Supported File Formats
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Reference Plans
- BIM (Building Information Model)
- Point Cloud
- Mesh
- 360° Photo (Camera Image and Video)
- CPXSV
- Import File Format Support
- Export File Format Support
Here is the current list of file formats the CupixWorks web platform supports:
Reference Plans
- PDF (new upload or stored in CupixWorks)
- JPG*, PNG, or TIFF images
- Imported PDF linked to BIM 360 Docs
(* = Note that as of Jan. 2022, CupixWorks now supports large, high-resolution orthomosaic JPG images from drone captures.)
BIM (Building Information Model)
- RVT (Revit)
- NWD (Navisworks Documents)
- NWC (Navisworks Cache)
- IFC (Industry Foundation Classes)
- SKP (SketchUp)
Point Cloud
- E57 (ASTM vendor-neutral file format for storing point clouds, images, and metadata)
- LAS (LASer File Format from American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
- LAZ (lossless LiDAR compressed LAS File Format)
- PLY (Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format)
- PTS (Leica Single Scan File Format)
- RCP (Autodesk ReCap Project File Format)*
- RCS (Autodesk ReCap Scan File Format)*
- XYZ (generic ASCII/ Binary point cloud File Format)
(* = Note that RCP and RCS are only supported by Cloud Connect for Windows. The Mac version does not support these file formats.)
Mesh
- OBJ (Geometry Definition File Format from Wavefront Technologies)
- GLTF (Graphics Language Transmission Format or GL Transmission Format)
360° Photo (Camera Image and Video)
Insta360 One X2 and One RS (360 & 1-inch editions).*
- INSP (photo) file titled IMG_"year, month, date"_"time stamp"_"sequence number"_"file number"
- Example: IMG_20210928_104502_00_002.insp
- INSV (video**) file titled VID_"year, month, date"_"time stamp"_"sequence number"_"file number"
- Example: VID_20210815_024523_10_006.insv
- INSP (photo) file titled IMG_"year, month, date"_"time stamp"_"sequence number"_"file number"
* = Note that the Insta360 LRV (Low-Resolution Video) file format is NOT SUPPORTED. It is a proxy helper file for editing in the Insta360 mobile app.
** = Also, note that Insta360 videos are created as matched pairs of files. This is indicated as _00_ and _10_ in the file name. Both of these files need to be uploaded for processing.
IMPORTANT!!! Changing the INSP or INSV file names and/ or file extensions will render them unreadable. The original format must be kept intact by uploading to CupixWorks.
CPXSV
- CPXSV (Cupix Site View file format)
Import File Format Support
These are the types of files each Cupix application can import:
Reference Plans | BIM | Point Cloud | Mesh | 360° Photo | CPXSV | |
CupixWorks App | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Capture App | ||||||
Connect App | ✔ | ✔ |
Export File Format Support
These are the types of files each Cupix application can export:
Reference Plans | BIM | Point Cloud | Mesh | 360° Photo | CPXSV | |
CupixWorks App | ✔ | |||||
Capture App | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Connect App | ✔ | ✔ |