive Game Proprietary Scenes | |
| 55 | FBX Graphics Format | fbx | AutoDesk binary 3D Graphics Format with optional embedded textures | |
| 56 | Irricht Mesh Format | irrmesh | Static Game Mesh similar to Collada | |
| 57 | Irricht Scene Format | irr | Interactive Game Scene Export format | |
| 58 | IVE OpenSceneGraph File Format | ive | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, version specific | |
| 59 | Nendo Format | ndo | Proprietary 3D modeling and 3D painting package from IZWare | |
| 60 | LightWave Object Format | lwo | LightWave Proprietary 3D Models with Materials, Texture | |
| 61 | LightWave Scene Format | lws | LightWave Proprietary Scenes | |
| 62 | Milkshape 3D Format | ms3d | Shareware low-polygon 3D modeling Application by Mete Ciragan | |
| 63 | Modo Format | lxo | Proprietary Luxology Game System Scene File | |
| 64 | Neutral File Format | nnf | RayTrace Program 3D Polygon Format | |
| 65 | OSG Extendable ASCI Format | osgt | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 66 | OSG Extendable Binary Format | osgb | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 67 | OSG Extendable XML Format | osgx | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 68 | OSG Native Format | osg | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, with Textures | |
| 69 | OSGTGZ Compressed Format | osgtgz | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 70 | Object File Format | off | Simple Surface Polygon Unstructured 3D ASCII format | |
| 71 | Ogre Graphics Engine XML Format | xml | Open Source Game Rendering Engine 3D Model Format | |
| 72 | OpenFlight Format | flt | Real-time Visual Simulation Scenes with Texture | |
| 73 | OpenInventor 2.1 Compressed Format | iv.gz | Industry neutral interchange 3D graphics, similar to VRML, Textures | |
| 74 | OpenInventor 2.1 Format | iv | Industry neutral interchange 3D graphics, similar to VRML, Textures | |
| 75 | PDF Portable Document Format Template or 3D | ISO-32000 PDF Standard, with 3D Annotations, U3D or PRC | ||
| 76 | PovRAY Raw Format | raw | Triangular facet 3D geometry POV Ray Tracer | |
| 77 | Quake I Format | mdl | Interactive Game Proprietary Scenes, Historic | |
| 78 | Quake II Format | md2 | Interactive Game Proprietary Scenes, Historic | |
| 79 | Quake III Map/BSP | pk3 | Interactive Game Proprietary Scenes – maps, textures | |
| 80 | Quake III Mesh Format | md3 | Interactive Game Proprietary Scenes, geometry, meshes | |
| 81 | Quick3D Format | q3s | Proprietary Quick3D File Converter Application Native Format | |
| 82 | Return to Castle Wolfenstein Format | mdc | Interactive Game Proprietary 3D Format | |
| 83 | Sense8 WorldToolKit Format | nff | Historic ASCII 3D Format from 1990s | |
| 84 | Starcraft II M3 Format | m3 | Proprietary Game Application 3D Actor Models | |
| 85 | Terragen Terrain Format | ter | 3D Landscape Terrain Tile Format from Planetside Software | |
| 86 | TrueSpace Format | cob,scn | Proprietary 3D Graphics Application from Caligary | |
| 87 | Unreal Game Format | 3d | Proprietary Game Engine 3D Model Format | |
| 88 | VRML Compressed Format | wrz,vrml.gz | Very Widely used 3D graphics exchange VRML97 Standard, v1.0 or 2.0 | |
| 89 | VRML Uncompressed Format | wrl,vrml | Very Widely used 3D graphics exchange, ArcScene, Pro/E, Textures | |
| 90 | Valve Model Format | smd,vta | StudioMDL Proprietary Game Development ASCII 3D Model Format | |
| 91 | VOXLER 2-4, Scene format | iv | Voxler Application from Golden Software 3D Scene Export (SGI version) | |
| 92 | Wavefront Object Format | obj | Widely used 3D graphics exchange, 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Maya, Textures | |
| 93 | XGL, ZGL Graphics Format | xgl,zgl | Aveva Plant 3D Scene Export, Inventor, Graphics dump | |
| 94 | X3D Graphics Format | x3d | eXtensible 3D Graphics Format (XML variant of VRML97) |
See release notes for current versions and support. Some formats may be available on limited platforms.