File Format Chart

 

File Format Format Name Coordinate Type2 Drawing Properties3 Text Blocks4 Content Type Import6 Export7
000 IHO S-57 Navigation Chart R     V X8  
ACCDB Microsoft Access       D X9, 10, 11  
AN? ACR-NEMA Medical Image P     R X8  
BLN Golden Software Blanking R     V X8, 9, 10, 11 X15
BMP Bitmap Image P X   R X X
BNA Atlas Boundary R     V X8, 9, 10, 11 X13,15
CLP Windows Clipboard O X X R and V X X
CSV Comma Separated Variable R     D X9, 10, 11 X15
CSV XYZ Points R     D X9, 10, 11 X13
DAT ASCII Data R     D X9, 10, 11 X15
DAT XYZ Points R     D X9, 10, 11 X13
DBF ASCII Database R     D X9, 10, 11 X15
DCM DICOM3 Medical Image P       X8  
DDF SDTS TVP R     V X8  
DDF USGS DEM Grid File       D X10, 11  
DEM USGS DEM Grid File       D X10, 11  
DGN Microstation Design v7 R some   V X8  
DIC DICOM3 Medical Image         X8  
DLG, LGO, LGS USGS Digital Line Graph R     V X8  
DXF AutoCAD Drawing RO some some D or V X8, 9, 10, 11 X13
E00 Esri Arc Info Export R   X V X8  
ECW ER Mapper P X   R X8  
EMF Windows Enhanced Metafile O X X R and V X8 X13
EPS EPS Image P X   R   X
GDB Esri File Geodatabase R     V X8  
GEOJSON GeoJSON Data interchange Format R     V X8  
GIF Graphics Interchange Format P X   R X X
GML Geography Markup Language R     V X8  
GPJ Grapher Project         X10, 11 X14
GPX GPS Exchange R     V X8 X13
GRD17 Grid Files       D X10, 11  
GRF Grapher File         X10, 11 X14
GRT Grapher Template         X10, 11 X14
GSB Golden Software Boundary R     V X8 X13
GSI Golden Software Interchange R X X R and V X8 X13
JP2 JPEG2000 Image P X   R X X
J2K JPEG2000 Image P X   R X X
JPG JPEG Image   P X   R X X
JPG2000 JPEG2000 Image   P X   R X X
LAS, LAZ LiDAR Binary R     D X9, 10, 11  
MDB Esri Personal Geodatabase R     V X8  
MDB Microsoft Access       D X9, 10, 11  
MID MapInfo Interchange Data R     D X9, 10, 11 X15
MIF MapInfo Interchange R some X V X8 X13
PDF PDF Raster P X   R X X13
PDF PDF Vector       V X X13
PLT Golden Software PlotCall O   X V X8  
PLY Stanford R     V X8  
PNG Portable Graphics P X   R X X
PNM, PPM, PGM, PBM Portable Any Map File P X   R X X
RAS, SUN Sun Raster Image         X8 X13
RGB, RGBA, BW Portable Graphics P X   R X X
RT* TIGER/Line File Format R     V X8  
SEG SEG-P1 Exchange Format R     D or V X8, 9, 10, 11 X13
SHP Esri Shapefile R     V X8 X13
SID Mr. Sid Image File P X   R X  
SLK Microsoft SYLK R     D X9, 10, 11 X15
SP1 SEG-P1 Exchange Format R     D or V X8, 9, 10, 11 X13
SVG Scalable Vector Graphics R X   R   X13
TAB MapInfo Table File R some   R X8  
TGA Targa TrueVision P X   R X X
TIF Tagged Image File P X   R X X
TXT ASCII Text Data R     D X9, 10, 11 X15
VCT IDRISI Binary File R     V X8  
VTK Visualization Toolkit       V X8  
WMF Windows Metafile O X X R and V X8 X13
X, XIMG AVS X-Image       R X8 X13
XLS Excel Spreadsheet R     D X9, 10, 11 X15,16
XLSX Excel 2007 Spreadsheet R     D X9, 10, 11 X16
XLSM Excel 2007 Macro Spreadsheet R     D X9, 10, 11  

 

2 Coordinates in imported file, when digitizing, and when exporting:

R = real world coordinates such as latitude/longitude, UTM, etc.

P = pixel coordinates

O = other (page coordinates, metafile coordinates, etc.)

3 Contains properties such as line color, fill, etc.

4 Text blocks are editable. When the All text as lines option is chosen in the export options, the text is not editable.

5 Files can contain raster (bitmap) information, vector (lines) information, or both. There is no raster to vector conversion in Grapher. If you have a bitmap on screen and try to export it as a vector format, such as a DXF, the resulting file will be blank. If you have a bitmap on the screen and have drawn polylines or polygons and export as a vector format, only the drawing objects are included in the file. USGS SDTS DDF boundary files contain vector information (Topological Vector Profile). The DEM version of this file is considered a raster file (Raster Profile).

V = contains vector information only 

R = contains raster to vector information only 

R and V = contains raster and vector information 

D = contains data

6 Importing in Grapher can be done with the Data | Edit | Open Data, Features | Insert | Graphic, or File | Open commands. The Features | Insert | Graphic and File | Open command in the plot document contains different file formats than the Data | Edit | Open Data and File | Open command in the worksheet window.

7 Exporting in Grapher can be done with the File | Export command in the plot document, or the File | Save As command in the plot document or the worksheet window. The File | Save As command in the plot document contains different file formats than the File | Save As command in the worksheet window.

8 In the plot window, choose the Features | Insert | Graphic command.

9 In the worksheet window, choose the Data | Edit | Open Data or Data | Edit | Merge command.

10 In the plot window, choose the File | Opencommand.

11 In the worksheet window, choose the File | Open command.

12 (not used)

13 In the plot window, choose the File | Export command.

14 In the plot window, choose the File | Save As command.

15 In the worksheet window, choose the File | Save As command.

16 In the Excel window, choose the File | Save As command.

17 Includes GRD, DEM, HDR, DDF, DTED

File Formats in the Plot Document and Worksheet Window

The plot document and worksheet window commands import and export different file formats. Click the command to see the supported file formats.

Plot Window

ClosedFeatures | Insert | Graphic

AN? ACR-NEMA Medical Image [.AN1, .AN2]

BLN Golden Software Blanking File

BMP Windows Bitmap

BNA Atlas Boundary

DICOM3 Medical Image

DDF SDTS TVP

DLG USGS Digital Line Graph [.DLG, .LGO, .LGS]

DXF AutoCAD Drawing

E00 Esri ArcInfo Export Format

ECW ERMapper

EMF Windows Enhanced Metafile

GIF Image

GSB Golden Software Boundary

GSI Golden Software Interchange

JPG Compressed Bitmap

MIF MapInfo Interchange Format

PCX (ZSoft Paintbrush)

PLT Golden Software PlotCall

PLY Stanford PLY

PNG Portable Network Graphics

PNM/PPN/PGM/PBM Image

RGB SGI-RGB Image

RT* TIGER/Line File

SHP Esri Shapefile

SID LizardTech MrSID Image

SUN Sun Raster Image

TGA Targa (TrueVision)

TIF Tagged Image

VTK Visualization Toolkit

WMF Windows Metafile

X AVS X-Image

 

ClosedFile | Open

GRF Grapher Files

GRT Template Files

GPJ Grapher Project

Excel 2007 Spreadsheet (.XLSX)

Excel Spreadsheet (.XLS)

Microsoft SYLK

DBF Database

Microsoft Access (MDB and ACCDB)

Comma Separated Variables (.CSV)

ASCII Data (.TXT)

Golden Software Data (.DAT)

Atlas Boundary (.BLN)

Golden Software Blanking (.BLN)

GRD Grid Files (.GRD, .DEM, .HDR, .DDF, .DT0, ...)

ClosedFile | Export

BLN Golden Software Blanking File

BNA Atlas Boundary

DXF AutoCAD Drawing

EMF Windows Enhanced Metafile

EPS Encapsulated Postscript

GIF Image

GSB Golden Software Boundary

JPG JPEG Compressed Bitmap

MIF MapInfo Interchange Format

PDF (Vector)

PDF (Raster)

PNG Portable Network Graphics

PNM/PPN/PGM/PBM Image

RGB SGI-RGB Image

SHP Esri Shapefile

SUN Sun Raster Image

TGA Targa (TrueVision)

TIF Tagged Image

WMF Windows Metafile

X AVS X-Image

ClosedFile | Save As

Grapher File [.GRF]

Plot Template [.GRT]

Grapher Project [.GPJ]

Grapher Project 7.0 [.GPJ]

Grapher 7.0 File [.GRF]

Grapher Project 6.0 [.GPJ]

Grapher 6.0 File [.GRF]

Grapher Project 5.0 [.GPJ]

Grapher 5.0 File [.GRF]

Worksheet Window

ClosedData | Edit | Open Data

BLN Golden Software Blanking File

BNA Atlas Boundary

CSV Comma Separated Variables

DAT Data

DBF Database

MDB Microsoft Access

SLK Sylk Spreadsheet

TXT Text Data

XLS Excel Spreadsheet

XLSX Excel 2007 Spreadsheet

ClosedFile | Open

GRF Grapher Files

GRT Template Files

GPJ Grapher Project

Excel 2007 Spreadsheet (.XLSX)

Excel Spreadsheet (.XLS)

Microsoft SYLK

DBF Database

Microsoft Access (MDB and ACCDB)

Comma Separated Variables (.CSV)

ASCII Data (.TXT)

Golden Software Data (.DAT)

Atlas Boundary (.BLN)

Golden Software Blanking (.BLN)

GRD - Grid Files (.GRD, .DEM, .HDR, .DDF, .DT0, ...)

ClosedFile | Save As

BLN Golden Software Blanking File

BNA Atlas Boundary

CSV Comma Separated Variables

DAT Data

SLK Sylk Spreadsheet

TXT Text Data

XLS Excel Spreadsheet

See Also

File | Open

Export

Open

Open Excel

Save As