Supported File-Based Data Formats

The following file-based data sources can be imported in Autodesk InfraWorks 360.

Last updated November 14th, 2014.

Data Source Supported File Extensions Supported File Version Cloud Import? Local Import? Notes

3D Model

.3DS, .DAE, .DXF, .FBX, .OBJ   No Yes  

DWG 3D Model

.DWG, .DXF up to AutoCAD 2015 Yes Yes  

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D DWG Files

.DWG All versions Yes Yes  

Autodesk IMX Files

.IMX All versions (downward compatibility) No Yes  

Autodesk Revit (RVT) Files

.RVT , .RFA 2011-2015 Yes Yes  

DGN 3D Model

.DGN v7, v8 Yes Yes  

CityGML Files

.CITYGML, .GML, .XML 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 1.0.0, 2.0.0 Yes No

The following items are imported:

  • One or more CityGML objects
  • Textures
  • Terrain surface
  • Buildings
  • Linear Features
  • Volume Features
  • Area Features
  • City Furniture
  • Generic Attributes of the type string, int, double, date and URI.
  • Schema location
  • Building asset mapping
  • Self-intersecting geometry

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Files

.IFC IFC2X_PLATFORM, IFC2X_FINAL, IFC2X2_FINAL, IFC2X3, IFC4 Yes Yes

Supported Entities

  • Faceted BReps
  • Extruded area solids
  • Geometric sets
  • Face-based and surface-based models
  • Simple, trimmed, and composite curves
  • Simple surfaces
  • Simple parametric, arbitrary and derived profiles
  • Boolean clipping results and element-level voiding and projection CSG operations
  • Basic styled and mapped items
  • Property sets, including simple and complex properties

Unsupported Entities

  • Voided BReps
  • Bounded half-space solids
  • Complex parametric profiles
  • BSpline curves
  • Curve styles
  • Swept surfaces
  • Textures and complex lighting
  • Loading of server-based IFC models

LandXML Files

.XML, .LANDXML   No Yes  

Point Cloud Files

.RCS, .RCP   No Yes  

Raster Files

.ADF, .ASC, .BT, .DDF, .DEM, .DT0, .DT1, .DT2, .GRD, .HGT, .DOQ, .ECW, .IMG, .JP2, .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, .SID, .TIF, .TIFF, .WMS, .XML, .VRT, .ZIP, .GZ

  No Yes
Note: some Raster files may require the following world file extensions: .IGW, .JDW, .SDW, .TFW

Simple Data Format (SDF) Files

.SDF   No Yes  

Shape Definition (SHP) Files

.SHP

  No Yes
Note: SHP files may require the following supporting files: .DBF, .SHX, .PRJ

SketchUp Files

.SKP v5 up to v8 Yes Yes  

SQLite Files

.SDX, .SQLITE, .DB   No Yes  

Additional information

If you change the coordinate system, make sure to specify the coordinate system of the incoming data (not the coordinate system of the model). If the imported data uses a different coordinate system than your model uses, InfraWorks 360 will transform the data to the model's coordinate system, without changing the original data store.

See To import data for help with adding data layers and 3D objects to your model.

See To configure data for help with mapping data source properties to model properties, as well styling imported data, and specifying coordinate systems.

See About Cloud vs. Local Import for more information about file-based import options.

Parent topic: Import Data