File Format

 File Extension

 Read

 Write

 3D Metafile

 .3dmf

 Yes

 Yes

 3D Studio

 .3ds, .asc, .prj (read only)

 Yes

 Yes

 AT3D Mesh

 .atm

 Yes

 Yes

 AutoCAD DXF

 .dxf (ASCII only)

 Yes

 Yes

 CableMod

 .xml

 Yes

 Yes

 Collada 1.4.1

 .dae

 Yes

 Yes

 DirectX

 .x  (ASCII & Binary)

 No

 Yes

 Google Earth KMZ

 .kmz

 Yes

 Yes

 Imagine (Original & New Formats)

 .iob

 Yes

 Yes

 Turbo Silver (Amiga)

 .ts

 Yes

 Yes

 Kerkythea

 .xml

 No

 Yes

 Las (LiDAR)

 .las

 Yes

 No

 LightWave (LWOB and LWO2 Formats)

 .lwo

 Yes

 Yes

 Lightscape

 .lp

 Yes

 Yes

 Maya

 .ma

 No

 Yes

 Maya

 .rtg

 Yes

 No

 modo

 .lxo

 Yes

 Yes

 NASTRAN

 .bdf

 Yes

 No

 POV-Ray 3.0

 .pov

 No

 Yes

 RealiMation Version 4.1

 .rbs

 Yes

 Yes

 RenderWare

 .rwx (ASCII only)

 Yes

 Yes

 Satellite Tool Kit, STK

 .mdl
(only PolygonMesh supported)

 Yes

 Yes

 Sculpt (Amiga)

 .scene

 Yes

 Yes

 Softimage (XSI)

 .xsi  (ASCII - version 3.5)

 No

 Yes

 StereoLithography

 .stl  (ASCII & Binary)

 Yes

 Yes

 Tecplot ASCII

 .dat

 Yes

 No

 trueSpace

 .coa, .cob

 Yes

 Yes

 VideoScape (Amiga)

 .geo

 Yes

 Yes

 Viewpoint Scene

 .mtx

 No

 Yes

 VRML 1.0 & 2.0

 .wrl (ASCII only)

 Yes

 Yes

 Wavefront

 .obj

 Yes

 Yes

 X3D

 .x3d

 No

 Yes

 XAML

 .xaml

 No

 Yes

 XGL, ZGL

 .xgl, .zgl

 Yes

 Yes

 XYZ

 .xyz (ASCII and Binary)

 Yes

 Yes

 File Format

 File Extension

 Read

 Write

 ArcInfo ASCII Grid

 .asc

 Yes

 Yes

 ASCII Heights

 .txt

 Yes

 Yes

 Binary Heights

 .bin

 Yes

 Yes

 CDED

 .dem (ASCII)

 Yes

 No

 Contour Line

 .dxf, .iob, .lwo, .obj

 Yes

 Yes (.dxf only)

 Contour Map

 .bmp, .iff (read only)

 Yes

 Yes

 GeoGratis Canada

 .csv

 Yes

 No

 Latitude-Longitude Profile

 .dxf

 No

 Yes

 MicroDEM

 .dem

 Yes

 No

 Scenery Animator (Amiga)

 .land

 Yes

 Yes

 USGS 1-degree

 .dem (ASCII)

 Yes

 No

 USGS GTOPO30

 .dem

 Yes

 No

 USGS SRTM-1

 .hgt

 Yes

 No

 USGS SRTM-3

 .hgt

 Yes

 No

 USGS SRTM30

 .dem

 Yes

 No

 USGS STDS

 .ddf

 Yes

 No

 VistaPro

 . dem

 Yes

 Yes

 XYZ

 .xyz (ASCII and Binary)

 No

 Yes

 File Format

 File Extension

 Read

 Write

 Bitmap to 3D

 .bmp, .gif, .iff, .jpg, .png, .tga, .tif

 Yes

 No

 TrueType Font to 3D

 .ttf

 Yes

 No

Notes:

• Accurately converts geometry and basic material properties such as color, transparency, index of refraction, UV texture coordinates, etc. Does not convert other file format features such as lights, cameras, animation sequences, etc. unless otherwise noted.

• The AT3D Mesh file format was created for faster reading of files containing one or more large polygon meshes created from photos taken by a drone.

• UV texture coordinates are read and written for 3D Studio 3DS, LightWave LWO, RenderWare RWX, trueSpace COB, VRML 1 and VRML 2 WRL and Wavefront OBJ files.

• UV texture coordinates are written for 3D Metafile, DirectX, Softimage dotXSI and XGL files.

• UV texture coordinates are created for landscapes and written to all file formats that support UV coordinates.

• Does not support all features when reading a VRML file. PROTO nodes are supported.

• X3D files were tested with Flux Player 1.1 Build 492 by Media Machines.

• NURBS are not supported. NURBS are not converted to triangles and triangles are not converted to NURBS.

• AutoCAD DXF
  • Virtually unlimited support for DXF files except for solid body entities (ACIS and AME) and external file references.
  • Reads Release 10 and later DXF (ASCII only) files.
  • Writes Release 12 DXF (ASCII only) files.
  • No restrictions placed on the technician producing the AutoCAD drawing.
  • Reads the entire DXF file including sections: HEADER, TABLES, BLOCKS and ENTITIES.
  • Unlimited number of layers are supported.
  • Unlimited number of blocks are supported. Blocks can be inserted into blocks.
  • Regions that have been saved to a Release 12 DXF file will be converted to triangles.
  • Exploded solids that have been saved to a R12 (Release 12) DXF file will have polygon meshes created for them. Primitive solids are not supported as AutoCAD does not write primitive solids to a R12 DXF file. Only explode solids and do NOT explode blocks and entities such as circle and polyline.
  • Support for exploded solids exported from AutoCAD
    • Explode solids only.
    • Do not explode blocks and non solid entities such as circle and polyline.
    • Save to a R12 (Release 12) DXF (ASCII only) file.
    • Primitive solids are not supported as AutoCAD does not save them to a R12 DXF file.
    • Polygon meshes will be created for the exploded solids.