Case Studies

 

Manufacturer File Formats

File Format Manufacturer File Extension
ADE Phase Shift Surface Format 
ADE Corporation
.map
Ambios Technologies ASCII Format 
Ambios Technology, Inc.
.amb
Ambios Technologies Binary Format
Ambios Technology, Inc.
.amb
Burleigh Surface Format
Burleigh Products Group
.bii
Burleigh Instruments Format
Burleigh Products Group
.img
Danish Micro Engineering ASCII Format
Danish Micro Engineering A/S
.txt
Mountains Map Surface Format 
Digital Surf 
.sur
SolarMap Surface Format Solarius Development .sur
FRT File Format
Fries Research & Technology
.frt
Image Metrology Format
Image Metrology A/S
.bcr
SPIP ASCII File Format
Image Metrology A/S
.asc
Nanofocus Surface Format
Nanofocus AG

.nms, .oms

Nanosurf Image Document
Nanosurf AG
.nid
Nanotec WSxM Image Format
Nanotec Electronica
.stp
Nanotec WSxM ASCII Format
Nanotec Electronica
.txt
Optimet JOB File Format
Optimet (Optical Metrology Ltd.)
.job
Pacific Nanotechnology Surface Format
Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc.
.sur
RHK SPM32 Format
RHK Technology, Inc.
.sm2
RHK XPMPro Topography Format
RHK Technology, Inc.
.sm3
Rodenstock Data Format
Rodenstock
 
Seimens Image Format
Seimens
.xdt
Sciemetric Instruments Format
Siemetric Instruments
.wfm
UBM ASCII Format
Solarius Development Inc.
.pr
Taicaan ASCII Surface Format
TaiCaan Technologies Ltd.
.tai
Taylor Hobson Surface Format
Taylor Hobson
.sur
TrueMap ASCII Surface Format
TrueGage
.tmd
TrueMap Binary Surface Format
TrueGage
.tmd
Dektak
Veeco Instruments 
.opd
ThermoMicroscope Image Format
Veeco Instruments 
.sdf
Wkyo Surface Format
Veeco Instruments 
.opd
DI Nanoscope Formats II, III, IV
Veeco Instruments 
 
Zeiss ASCII XYZ Format
Zeiss
.txt
Rockware, Inc. Surfer Grid Format .grd
Quesant Instruments (an Ambios Technology Co.) Quesant Image Format .afm

Generic File Formats

File Format File Extension
Bitmap
.bmp
Generic Topographic Format 
.bcr
JPEG
.jpg, .jpeg
TIFF .tif, .tiff
Standard Data Format
.sdf
ASCII Text Format 
.asc
PLY Range Data
.ply
Stereolithography Range Data
.stl

If you would like to see a particular file format added to this list, please do not hesitate to contact us with your request.