The following file formats are available for PDF3D ReportGen, pdf3d.io, and the Interface Layer of PDFD-SDK PRO Development Toolkit. For PV+ see the alternative File Format list.
This list is up to date at V2.23 release. Please see the release notes for current versions and support. Some formats may be available on limited platforms.
| 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 | Polygon File Format Stanford | ply | Surface, Line & Point Open Academic and Research Exchange | |
| 9 | PRC Product Representation Compact Format | prc | ISO 14739-1 3D Model used in 3D PDF context as interactive view | |
| 10 | STEP AP214 3D Model Interchange | stp,step | Industry Interoperability Model Exchange, PLM, CAD Applications | |
| 11 | Stereolithography ASCII Multi-part File Format | stla | CAD-CAM, 3D Printing, Triangle Mesh Surfaces, Geometry Only | |
| 12 | Stereolithography Binary File Format | stlb | CAD-CAM, 3D Printing, Single Triangle Mesh, Geometry Only | |
| 13 | Stereolithography STL File Format w/Color | stl | 3D Printing, Triangle Geometry, Scanners, CAD, Materialise Magics | |
| 14 | U3D Universal 3D Interchange Format | u3d | ECMA 363 used in 3D PDF context as interactive view | |
| Analysis Data | ||||
| 15 | AVS/Express UCD Format | inp | Advanced Visual Systems Proprietary, Unstructured Mesh & Attributes | |
| 16 | COMSOL Simulation Results Format | dat,txt,mphtxt | COMSOL Proprietary Mesh & Result Plot Output Format | |
| 17 | Protein Data Bank Molecular Format | pdb | Chemistry, Research, Academic, well established database | |
| 18 | VTK PolyData Format | vtp | Visualization Toolkit polygon surface data, science, engineering | |
| 19 | VTK Model File Format | vtk | Visualization Toolkit mesh, element, multi-attribute 2D & 3D data | |
| Images & Video | ||||
| 20 | Raster Image Files | png,jpg,tif,bmp | Universal standard image file formats, monochrome, color, alpha | |
| Geospatial | ||||
| 21 | ArcGIS Geospatial Grid Format | asc | ArcGIS Proprietary ASCII Grid Raster Elevation Data | |
| 22 | ESRI ArcGIS Geospatial Vector Shapes | shp | ArcGIS Proprietary ShapeFile for Vector Features, 2D or 3D | |
| 23 | GeoTIFF Geospatial Image and Grid Data Format | tif, tiff | Well-known TIFF image with additional Geographic coordinates included | |
| 24 | GeoVRML Geospatial Format | wrl, vrml | VRML97 extended to include geographic coordinate systems, ArcScene | |
| 25 | IMAGINE Multi-Channel Image or Elevation Grids | img | Hexagon Geospatial raster format for image and attribute data | |
| 26 | KML Geospatial Vector Features | kml | XML based mark-up for geospatial features, ArcGIS, Google Earth | |
| 27 | LiDAR LAS File Formats 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 | las | Point Cloud Industry Interchange Format, Space, Airborne & Terrestrial | |
| 28 | LiDAR LAZ Compressed Format | laz | Very good compressed optimization option for LAS data | |
| 29 | Point Cloud Formats | csv,pts,xyz | 3D points, ASCII, from LiDAR, Laser, point sample systems | |
| 30 | Point Cloud with Color or attribute | xyzrgb, stzi | 3D points, ASCII with intensity or full RGB Color per point | |
| 31 | Autodesk ReCAP RCS/RCP point cloud format | rcs,rcp | 3D points, Binary with optional full RGB Color per point | |
| 32 | e57 Point Cloud format | e57 | 3D points, Binary optional full RGB Color per point | |
| 33 | PROJ Geographic Projection Format | proj | Geographic coordinate mapping data to place corresponding models | |
| 34 | Surfer Grid Format | grd | Surfer from Golden Software Proprietary raster elevation grid data | |
| 35 | Surfer Colormap Format | clr | Surfer from Golden Software Proprietary color classification files | |
| 36 | USGS DEM Geospatial Grid File Format | dem | Elevation grid data for terrains, bathymetry, raster data | |
| 37 | World Geographic Coordinate File | jpw,pgw,tfw | Geographic coordinate mapping data automatically loaded corresponding images, JPG, PNG, TIF | |
| 38 | ZMapPlus Geospatial Grid Field Format | dat | Earth Science Subsurface Horizon Data, ZYCOR, Historic Data Exchange | |
| 39 | IRAP Classic Grid Format IFGR | ifgr | Earth Science Subsurface Horizon Data from IRAP | |
| 40 | Label File Format (x,y,z,label-text) CSV | lbl | 3D coordinate location and label text string in CSV format | |
| 3D Graphics | ||||
| 41 | 3D GameStudio 3DGS Format | mdl | Gamestudio Development & Authoring Application for Games | |
| 42 | 3D GameStudio 3DGS Terrain Format | hmp | Gamestudio Development Application Terrain Landscape Data | |
| 43 | 3D Studio MAX Format | 3ds | Widely used 3D graphics exchange, 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD, Textures | |
| 44 | 3ds Max ASE Format | ase | AutoDesk 3DS Max Proprietary 3D Model Format (subset) | |
| 45 | AC3D Inivis Format | ac | AC3D Proprietary Model Creation and Editing 3D Format | |
| 46 | Collada COLLAborative Design Activity Format | dae | Industry interchange rich 3D graphics, 3DS Max, Maya, Sketchup, Textures | |
| 47 | Design Workshop Database | dw | AEC DesignWorkshop 3D modeling program for architectural design | |
| 48 | DirectX 3D Model Format | x | Microsoft DirectX Graphics 3D Model Geometry | |
| 49 | DirectX X Format | x | Microsoft DirectX Graphics Generic Data | |
| 50 | FBX Graphics Format | fbx | AutoDesk binary 3D Graphics Format with optional embedded textures | |
| 51 | glTF Graphics Format | glb | GL Transmission Format for WebGL 3D in Browsers | |
| 52 | IVE OpenSceneGraph File Format | ive | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, version specific | |
| 53 | Nendo Format | ndo | Proprietary 3D modeling and 3D painting package from IZWare | |
| 54 | LightWave Object Format | lwo | LightWave Proprietary 3D Models with Materials, Texture, LWO2 or LWO3 (2019) | |
| 55 | LightWave Scene Format | lws | LightWave Proprietary Scenes | |
| 56 | Milkshape 3D Format | ms3d | Shareware low-polygon 3D modeling Application by Mete Ciragan | |
| 57 | Modo Format | lxo | Proprietary Luxology Game System Scene File | |
| 58 | Neutral File Format | nnf | RayTrace Program 3D Polygon Format | |
| 59 | OSG Extendable ASCII Format | osgt | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 60 | OSG Extendable Binary Format | osgb | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 61 | OSG Extendable XML Format | osgx | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 62 | OSG Native Format | osg | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, with Textures | |
| 63 | OSGTGZ Compressed Format | osgtgz | OpenSceneGraph Framework Scene Format, open serialization | |
| 64 | Object File Format | off | Simple Surface Polygon Unstructured 3D ASCII format | |
| 65 | Ogre Graphics Engine XML Format | xml | Open Source Game Rendering Engine 3D Model Format | |
| 66 | OpenFlight Format | flt | Real-time Visual Simulation Scenes with Texture | |
| 67 | OpenInventor 2.1 Compressed Format | iv.gz | Industry neutral interchange 3D graphics, similar to VRML, Textures | |
| 68 | OpenInventor 2.1 Format | iv | Industry neutral interchange 3D graphics, similar to VRML, Textures | |
| 69 | PDF Portable Document Format Template or 3D | ISO-32000 PDF Standard, with 3D Annotations, U3D or PRC | ||
| 70 | PovRAY Raw Format | raw | Triangular facet 3D geometry POV Ray Tracer | |
| 71 | Quake II Format | md2 | Interactive Game Proprietary Scenes, Historic | |
| 72 | Quake III Mesh Format | md3 | Interactive Game Proprietary Scenes, geometry, meshes | |
| 73 | Quick3D Format | q3s | Proprietary Quick3D File Converter Application Native Format | |
| 74 | Return to Castle Wolfenstein Format | mdc | Interactive Game Proprietary 3D Format | |
| 75 | Sense8 WorldToolKit Format | nff | Historic ASCII 3D Format from 1990s | |
| 76 | Starcraft II M3 Format | m3 | Proprietary Game Application 3D Actor Models | |
| 77 | Terragen Terrain Format | ter | 3D Landscape Terrain Tile Format from Planetside Software | |
| 78 | Unreal Game Format | 3d | Proprietary Game Engine 3D Model Format | |
| 79 | VRML Compressed Format | wrz,vrml.gz | Very Widely used 3D graphics exchange VRML97 Standard, v1.0 or 2.0 | |
| 80 | VRML Uncompressed Format | wrl,vrml | Very Widely used 3D graphics exchange, ArcScene, Pro/E, Textures | |
| 81 | VOXLER 2-4, Scene format | iv | Voxler Application from Golden Software 3D Scene Export (SGI version) | |
| 82 | Wavefront Object Format | obj | Widely used 3D graphics exchange, 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Maya, Textures | |
| 83 | XGL, ZGL Graphics Format | xgl,zgl | Aveva Plant 3D Scene Export, Inventor, Graphics dump | |
| 84 | X3D Graphics Format | x3d | eXtensible 3D Graphics Format (XML variant of VRML97) |
