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What file types does Catenda support?
What file types does Catenda support?
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Written by Julien Benoit
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For our model viewer we only support IFCs.
All file types can be uploaded to our document section.
The following filetypes can be previewed in the document section:

Note: The IFC and Point cloud (e57 and las) previews can be loaded in the 3D viewer.

This article contains information about the following types of files:

PDF

pdf, fdf, xfdf

Images

There are several ways to display images on Catenda Hub:

Documents

bmp, wmf, emf, gif (static image only), hdp, jpg, jp2, png, tif, tiff

Issues

Text formatting

You can add a link to a public image in the comment of text in a description or comment of an issue.

bmp, wmf, emf, gif (animated), hdp, jpg, jp2, png, tif, tiff

Viewpoints

You can attach an image to a comment of an issue.

bmp, wmf, emf, gif (static image only), hdp, jpg, jp2, png, tif, tiff

CAD

dwg, dxf, dgn, dwf

Office

doc, docx, xls, xlsx, xlsm, ppt, pptx, pub

Web

html, htm, mht, svg

Email

msg

Open XML

txt, xps, oxps, xml, xod, xaml

Point Clouds

e57, las

IFC

Documents section

Same as models section but here you will only see a preview.

This means that the objects will not have properties and GUIDs

Models section

ifc, ifczip

Accepted (Official and retired releases by BuildingSMART)

Not accepted (Withdrawn by BuildingSMART)

You can find what IFC releases are official here

Official BuildingSMART sample IFC files can be found here

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