This article documents the types of file format supported in the pCon.planner Load/Import, Save/Export functions. The actual insert procedure for 3D objects, pictures, text and so on will be covered in other articles. The insert procedure for OFML articles is covered in the configuring objects free-standing article.
The following table outlines the use of the different file formats in pCon.planner. Further information on the formats can be found on Wikipedia.
Name |
File Format |
Information |
Load/ |
Save/ |
---|---|---|---|---|
*.dwg |
•Short for „Drawing“ •Autodesk® standard file format •Standard file format in pCon.planner •Can contain 2d as well as 3d information |
X |
X |
|
DXF |
*.dxf |
•„Drawing Interchange Format“ •Identical to DWG, but text-based |
X |
X |
DWT |
*dwt |
•Autodesk® „Drawing Template“ •Template file in DWG format |
X |
X |
*.pec |
•EasternGraphics exchange format •Includes graphical and commercial data for use in desktop and online applications |
X |
X |
|
3D Studio |
*.3ds |
•Classic exchange format for 3D models •Textures are stored as external files in parallel •Limited support of materials |
X |
X |
Autodesk FBX |
*.fbx |
•Autodesk® Film Box Format •Exchange format of 3D content between applications •Limited support of materials |
X |
X |
GL Transmission Format |
*.glb *. Gltf |
•Open exchange format for 3D scenes and models •JSON/ASCII (*. gltf) or binary format (*.glb) •Support for materials |
X |
X |
IFC (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.ifc |
•„Industry Foundation Classes“ •Open format for BIM (Building Information Modeling) •pCon.planner exclusively supports version IFC4 •Text format •No support of materials |
X |
X |
DGN |
*.dgn |
•Format for 2d/3d drawing data |
X |
|
Alias OBJ |
*.obj |
•Classic open 3D geometry format •Limited support for materials |
X |
X |
ACIS SAT |
*.sat *.sab |
•Standard ACIS Text (*.sat)/Standard ACIS Binaries (*.sab) •3D models in volume description •Pure geometry format •Text format •No materials included |
X |
|
STEP (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.stp *. step |
•Standard format for describing product data •Includes physical and functional aspects of the model •Text format •No materials included |
X |
|
IGES (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.iges *.igs |
•"Initial Graphics Exchange Specification" •Exchange format for 2D and 3D data •Text format •No materials included |
X |
|
SKP |
*.skp |
•Sketchup format •Exchange format for 2D and 3D data •Limited support for materials |
X |
X |
STL (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.stl |
•„Stereolithography File“ •3D content, pure geometry format •Text or binary data to describe 3D models •Text format •No materials included |
X |
X |
Revit Exchange Format (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.rgfx |
•Proprietary format for transferring content from pCon.planner to Autodesk® Revit®. |
|
X |
Universal Scene Description |
*.usdz *.usd |
•Exchange format for 3D data •Materials support |
X |
X |
COLLADA |
*.dae |
•"Digital Asset Exchange File" •Exchange format for 2D and 3D data •Limited support for materials |
X |
X |
*.e57 |
•Point cloud for importing scanned objects and environments |
X |
|
|
EULUMDAT |
*.ldt |
•Exchange format for photometric data •Includes luminous intensity, light distribution, size and number of light sources |
X |
|
IES |
*.ies |
•Illuminating Engineering Society file format •File with text information about lighting data |
X |
|
OFML Scene |
*.fml
|
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •Classic storage format of OFML plannings |
X |
X |
OFML Environment |
*.env |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •Classic storage format of OFML planning environments |
X |
|
OFML Group (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.ogrp |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •Classic storage format of OFML groups |
X |
|
Render Style |
*.rstyle |
•Storage format for individual render styles of pCon.planner |
X |
|
EasternGraphics EOX |
*.eox |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics |
X |
|
Voxel Grid CadnaR |
*.cnivg |
•Proprietary format with acoustic values for visualization in pCon.planner |
X |
|
pCon.basket Project (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.obk |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •Native format for projects from the pCon.basket |
X |
X |
OBX Exchange Format (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.obx |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •OFML Basket Exchange Format •Exchange of article data between pCon applications |
X |
X |
Impress Augmented Reality File |
*.iar |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •Sharing AR content from pCon.planner |
|
X |
Multi Content Picture (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.eimg |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •Image with commercial products information areas |
|
X |
Multi Content Panorama (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.epan |
•Proprietary format from EasternGraphics •Panorama with commercial products information areas |
|
X |
Bitmap Graphic |
*.bmp |
•Image format •Uncompressed, large files |
X |
X |
Graphical Interchange Format |
*.gif |
•Image format with reduced color palette •Lossless compression of images |
X |
|
JPEG Graphic |
*.jpg *.jpeg |
•Compressed image format •Compression at the expense of image quality |
X |
X |
Portable Network Graphics |
*.png |
•Image format •Lossless compression of images •May contain transparency information |
X |
X |
TARGA Raster Graphic Format |
*.tga |
•Classic image format |
X |
|
Tagged Image File Format |
*.tif *.tiff |
•Classic image format •High color depth option |
X |
X |
WebP Image |
*. webp |
•Modern compressed image format |
X |
|
Enhanced Metafile |
*.emf |
•Metafile with information about graphics •Export via vector graphic dialog |
|
X |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
*.svg |
•Vector graphic format •Export via vector graphic dialog |
|
X |
CSV |
*.csv |
•Standard file format for text-based data |
|
X |
Microsoft Excel (pCon.planner PRO) |
*.xlsx |
•Data exchange format |
|
X |
PDF Document |
•Universal document format •Use for import and export of floor plans •Export via vector graphics dialog and layout area |
X |
X |
|
DOCX |
*.docx |
•Microsoft Word text document •XML-based file format •Import via text editor |
X |
|
TXT |
*.txt |
•Pure text document without formatting •Import via text editor |
X |
|
Rich Text Format |
*.rtf |
•Text format •Import via text editor |
X |
|