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3D file formats

Contenta products support several 3D file formats.

In the following table, read the column headers as follows.
  • Object type refers to the SDL Contenta S1000D Object Type
  • CaS refers to SDL Contenta S1000D 5.9
  • AE refers to Arbortext Editor 8.x
  • OXA refers to Oxygen XML Author 22.1
  • LCS refers to SDL LiveContent S1000D 5.9
  • XPP refers to SDL XML Professional Publisher 9.1 and later
File extensionObject typeCaSAEOXALCSXPP
3koNGrain_3KOyesmaybe (1)maybe (4)no (2)n/a
rhRHIyesmaybe (1)maybe (4)yes (3)n/a
vdsVDSyesmaybe (1)maybe (4yes (2)n/a
  1. Arbortext Editor can be configured if a plug-in (ActiveX viewer) is available.
  2. The NGRAIN plug-in is not supported in SDL LiveContent S1000D.
  3. Requires an external viewer (plug-in).
  4. Requires an Oxygen add-in.