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Supported Data Formats

OGC 3D Tiles​

OGC 3D Tiles is designed for streaming and rendering massive 3D geospatial content, such as Photogrammetry, 3D Buildings, BIM/CAD, Instanced Features, and Point Clouds. It defines a hierarchical data structure and a set of tile formats to deliver renderable content.

OGC 3D Tiles datasets can be hosted by LuciadFusion or any other file server. For more information on setting up OGC 3D Tiles services, please refer to the Fusion Documentation.

To visualize an OGC 3D Tiles dataset in HxGN Smart Sites, configure a datasource in the HSS Admin Application. Since OGC 3D Tiles datasets typically do not include metadata, HSS provides the option to configure a WFS service that holds the metadata for the 3D data. This can be configured in the metadata tab of the OGC 3D Tiles datasource.

Binz​

Binz is a proprietary format for CAD data. It is created with Hexagon PPM software.

You can add Binz data to LuciadFusion Studio, which will convert it to OGC 3D Tiles. Please refer to the OGC 3D Tiles section for more information.

Alternatively you can use the Binz Converter to convert the Binz data to OGC 3D Tiles. This is needed when you want to generate a WFS service containing the metadata, as explained in the Binz Metadata Converter section.

E3D​

LuciadFusion doesn’t support to add E3D data, the data must be converted to Binz first via the Intergraph Smart Interop Publisher.

S3D​

LuciadFusion doesn’t support to add S3D data, the data must be converted to Binz first via the Intergraph Smart Interop Publisher.

E57​

The E57 file format is a compact, vendor-neutral format for storing point clouds, images, and metadata produced by 3D imaging systems, such as laser scanners.

You can add E57 data to LuciadFusion Studio, which will convert it to OGC 3D Tiles. Please refer to the OGC 3D Tiles section for more information.

Tools​

Intergraph Smart Interop Publisher​

Data formats that are not supported by LuciadFusion can be converted to Binz by the Intergraph Smart Interop Publisher.

The result of the conversion is a .binz file containing the 3D data and a .mdb and .mdb2 file containing the metadata.

Please refer to the Binz converter section on how to convert Binz to OGC 3D Tiles. Please refer to the Binz metadata converter section on how to convert the .mdb2 file to a geopackage file.

Binz Converter​

The binz-converter tool converts Binz to OGC 3D tiles. The tool can also output a GeoJSON file with feature information from the Binz data. This GeoJson file is needed by the Binz Metadata Converter to generate a geopackage file containing the properties of the dataset.

The binz-converter tool is part of the HxGN Smart Sites release. Run the .bat file on Windows-based systems or the .sh file on Linux-based systems. Running the tool without arguments will provide help on how to use the tool.

The tool requires the Java 17 runtime.

Binz Metadata Converter​

The binz-metadata-converter tool processes Binz metadata so that LuciadFusion can serve it. This tool processes the geojson generated by the Binz Converter and the .mdb2 file generated by the Interop Publisher into a geopackage file.

The geopackage file can be used to generate a WFS service containing the metadata of the 3D model, as explained in the OGC 3D Tiles section.

The binz-metadata-converter tool is part of the HxGN Smart Sites release. Run the .bat file on Windows-based systems or the .sh file on Linux-based systems. Running the tool without arguments will provide help on how to use the tool.

The tool requires the Java 17 runtime.