Measurement Collection Service File Formats
What File Formats are accepted by the Net-Inspect Measurement Collection Service?
The following list contains the formats accepted by the Measurement Collection Service Net-Inspect Add-On.
Format: File type name
Vendor: CMM Vendor Name
File extension: Acceptable file extension types for this format
Supports Tags: Some formats allow for tags to map additional data to Net-Inspect when loading via an sFTP location, see our article regarding supported tags. If tags are not yet supported for the file type and are needed, please reach out to helpdesk@net-inspect.com to request tag support.
| Format | Vendor | File extension | Supports Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVAIL | Brown & Sharpe AVAIL | *.* (user defined) |
No |
| CALYPSO | Zeiss Calypso | *_chr.txt (required) + *_fet.txt(optional) + *_hdr.txt(optional) |
- In the “startcomment” column of the _hdr.txt file. - In the “id” column of the _chr.txt file - In the “comment” column of the _chr.txt file |
| CAMIO | Metris or Nikon Camio | *.res (plain ASCII text), *.rtf (Rich text format with color) | No |
| CONDENSED | Tarus | *.txt | No |
| COSMOS | Mitutoyo Mcosmos | *.asc | No |
| CM4D | QMC (now ATS) CM4D | *.txt | No |
| DEA | DEA Spectrum, Master, Tutor | *.mea | No |
| DMIS | Many | *.dmo, *.out | Yes, in the TEXT/OUFIL, "text" statement |
| FAB | Fabrivision | *.csv | Yes |
| FARO | Faro | *.txt | No |
| IMSVD | IMS Virtual DMIS | *.* (user defined) | No |
| KEY | Keyence | *.csv | Yes |
| LK | LK-DMIS | *.res (plain ASCII text), *.rtf (Rich text format with color) | Yes |
| METRONOR | Metronor | *.txt | No |
| METROMEC | MetroSoft MetroMec 3D | *.* (user defined) | No |
| MICAT | Mitutoyo MiCat | *.asc | No |
| MLB | Sheffield FLB | *.log | No |
| MMX | Sheffield DirectInspect, MeasureMax | *.log, *.rtl | No |
| MMX2 | MeasureMax | *.rtl | No |
| MM4 | Brown & Sharpe MicroMeasureIV | *.* (user defined) | No |
| MODUS | Renishaw Modus | *.res (plain ASCII text), *.rtf (Rich text format with color) | Yes |
| MTI | Mitutoyo GeoPak 3 | *.asc | Yes |
| MTI4000 | Mitutoyo GeoMeasure 4000 | *.out | Yes |
| MTI6000 | Mitutoyo GeoMeasure 6000 | *.out | Yes |
| NIKON | Nikon Camio | *.res (plain ASCII text), *.rtf (Rich text format with color) | No |
| NUMEREX | Numerex | *.* (user defined) | No |
| OMNI3D | Omni-Tech 3-D, Visual 3D | *.* (user defined) | No |
| OPENDMIS | Wenzel OpenDMIS | *.out, *.txt, or *.* (user defined) | Yes |
| PC-DMIS |
Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS document below for more info on PC-DMIS file import. |
*.txt | Yes |
| PCDMISWIN | Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS | *.txt, *.rtf (for rtf use DoNotUseAmyuniRTF option) | Yes |
| POLY | Polyworks | *.csv | Yes |
| ROMER | Romer | *.txt | No |
| TARUS | Tarus | *.tbf | No |
| TDR | Tarus | *.tdr | No |
| USOFT | Zeiss U-Soft | *.prn | No |
| VERISURF | Verisurf | *.csv | No, See Document |
| WHITESPACE | User-defined | *.txt, *.csv, or *.* (user defined) | Yes |