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    Reality Data Formats Best Practices

    Reality Meshes

    Format Storage Location Consuming Technologies and Applications
    Scalable Mesh (.3sm) Local Hard Drive

    MicroStation-based desktop applications (MicroStation, OpenCities Map, OpenRoads Designer, OpenBuildings Designed, etc.)

    OpenRoads ConceptStation

    LumenRT

    Scalable Mesh (.3sm) ProjectWise ContextShare

    Archiving

    Web Ready Scalable Mesh Local Hard Drive

    MicroStation-based desktop applications (MicroStation, OpenCities Map, OpenRoads Designer, OpenBuildings Designed, etc.)

    Web Ready Scalable Mesh ProjectWise ContextShare

    MicroStation-based desktop applications (MicroStation, OpenCities Map, OpenRoads Designer, OpenBuildings Designed, etc.)

    Powered by iTwin.js web applications (Reality Data Web Viewer, Design Review, SYNCHRO Control, etc.)

    OpenRoads ConceptStation

    Cesium 3D Tiles Local Hard Drive

    Powered by iTwin.js desktop applications

    Cesium 3D Tiles ProjectWise ContextShare

    MicroStation-based desktop applications (MicroStation, OpenCities Map, OpenRoads Designer, OpenBuildings Designed, etc.)

    Powered by iTwin.js web applications (Reality Data Web Viewer, Design Review, SYNCHRO Control, etc.)

    ContextCapture (.3mx) Local Hard Drive Legacy applications that do not support Scalable Mesh (.3sm)
    ContextCapture (.3mx) ProjectWise ContextShare Archiving

    Point Clouds

    Format Storage Location Consuming Technologies and Applications
    Pointools POD (.pod) Local Hard Drive

    MicroStation-based desktop applications (MicroStation, OpenCities Map, OpenRoads Designer, OpenBuildings Designed, etc.)

    Bentley Pointools

    Pointools POD (.pod) ProjectWise ContextShare

    Archiving
    Orbit Point Cloud (.opc) Local Hard Drive

    Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction

    Orbit 3DM Content Manager

    Orbit 3DM Import and Upload Tools

    Orbit Point Cloud (.opc) ProjectWise ContextShare

    Powered by iTwin.js web applications (Reality Data Web Viewer, Design Review, SYNCHRO Control, etc.)

    Powered by iTwin.js desktop applications

    Oriented Photos

    Format Storage Location Consuming Technologies and Applications

    ContextCapture Image Collection / Orientation

    Local Hard Drive

    ContextCapture / ContextCapture Center

    Bentley Descartes / ContextCapture Editor

    ContextCapture Image Collection / Orientation ProjectWise ContextShare

    Archiving
    Mapping Resource Local Hard Drive

    Orbit 3DM Plugin for MicroStation

    Mapping Resource ProjectWise ContextShare

    Orbit Photo Navigation in Powered by iTwin.js web applications (Reality Data Web Viewer, Design Review, OpenTower IQ, AssetWise, etc.)

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