File

File  >> New

File  >> Open

File  >> Save

File  >> Save As

File  >> Save As Default MDL

File  >> Import

File  >> Export
File  >> Publish ICF

File >> Publish RPS

File  >> Save As Bitmap

File  >> Preference

File  >> Summary Info.

• File menu provides functions such as file opening, file saving, file exporting, screen printing, preferences setting, etc.

• File formats supported by rapidform are as follows :

File Format	Import			Export			Note
	Texture	Material	View	Texture	Material	View
MDL	o	o	o	o	o	o	rapidform's own model data format( Binary )
ICF	o	o	X	o	o	X	INUS' Compression Format
PTS	X	o	X	X	o	o	FCS format has a normal information of vertex rapidform's own  vertex data format( ASCII )
FCS	X	o	X	X	o	o	FCS format has a normal information of vertex rapidform's own face data format( ASCII )
TPL	X	X	X	X	X	X	rapidform's own template data format
ASC( Ascii Points/ Arius3D)	X	X	X	X	X	X	RGB colored points are supported
SURF( Binary Points)	X	X	X	Import Only			general point cloud exchange format
3DS( 3D Studio )	o	o	X	o	o	X	A shell can have no more than 65,535 faces
DXF( AutoCAD )	X	X	X	X	X	X	Import : PolyMesh, 3Dface Export : Point, PolyMesh, 3Dface, PolyLine(Curve)
PLY( Cyberware )	X	X	X	X	X	X
IV( Open Inventor )	o	o	X	o	o	X
STL	X	X	X	X	X	X	Import : Binary, ASCII Export : Binary, ASCII
WRL( VRML 1.0 / 97 )	o	o	X	o	o	X	RGB colored points are supported
OBJ( Wavefront )	X	X	X	X	X	X	Point Cloud and Polygonal Mesh
ASE( ASCII Scene Export)	o	o	X	Import Only
HYM( HyMarc )	X	X	X	Import Only
VVD/CDM/CAM/CDK( Minolta Vivid )	o	X	X	Import Only			CDM:Vivid900, CAM:Vivid700, CDK: Vivid9i
AC( Steinbichler )	X	X	X	Import Only
VIEW/CLOUD( GOM )	X	X	X	Import Only
CBK/GRK/CWK( Kreon )	X	X	X	Import Only
PMJ/PMJX( RealScan )	X	X	X	Import Only
BRE( Breuckmann )	X	X	X	Import Only			RGB colored points are supported
XYZ/TXT( EOIS )	X	X	X	Import Only
SAB/SAB2( 3D SCANNERS )	X	X	X	Import Only
NRF( NEC range finder )	o	X	X	Import Only			RGB colored points are supported
PTS( Cyra )	X	X	X	Import Only
STB( Scantech )	X	X	X	Import Only			Scantech Binary Exchange format v1.0
PIX( Roland PICZA )	X	X	X	Import Only
XYZ( Opton )	X	X	X	Import Only
SWL/BIN/SWB( Perceptron )	X	X	X	Import Only
RTPI/XYZI/XYZRGB( DeltaSphere )	X	X	X	Import Only
IGS/IGES	X	X	X	X	X	X	points 106, 116
VDA( VDAFS)	X	X	X	Import Only			curve / surface
STP/STEP	X	X	X	X	X	X	curve / surface
IGS/IGES	X	X	X	X	X	X	curve / surface
3DM(Rhino)	X	X	X	X	X	X	curve / surface (openNURBS)
POV( PovRay )	Export Only			X	X	X
MTS( MetaStream )	Export Only			o	X	X
Soi (Mensi)	X	X	X	Import Only
3PI (Shape Grabber)	X	X	X	Import Only
ICV (Solutionix)	X	o	X	Import Only
TFM (Wicks and Wilsons)	X	o	X	Import Only

 

• MDL file format can be not only opened but also imported.

• MDL is rapidform's own binary format for saving model's data. It contains all the information including shells, groups, reference geometries, materials, views, shading method, etc.

• MDL file format is encoded with our unique data compression technology.

• ICF is the compression file format of 3D polygon data of rapidform;. Typical compression ratio (Compressed data file size / Original data file size) can reach less than 3%.(See File  >> Export (ICF) )

• NRF (NEC Range Finder) file is imported by rotating objects by 180° for correction of turning over.

• CDM (Minolta VIVID900 interface file format), CDK and NRF can be sampled at the rate of 1/1, 1/4, 1/9 or 1/16 when the scan data file is imported. Go to File >> Preferences and check the File I/O Options tab.

• PIX file format has INCH as unit by default. You may multiply a value by 25.4 to convert it to MM unit.

• There are two kinds of XYZ formats. Default is Opton’s file format. You can change the default option in File I/O Options of the File >> Preferences menu.

• IGES/STEP/VDA file formats support UNIT information. Go to the File >> Preferences and see the IGES Import Options in the File I/O Options tab.

• ASCII Converter: If open an ASCII file that rapidform doesn’t support, the ASCII Converter utility pops up, allowing a user to ignore unnecessary data before importing the file.

• PTS is open ASCII format for exchanging point cloud data with other software. It is composed of formal header and coordinates of each vertex.  PTS format can contain only one shell per file. The following figure is an example of PTS format file.

• FCS openly offers a function for reading and saving data including face information in the ASCII format shown below. FCS can save and read only one shell per file.
  FCS is open ASCII format for exchanging polygon mesh( face ) data with other software. It is composed of formal header, coordinates of each vertex and vertex indices of each face. FCS format can contain only one shell per file. The following figure is an example of FCS format.