3D2
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Stereo CAD-3D object format
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3DML
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Flatland 3DML language
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AC3D
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AC3D
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3DS
ASE
ASC
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3D-Studio File Format
3D Studio Max Ascii Export Format
3D Studio Ascii Format
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asc
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Arc Info Ascii grid
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ALC
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Alchemy III molecule file format
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AL2
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Alchemy 2000 molecule file format
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BMF
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3D data format BMF by David Farrell
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BMF
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BMF as used by FleetFeet and Volumental foot scanners
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CDF
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Cyberspace Description Format
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CGM
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Computer Graphics Metafile (ISO/IEC standard for vector graphics)
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cinema4d
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Cinema4d file format from "Maxon Computer"
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glTF
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GL Transmission Format
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COB
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Calgari trueSpace2 File Format
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DAE
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Sony / Khronos Collada
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cmod
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3D model format for Celestia
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cube
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Gaussian cube file format for volumetric data
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dat
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ECG files from the Holter recorder
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dat/hea
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ECG files from EDAN SE-2012 Holter recorder
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DF3
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Povray DF3 density (volumetric) format
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Direct-X
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Microsoft's answer to QuickDraw3D and OpenGL
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DMO
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Duke Nukem 3D or Redneck Rampage
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DWF
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Format used by AutoDesks attempt at an internet format for
it's models, used by the WHIP viewer.
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DXF2000
Release 14
Release 12
Release 10
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DXF, AutoDesk/AutoCAD interchange format in the various
format versions that have appeared over the years.
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Minimal 3D DXF
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The minimal requirements to represent 3D geometry in DXF, useful for
creating geometry for commercial packages from your own software.
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EDF and EDF+
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European Data Format
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EGDR
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MOLA Experiment Gridded Data Record
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e57
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3D Imaging Data Exchange, most commonly laser scanners
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FACT
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From ElectricImage
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FBX
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Autodesk FBX
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FFIVW
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File Format for the Interchange of Virtual Worlds
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fld
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AVS Field format.
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FLT
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OpenFlight format by MulitGen Inc
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GDF
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GDF from the WAMIT software
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GEO
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Videoscape geo an early Amiga 3D animation program written by Allen Hastings.
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Geom
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Geom format as used by "Stereo", an OpenGL interactive stereo
pair package.
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GLF
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3D font format for the GLF library
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GOCAD
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GOCAD ASCII data format
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HDF
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Hierarchical Data Format
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HIV
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HyperChem molecular format
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HPGL
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Hewlett Packard Graphics Language for platters
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hf
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Hyperfun: Language for F-rep Geometric Modelling
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IGES
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Initial Graphics Exchange Specification by the National
Bureau of Standards
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ILDA
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International Laser Display Association
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Infini3D
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Infini3D internal format
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Inventor
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Inventor ASCII format from SGI
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IRIT
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IRIT interchange format by Gershon Elber
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ktx
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Format for storing textures for OpenGL
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LAS and LAZ
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LASer file format, currently version 1.4
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ldt
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EULUMDAT File Format
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LWOB
Lightwave 5.x
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LightWave Object File format
Importing geometry into Lightwave 5.x
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MDL
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From Cornell University and Indiana University
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MGF
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Materials and Geometry format originally appearing as part of
the Radiance package. By Greg Ward, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
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MI
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Mental Images, as used by Mental Ray, SoftImage, and others
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MOL2
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Tripos mol2 molecule format
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MovieBYU
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Format from Brigham Young University to represent polygons,
originally designed for FORTRAN file IO.
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MS3D
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MilkShape 3D format
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MSLD
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Manchester Scene Description Language
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mme
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Data format for crystals, notably for the Pacor software
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MTL
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Lightwave / OBJ material file
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NDO
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NENDO by Izware
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nff
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For Eric Haines' SPD package
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nff
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Neutral ASCII File Format
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enff
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Extensions to Neutral File Format
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nrrd
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Nearly Raw Raster Data
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NUAGES
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Format for the NUAGES software,
a tool for 3D reconstruction from parallel cross-sections
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OBJ
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Wavefront .obj file format specification for the Advanced Visualizer software.
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OFF
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OFF format as used by the Geometry Center
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OFF
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OFF format specification originally developed by WSE.
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OOGL
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As used by GeomView
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PEDR
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MOLA Precision Experiment Data Records from NASA
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PDB (V2.1)
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Protein Data Base (Atomic Coordinate File)
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PHD
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Polyhedra Database (NetLib)
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PI
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Format for the polyray raytracer by Alexander Enzmann
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PLG, FIG, WLD
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Virtual World formats as used in Gossamer, Rend386, and others.
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PLY
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Polygon File Format also known as the Stanford Triangle Format.
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Poly
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Another Polygon Format from the University of Iowa, Image Analysis Facility
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PS
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Introduction to Postscript
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POVRAY (v3.6)
POVRAY (v3.7)
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Scene format for the Persistence Of Vision RAYtracer (and derivatives).
City Generator
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PTX
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Laser scan data format
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PTS
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Laser scan data format
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PVL
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Processed VoLume (and other RAW formats) as used by the Drishti volume rendering software.
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PVM
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Volume files from Stefan Roettger.
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Macperspective
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Translator for this undocumented format.
The MacPerspective manual
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nii
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NIfTI-1 Data Format: Neuroimagine Informatics Technology Initiative
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PowerFlip
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Data format (SGI)
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PRT
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PRT raytracer format by Kory Hamzeh
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PRT
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Unigraphics "parts" file format.
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q3o
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Quick3D Object File and Scene file format (.q3s)
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QuickDraw3D
Primitive summary
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Apple's Quickdraw 3D meta format
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radio
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Radio format by Anthony D'Agostino
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RAD V3.1
RAD V2.5
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Radiance scene description by Greg Ward.
Converters (old)
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RAW
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PovRay raw triangle format
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RAY
RAY summary
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RayShade scene description format, a solid modelling
by Craig Kolb.
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RIB
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Pixar RenderMan scene description (RenderMan Interface Bytestream)
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Rotater
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Macintosh interactive line and point viewer
by Craig Kloeden.
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rsd
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Playstation
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SAT
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ACIS 3D format for viewing and transferring solid information
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SCENE
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A proposed format for 3D geometry
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SCN
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SCeNe format designed to replace SFF for the Rtrace ray-tracer.
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SDML
Old SDML
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Spatial Data Modelling Language
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SGS
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Stadtplan-Dateien Map File Format
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SHP
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ERSI Shapefile
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sjt
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SiroVision 3D image format
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SLC
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SLiCe format
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STL
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Industry standard format for stereoLithography.
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STP
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SteinLib format
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STEP
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Standard for Exchange of Product models
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Super3D
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Text export format used by the Macintosh modeller Super3D.
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SURF
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Export format from 3D-XplorMath
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Tachyon
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Preliminary scene format for Tachyon by John E. Stone
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FORM TDDD
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By Impulse's Turbo Silver
for Sense8's WorldToolKit Neutral File Format specification
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tet
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Format for tetrahedra, originating at the
Computer Science department of Williams College.
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TIN
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Triangular Irregular Network
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TM
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LONI triangle surface model format to represent surface models.
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TP
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TecPlot file format
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TRI
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Triangle format
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txm
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Xradia X-ray transmission image data
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U3D
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Universal 3D
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UNREAL
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UNREAL File Format
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USD
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Universal Scene Description
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V
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VIVID file format by Stephen Coy
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VEF
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Vertex - Edge - Face format
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Vision3D
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Text format for the Macintosh Vision3D modeller,
manual (historic interest only)
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VLA
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Digistar II VLA format
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vmd
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VMD - WinOSi (XOSi, MacOSi) raytacer by Michael Granz.
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vol
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.vol by Mark Dow
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vol
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Paul Bourke volumetric data format
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vox
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Volumetric voxel format
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VRI
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Virtual Reality Interchange Language
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vwf
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Vioso Warp Format. Warp and blend data for multiple projector displays.
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WLD
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Morfit's WorldBuilder format
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WRM
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World Reference Model by Multigen Inc.
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VRML V1.0
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The Virtual Reality Modelling Language
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WMF
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Windows Metafile Format
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XYZ
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XYZ molecular format
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YASRT
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YASRT - Yet Another Simple Ray Tracer
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