Supported Formats


Elevation data file format supported:

  • Arc Data Files (adf)
  • ArcInfo ASCII grid(asc)
  • ArcInfo BIL grid (bil)
  • CDF (cdf, grd)
  • DEM (dem)
  • DTED (dte, dt0, dt1, dt2)
  • DXF (dxf)
  • GTOPO30 (hdr)
  • IMG (img)
  • Japanese DEM (mem)
  • OSGB NTF (ntf)
  • PNG (png)
  • PGM (pgm)
  • Raw raster (raw)
  • SDTS (catd.ddf)
  • Surfer Binary Grids (grd)
  • Terragen terrain (ter)
  • GeoTIFF (tif)
  • Compressed files (tar, gz, tgz, zip)
  • XYZ Text files (txt)
  • HGT SRTM (hgt)

Image data file formats supported:

  • Bitmap (bmp)
  • USGS DOQ (jpg, doq, coq)
  • IMG (img)
  • GeoTIFF (tif)

Raw data file formats supported:

  • DXF (dxf)
  • IGC (igc)
  • MapInfo (tab, mif)
  • OSGB NTF (ntf)
  • ArcView Shape (shp)

Road data file formats supported:

  • USGS DLG (dlg, opt)
  • ArcView Shape (shp)
  • SDTS (catd.ddf)
  • Compressed files (tar, gz, tgz, zip)
  • MapInfo (tab, mif)

Structure data file formats supported:

  • GML (gml, xml)
  • USGS DLG (dlg, opt)
  • ArcView Shape (shp)
  • BCF (bcf)
  • SDTS (catd.ddf)
  • Compressed files (tar, gz, tgz, zip)

Water data file formats supported:

  • USGS DLG (dlg, opt)
  • ArcView Shape (shp)
  • SDTS (catd.ddf)
  • Compressed files (tar, gz, tgz, zip)

Vegetation data file formats supported:

  • LULC (gir)
  • ArcView Shape (shp)
  • SDTS (catd.ddf)
  • Compressed files (tar, gz, tgz, zip)

Utility data file formats supported:

  • ArcView Shape (shp)

3D database loaders include:

  • OpenFlight (.flt),
  • TerraPage (.txp) including multi-threaded paging support,
  • LightWave (.lwo),
  • Alias Wavefront (.obj),
  • Carbon Graphics GEO (.geo),
  • 3D Studio MAX (.3ds), Peformer (.pfb),
  • Quake Character Models (.md2). Direct X (.x),
  • Inventor Ascii 2.0 (.iv)
  • VRML 1.0 (.wrl),
  • Designer Workshop (.dw)
  • AC3D (.ac)
  • native .hsg ASCII format

List of available 3D database file types supported:

  • 3dc
  • ac3d
  • directx
  • dw
  • flt
  • geo
  • Inventor
  • ive
  • 3ds
  • logo
  • lwolws
    md2
    obj
    osg
    pfb
  • lws
  • md2
  • obj
  • osg
  • pfb

List of available movie & image file types supported:

  • tga
  • tiff
    rgb
    pic
    png
    pnm
    bmp
    dds
    gdal
    gif
    jp2
    jpeg
    mpeg
  • rgb
  • pic
  • png
    pnm
    bmp
    dds
    gdal
    gif
    jp2
    jpeg
    mpeg
  • pnm
    bmp
    dds
    gdal
    gif
    jp2
    jpeg
    mpeg
  • bmp
  • dds
    gdal
    gif
    jp2
    jpeg
    mpeg
  • gdal
  • gif
  • jp2
  • jpeg
  • mpeg

List of available archive/networking file types supported:

  • osga
    txp
    net
    zip
    tgz
    osgtgz
  • txp
    net
    zip
    tgz
    osgtgz
  • net
    zip
    tgz
    osgtgz
  • zip
  • tgz
  • osgtgz

Customizable Special Effects:

  • Light Flashes
    Debris Animations
    Smoke Plumes
    Mission/Aircraft Trails
    Explosions
    Flames
    Dust Clouds
    Particle Effects
    Fog
  • Debris Animations
  • Smoke Plumes
  • Mission/Aircraft Trails
  • Explosions
  • Flames
  • Dust Clouds
  • Particle Effects
    Fog
  • Fog

Collision Detection:

  • Customizable Bounding Volumes
    Entity Bound Volumes
    Geometry Bound Volumes
  • Entity Bound Volumes
  • Geometry Bound Volumes

Intersection Testing:

  • Line of Sight
    Terrain Query
    Height Above Terrain
  • Terrain Query
    Height Above Terrain
  • Height Above Terrain

High-Fidelity Database Paging

Scene Graph Render State Control

Multi-texture Control

Alpha Test Control

Stencil Control

Blending Modes Control

Visual Stereo Support

Industry Formats Supported including: OpenGL, OpenFlight, Wavefront, 3D Studio

Multiple Window Support

Window, Scene, and Entity Rendering Statistics

Light Points

Interface to HLA networking. Integrates internal components with user-supplied RTI.

Coordinate system conversion

Detonation interface

HLA entity interface

Operating System Support

  • Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/8/10
  • SGI IRIX
  • LINUX
    Sun Solaris
  • Sun Solaris