Our software can utilize a variety of external data, such as:
- AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawing Files (*.dwg, *.dxf)
- Bentley MicroStation Drawing Files (*.dgn)
- AutoCAD Civil 3D and Bentley MicroStation Terrain Surfaces (via LandXML)†
- 3D Models (via SketchUp)
- Elevation Data (numerous formats detailed below)
- GIS Data (*.shp, *.gdb, *.mdb)
- Survey Data (numerous formats detailed below)
- Raster Imagery Data (numerous formats detailed below)
CivilGEO’s products also supports model data such as:
- HEC-RAS Projects (*.prj)
- HEC-HMS Projects (*.hms)
Elevation Data
Elevation data can come in a variety of different formats. The following elevation data file formats are supported:
- ArcInfo ASCII Elevation Grids
- ArcInfo Binary Elevation Grids
- ArcInfo Contour Shapefiles
- ArcInfo Elevation Point Shapefiles
- ArcInfo GDB File Geodatabases
- ArcInfo MDB Personal Geodatabases
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Terrain Surfaces†
- AutoCAD Contours
- Bentley MicroStation Terrain Surfaces†
- Bentley MicroStation Contours
- GeoTIFF Elevation Grids
- LandXML Terrain Models
- USGS DEM Elevation Grids
- USGS NED Elevation Grids – BIL Format
- USGS NED Elevation Grids – Float Format
- XYZ ASCII Point Terrain Data
- LiDAR Point Clouds (*.las, *.laz)
GIS Data
GIS data consists of two components:
- Spatial Data: This component contains coordinate information that describes the element. For example, this could be a manhole location.
- Attribute Data: This component is used to store information about the element. For example, this could be the manhole invert and rim elevations.
The following GIS data file formats are supported:
- ArcInfo Shapefiles
- ArcInfo GDB File Geodatabases
- ArcInfo MDB Personal Geodatabases
Survey Data
Survey data can be used to import alignments, cross-section geometries, terrain surfaces, and much more.
The following survey data formats are supported:
- AutoCAD 3D Points
- AutoCAD Civil 3D COGO Points
- ENZ (Easting, Northing, Elevation) Point Files
- ENZD (Easting, Northing, Elevation, Description) Point Files
- NEZ (Northing, Easting, Elevation) Point Files
- NEZ (Northing, Easting, Elevation, Description) Point Files
- PENZ (Point, Easting, Northing, Elevation) Point Files
- PENZD (Point, Easting, Northing, Elevation, Description) Point Files
- PNEZ (Point, Northing, Elevation) Point Files
- PNEZD (Point, Northing, Easting, Elevation, Description) Point Files
- XYZ ASCII Point Files
Raster Imagery Data
In its simplest form, a raster imagery file consists of a matrix of cells (or pixels) organized into rows and columns (or a grid) where each cell contains a color value. Rasters can be digital aerial photographs, images from satellites, digital pictures, or even scanned maps.
The following raster imagery data file formats are supported:
- Bitmap (*.bmp)
- ERDAS IMAGINE (*.img)
- GeoTIFF Georeferenced TIFF (*.tif, *.tiff)
- Intergraph Enhanced Compression Wavelet (*.ecw)
- JPEG 2000 (*.jp2, *.j2k, *.jpg2)
- JPEG (*.jpeg, *.jpg)
- MrSID (*.sid)
- Portable Network Graphic (*.png)
- TIFF Tagged Image File Format (*.tif, *.tiff)
†Civil 3D and Bentley MicroStation terrain surfaces imported as LandXML terrain models