Image aX 8.20 Formats
(c) Copyright 2008, Spicer Corporation
The formats listed in this file are the formats that are supported for the full Image aX product.  Other Image aX products may not support all of the formats listed.
File Format ID # R/W Header Type - Data Compression Type
       
RASTER
       
Cals Type 1 MIL 1 R/W CALS type 1 - CCITT G4 monolithic MSB
CALS Type 2 NIFF 121 R/ US Navy CALS type 2 -CCITT G4 tiled single image
Cals Mil-STD-1840b 49 R/W CALS 1840B - G4 data, monolithic MSB
Cals Type2 8 R/W CALS type 2 - CCITT G4 tiled single image
AIIM Cals Type II 26 R/W AIIM type 2 - CCITT G4 tiled single image
TIFF LSB - RAW 32 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 LSB - uncompressed raw mon. MSB
TIFF LSB - STRIP RAW 38 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 LSB - uncompressed raw str. MSB
TIFF LSB - TILED RAW 36 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 LSB - uncompressed raw til. MSB
TIFF LSB - CCITT G4 3 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 Intel LSB - CCITT G4 mono. MSB
TIFF LSB - STRIP G4 24 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 LSB - CCITT G4 stripped MSB
TIFF LSB - TILE G4 22 R/W TIFF v6 Intel LSB - CCITT G4 tiled MSB
TIFF LSB - CCITT G3 11 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 Intel LSB - CCITT G3 mono. MSB
TIFF LSB - G3 12 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 Intel LSB - G3 monolithic MSB
TIFF LSB - PACKBITS 20 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 LSB - Packbits monolithic
TIFF LSB - STRIP PBIT 34 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 LSB - Packbits stripped
TIFF LSB - CCITT G3 1D L 86 R/ TIFF
TIFF LSB - CCITT G3 2D L 88 R/ TIFF
TIFF LSB - CCITT G3 2D M 102 R/  
TIFF LSB - StripG4L 90 R/ TIFF
TIFF LSB - LZW 94 R/W TIFF Header LSB with LZW compression
TIFF LSB - Tiled LZW 105 R/ TIFF Header LSB - Tiled LZW compression
TIFF - JPEG 83 R/ TIFF Header LSB with JPEG compression
TIFF MSB - RAW 33 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 MSB - uncompressed raw mon. MSB
TIFF MSB - STRIP RAW 39 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 MSB - uncomp. raw str. MSB
TIFF MSB - TILED RAW 37 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 MSB - uncomp. raw til. MSB
TIFF MSB - CCITT G4 13 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 Motorola MSB -CCITT G4 monolithic MSB
TIFF MSB - STRIP G4 25 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 MSB - CCITT G4 stripped MSB
TIFF MSB - TILE G4 23 R/W TIFF v6 Motorola MSB - CCITT G4 tiled MSB
TIFF MSB - CCITT G3 14 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 Motorola MSB - CCITT G3 monolithic MSB
TIFF MSB - G3 15 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 Motorola MSB - G3 monolithic MSB
TIFF MSB - PACKBITS 21 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 MSB - Packbits monolithic
TIFF MSB - STRIP PBIT 35 R/W TIFF v4/5/6 MSB - Packbits stripped
TIFF MSB - CCITT G3 1D L 85 R/  
TIFF MSB - CCITT G4L 87 R/  
TIFF MSB - CCITT G3 2D L 89 R/  
TIFF MSB - CCITT G3 2D M 103 R/  
TIFF MSB - StripG4L 91 R/  
TIFF MSB - LZW 95 R/W TIFF Header MSB with LZW compression
TIFF MSB - Tiled LZW 106 R/ TIFF Header MSB - Tiled LZW compression
TIFF-JPEG 84 R/ TIFF Header MSB with JPEG compression
TIFF Custom RR 61 R/W TIFF Custom RR MSB - G4 MSB   (reads as generic TIFF)
Optigraphics TIFF G4 60 R/W Optigraphics TIFF Group 4  (reads as generic TIFF - ID# 3)
Optigraphics TIFF TG4 62 R/W Optigraphics TIFF Tiled Group 4   (reads as generic TIFF - ID# 22)
TIFF LNRLE 65 R/W  
TIFF MNRLE 66 R/W  
MrSID 77 R/ MrSID format
SPICER CMP 4 R/W SPICER CMP - CMP (standard ASCII)
VDS 120 R/ Xerox VDS format
PCX 6 R/W MS-Paintbrush PCX - MS-Paintbrush pcx 8bit
PCX 6 R/W MS-Paintbrush PCX - MS-Paintbrush pcx Bilevel
Microsoft Bitmap BMP 7 R/W Windows - RAW 8 bit
BMP n/a R/ Windows - RAW 1, 4, 8 & 24 bit
BMP n/a R/ Windows - RLE 1, 4, 8 & 24 bit
BMP 98 R/ OS/2 - RAW 1, 4, 8 & 24 bit
Skantek 16 R/W Skantek - CCITT group 4 monolithic MSB
GEM IMG 17 R/W Digital Research GEM - bilevel
VIDAR Original RLE 28 R/W Vidar RLE Original - Vidar Run Length Encode
VIDAR Extended RAW 44 R/W Vidar RLE Extended - uncomp. raw mon. MSB
VIDAR Extended RLE 29 R/W Vidar RLE Extended - Vidar Run Length Encode
VIDAR Version 1 RAW 45 R/W Vidar RLE V1 - uncompressed raw mon. MSB
VIDAR Version 1 RLE 18 R/W Vidar RLE V1 - Vidar Run Length Encode
RLC 19 R/W Generic w. & l. only - Run Length Coding
RLC2 46 R/W Image Systems - Run Length Coding 2
RLCX 47 R/W Image Systems - Run Length Coding
InterGraph G4 31 R/W Integraph - CCITT group 4 monolithic MSB
InterGraph RAW 40 R/W Integraph - uncompressed (raw) MSB
InterGraph RLE 41 R/W Integraph - Run Length Coding   (reads as Intergraph RLE9 - ID# 56)
InterGraph RLE9 56 R/W Intergraph - RLE9 with Scanline Headers
Intergraph CIT n/a R/ Intergraph CIT
S6 42 R/W SPICER S6 - S6 (6 bit standard ASCII)
Hitachi Raster File 43 R/W Hitachi HRF - Hitachi Raster Format
BrookTrout Fax 48 R/W Brook Trout - CCITT group 3 monolithic MSB
Calcomp CCRF 30 R/W Calcomp CCRF - Calcomp Raster Format (RLE)
JFIF-Baseline JPEG 50 R/W JFIF - JPEG Good Compression
JFIF-Baseline JPEG 69 R/W JFIF - JPEG Best Quality
JFIF-PJPEG 99 R/W Progressive JPEG (encoded)
JPEG2000 100 R/W JPEG2000 - JPEG Good Compression  (.jp2)
JPEG2000 78 R/W JPEG2000 - JPEG Best Quality  (.jp2)
JPEG2000 Code Stream 78 R/ JPEG 2000 Code Stream (.j2k, .j2c)
TGA 108 R/ Truevision Targa
Xionics Group 4 51 R/W Xionics Image File - CCITT G4 2D
Xionics 51 R/ Xionics Image File - uncompressed (raw)
Xionics 51 R/ Xionics Image File - CCITT G3 1D
Xionics 51 R/ Xionics Image File - CCITT G3 2D
Xionics 51 R/ Xionics Image File - PackBits
Zsoft Graphics 115 R/ ZGF format CCITT Group 3 1D LSB
Formtek 73 R/W Formtek - G4 tiled
Formtek 74 R/ Formtek - Byte Compression
LaserData 52 R/W Laser View Image File Format - Group 4
LaserData 52 R/ Laser View Image File Format - Group 3
LaserData 52 R/ Laser View Image File Format - RAW
Photomatrix 53 R/W Photomatrix Image File Format
Photomatrix n/a R/ Photomatrix Image File Format - Group 3 1D (39)
Photomatrix n/a R/ Photomatrix Image File Format - Group 3 2D
Photomatrix n/a R/ Photomatrix Image File Format - RAW
MARS Pbit 113 R/ Micro Dynamics' MARS Format - Group 4 - stripped
Auto-trol DX 67 R/ Auto-trol Image File Format (Auto-trol RASTER)
SUN Raster 57 R/W SUN header - RAW
SUN Raster 58 R/ SUN header - RLE
WINFAX Pro 55 R/ WINFAX header format - CCITT Fax G3 1D encoding
WINFAX Pro 55 R/ WINFAX header format - CCITT Fax G3 2D encoding
WINFAX Pro 114 R/ WINFAX header format - Group 4 - Monolithic
TG4 64 R/W IMageCenter TG4 Format - Group 4 - tiled
XWD 111 R/ X Windows Dump File - raw (bi-level)
XWD 111 R/ X Windows Dump File - raw (256 color)
IOCA 533 R/ Image Object Content Architecture
- monolithic, RAW, G3-1D, G3-2D, G4-2D
C4 70 R/W EDMICS C4 Bilevel Raster
CAL 71 R/W CALS MIL-PRF 28002B Bilevel Raster
DSI 27 R/W DSI - CIMAGE Hybrid - Group 4 - MSB bilevel
FileNet 2 R/W FileNet - Group 4 Stripped / Group 4 Tiled
WPG 110 R/ Word Perfect Graphics - Run Length Encode
PNG 63 R/W Portable Network Graphics File - LZ77 Data
GIF 72 R/ Compuserve Graphic Interchange Format - LZW
PDF - Raw 79 R/W Raster only PDF subset - bilevel, 8 bit, 24 bit RAW
PDF - CCITT G4 80 R/W Raster only PDF subset - bilevel CCITT G4
PDF - CCITT G3 81 R/W Raster only PDF subset - bilevel CCITT G3
PDF - JPEG 82 R/W Raster only PDF subset - 8 bit, 24 bit colour
PDF - Flate 101 R/W Raster only PDF subset - bilevel, 8 bit, 24 bit
PDF - LZW 104 R/W Raster only PDF subset - bilevel, 8 bit, 24 bit
IG4 158 R/ Image Systems - Group 4 Stripped
ACCESS Group 4 10 R/W ACCESS Raster Image File Format (*.TG4)
EDMICS C4 70 R/W EDMICS C4 - Group 4 Tiled
JEDMICS n/a R/ JEDMICS CALS variant
DDIF 117 R/ Digital Document Interchange Format - Raw
DDIF 116 R/ Digital Document Interchange Format Group 4 - Monolithic LSB
MAG 157 R/ File Magic Group 4 - Monolithic LSB
G4M Generic Group 4 n/a R/ Generic Group 4 Monolithic MSB -see System Administrator Help
G4L Generic Group 4 n/a R/ Generic Group 4 Monolithic LSB -see System Administrator Help
DNG - MSB 175 R/ Digital Negative - MSB (Preview Only)
DNG - LSB 176 R/ Digital Negative - LSB (Preview Only)
       
2D VECTOR
       
SPICER edt 500 R/W SPICER edit format
SPICER sbl 500 R/W SPICER symbol format
HPGL 501 R/W Hewlett Packard HPGL type 1
HPGL/2(.PLT) 536 R/ Hewlett Packard HPGL type 2
HPGL RTL n/a R/ Hewlett Packard HPGL Raster Language
IGES 518 R/ Initial Graphics Exchange Specification - 2D
XMS 539 R/ XML Markup Session
DXF 502 R/W DXF data interchange - ASCII
DXF 503 R/ DXF data interchange - binary
DWG 505 R/ Autocad R9, R10, R11, R12
DWG 531 R/ Autocad R13
DWG 534 R/ Autocad R14
DWG 538 R/ Autocad 2000
DWG 557 R/ Autocad 2002
DWG 569 R/ Autocad 2004, 2005, 2006
DWG 588 R/ Autocad 2007, 2008
Cad Overlay n/a R/ Cad Overlay Hybrid
GTX Raster Cad 613 R/ GTX Raster Cad Hybrid
CIMAGE DWG 506 R/ CIMAGE DWG
DWF 558 R/ Autodesk DWF
DRW 510 R/ Micrografx DRW format v1
DRW 511 R/ Micrografx DRW format v2
DGN 563 R/ DGN - Microstation V.8 Modeller
DGN 508 R/ DGN - Microstation Modeller
DGN 508 R/ DGN - Intergraph Microstation Ver.
RDL 508 R/W RDL - Intergraph Microstation Ver.
MI (ME10 Format) 507 R/ MI-Model Interface Format
compressed MI 507 R/ MI-Model Interface Format
Auto-trol DG 509 R/ Auto-trol Format - Series 5000 Graphics Files
AQU 527 R/ Aqua V2.0
CGM CALS 513 R/W Computer Graphics Metafile
CGM ATA-1 514 R/W Computer Graphics Metafile
CGM PIP/1 515 R/W Computer Graphics Metafile
CGM Clear Text 516 R/W Computer Graphics Metafile
CADRA 526 R/ Cadra version 8,9,10,11
WMF 512 R/W Windows Metafile Format
EMF 512 R/ Enhanced Windows Metafile
PICT 517 R/ Macintosh PICT
Calcomp 906/907 524 R/ Calcomp 906/907 Plot File
SVG 559 R/W Scaleable Vector Graphics
SVGZ 589 R/W Compressed Scaleable Vector Graphics
OTG Cold 528 R/ OTG Cold format
TW Cold 535 R/ TW Cold format
Gerber 560 R/ ( RS 274-D and RS 274-X )
Gerber 561 R/ Gerber extended
Solidworks (.slddrw) 570 R/ Solidworks version 97 - 2008
Inventor 582 R/ Autodesk Inventor 2D version 5.3 - 11
       
3D VECTOR
       
VRML 1.0 541 R/ Virtual Reality Modelling Language v1.0
VRML 97 542 R/ Virtual Reality Modelling Language v.'97
STL 540 R/ STL - Stereo Lithography
SBD 581 R/ SBD - Step Binary Data 
CATIA 551 R/ Dassault CATIA Version 4.0, 4.1.X, 4.2.4
CADDS 576 R/ Computer Vision CADDS 3, 4x, 5
CADDS 577 R/ Computer Vision CADDS 4x
CADDS 578 R/ Computer Vision CADDS 5
IGES 518 R/ IGES 3D
XGL 567 R/ XML-based format
ZGL 568 R/ Compressed XGL
Solidworks (.sldprt) 566 R/ Solidworks Parts (*.sldprt) and Assemblies (*.sldasm) version 97 - 2008 
DWG 3D    n/a R/ AutoDesk Mechanical Desktop
       
DOCUMENT
       
SPICER SET 607 R/W SPICER LS - list set (mult. pg)
SPICER CLF 611 R/W SPICER CLF - component list (single pg)
SPICER DAS 600 R/W SPICER DAS - doc assoc. set (mult. pg)
SPICER SMF 601 R/ SPICER SMF - 7.4 and prev. multipage format
SPICER SMF 621 R/ SPICER SMF - 7.4 compression multipage format
SPICER SMF 622 R/W SPICER SMF - multipage format
TIFF Multi-page 603 R/W Multipage TIFF LSB
-bilevel (G4) color (Packbits)
TIFF Multi-page 624 R/W TIFF Multipage - Good Compression
-bilevel (G4) color (LZW)
TIFF Multi-page 623 R/W TIFF Multipage - Best Compression
-bilevel (G4), color (JPG)
DCX 604 R/W Multipage PCX - bilevel (RLE) color(8 bit)
DC 608 R/ Auto-trol composite list
WINFAX Pro 4.0 606 R/ Multipage WINFAX - CCITT Fax G3 1D encoding
WINFAX Pro 606 R/ Multipage WINFAX - CCITT Fax G3 2D encoding
PDF - Raw 615 R/W Raster only Multipage PDF subset - bilevel, 8 Bit, 24 bit RAW
PDF - CCITT G4 616 R/W Raster only Multipage PDF subset - bilevel CCITT G4
PDF - CCITT G3 617 R/W Raster only Multipage PDF subset - bilevel CCITT G3
PDF - JPEG 618 R/W Raster only Multipage PDF subset - 8 bit, 24 bit
PDF - Flate 619 R/W Raster only Multipage PDF subset - bilevel, 8 bit, 24 bit
PDF - LZW 620 R/W Raster only Multipage PDF subset - bilevel, 8 bit, 24 bit
PS 522 R/ Adobe PostScript
PDF 525 R/W Adobe Portable Document Format (requires PDF add-on to write)
       
TEXT
       
WordPerfect 5 700 R/ WordPerfect - WordPerfect ASCII text v5.x
WordPerfect 6 701 R/ WordPerfect - WordPerfect ASCII text v6.x
WordPerfect 8 708 R/ WordPerfect - WordPerfect ASCII text v8.x
WordPerfect 9 n/a R/ WordPerfect - WordPerfect ASCII text v9.x
WordPerfect 10 n/a R/ WordPerfect - WordPerfect ASCII text v10.x
Word 2.0 835 R/ MSWord 2.0
Word 3.0-5.x 804 R/ Word 3.0 to 5.x Micrososft Word
Word 6.0 702 R/ Word 6.0 - Microsoft Word 6.0
Word 8.0 705 R/ Word 8.0 - Microsoft Word 97
MS Word 2000 706 R/ Word 9.0 - Microsoft Word 2000
MS Word 2002 717 R/ MS Word XP
MS Word 2003 853 R/ MS Word 2003
MS Word 2007 855 R/ MS Word 2007
RTF 704 R/ RTF
ASCII 703 R/ ASCII - ASCII text
Excel 817 R/ Excel 5.0 - Microsoft Excel 5.0
Excel 97 842 R/ Excel 97
Excel 2000 843 R/ Excel 9.0 - Microsoft Excel 2000
Excel 2002 848 R/ Excel XP
Excel 2003 852 R/ Excel 2003
ZIP 720 R/ Lists contents of ZIP file
MSG 854 R/ Microsoft Outlook Message 
PowerPoint 2000 550 R/ Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
PowerPoint 2002 550 R/ Microsoft Powerpoint XP
PowerPoint 2003 550 R/ Microsoft Powerpoint 2003
Visio (Preview) 714 R/ Visio Preview Versions 5, 2000, 2002, 2003
       
R = Read support    
W = Write support  
G4 = group 4  
G3 = group 3  
MSB = Most Significant Bit  
LSB = Least Significant Bit  
mon. = monolithic  
str. = stripped  
til. = tiled