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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.)

Created by Pascal Cloutier
When: Wed, Mar 30 2022 8:21 AM
Last revision by Pascal Cloutier
When: Wed, Mar 30 2022 8:32 AM
Revisions: 4
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