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For our model viewer we only support IFCs. 

You will be able to preview the following filetypes on Catenda Site:

This article contains information about the following file formats:

<a href="#h_7ce1cc2448">Open file formats</a> - <a href="#h_376fd60e37">Proprietary file formats</a>

At Catenda we like to work with Open Standards so that everyone can work together regardless of the software they own. Typically, anybody can participate in their development due to their inherently open nature. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard#:~:text=Typically%2C%20anybody%20can%20participate%20in%20their%20development%20due%20to%20their%20inherently%20open%20nature." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Source</a> This means that it is not just one organization controlling what gets developed.

Accepted (Official and retired releases by BuildingSMART)

- IFC 4.3 - <a href="https://github.com/buildingSMART/IFC4.3-html/releases/tag/sep-13-release" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4.3 TC1 (zip)</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4_3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC 4.3 ADD2</a>
- IFC 4.0 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4/ADD2_TC1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4 ADD2 TC1</a>

- IFC 2.3 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x3/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x3</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x3/TC1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x3 TC1</a>
- IFC 2.2 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x2/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x2</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x2/ADD1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x2 ADD1</a>
- IFC 2.1 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x/ADD1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x ADD1</a>
- IFC 2.0 - IFC2.0

- IFC 4
 - IFC 4.3 - <a href="https://github.com/buildingSMART/IFC4.3-html/releases/tag/sep-13-release" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4.3 TC1 (zip)</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4_3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC 4.3 ADD2</a>
 - IFC 4.0 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4/ADD2_TC1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4 ADD2 TC1</a>
- IFC 2
 - IFC 2.3 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x3/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x3</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x3/TC1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x3 TC1</a>
 - IFC 2.2 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x2/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x2</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x2/ADD1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x2 ADD1</a>
 - IFC 2.1 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x</a>, <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x/ADD1/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC2x ADD1</a>
 - IFC 2.0 - IFC2.0

Not accepted (Withdrawn by BuildingSMART)

- IFC 4.2 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/DEV/IFC4_2/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4.2</a>
- IFC 4.1 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4_1/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4.1</a>

- IFC 4
 - IFC 4.2 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/DEV/IFC4_2/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4.2</a>
 - IFC 4.1 - <a href="https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4_1/FINAL/HTML/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IFC4.1</a>

You can find what IFC releases are official <a href="https://technical.buildingsmart.org/standards/ifc/ifc-schema-specifications/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>

Official BuildingSMART sample IFC files can be found <a href="https://github.com/buildingSMART/Sample-Test-Files" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>

Topics - bcfzip (bcf 2.0), bcf (bcf 2.1, bcf 3,0)

Documents - pdf (1.x to 2.0), pdf/a (1,2,3), xfdf, fdf

Comments - PDF comments will be visible when uploading a pdf

There are several ways to display open standard images on Catenda Hub:

Issues - Viewpoints - png, gif (static image only)

You can <a href="https://support.catenda.com/en/articles/8053352-issue-body#h_fb43bacd99">attach an image</a> to a <a href="https://support.catenda.com/en/articles/8053352-issue-body#h_f76b44d3ca">comment</a> of an issue.

See proprietary image formats <a href="https://support.catenda.com/en/articles/4670320-previewing-file-types-on-catenda-hub#h_e4be468f76">here</a>

See proprietary image formats <a href="#h_1a0be38b0c">here</a>

There are a lot of file format standards developed by organizations that are used by many.

It is important for us that it is easy to use Catenda. We therefore do our best to support as many of the most common filetypes that are used.

There are several ways to display proprietary image formats on Catenda Hub:

Open standard image formats can be found <a href="https://support.catenda.com/en/articles/4670320-previewing-file-types-on-catenda-hub#h_671b5c2906">here</a>

Vector graphics will be displayed with cad formats

see open standard office formats <a href="https://support.catenda.com/en/articles/4670320-previewing-file-types-on-catenda-hub#h_ebce75dfd3">here</a>

Document preview

Open file formats

IFC

BCF

PDF

Images

Video

Rich text

Plain text

Proprietary file formats

Images

Autodesk

Bentley

Microsoft