Supported file formats for background images
Vissim supports the following file formats for graphic files:
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Raster formats |
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*.bmp |
Windows bitmap, two-dimensional |
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*.jpg |
graphic compressed according to JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) standard |
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*.png |
Portable Network Graphics, compressed with no loss in quality |
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*.tga |
Targa (Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Array) image file, uncompressed or compressed with no loss in quality. Also saves values for alpha channel, gamma correction and text as meta-information. |
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*.tif |
Tagged Image File Format, uncompressed or packbits compressed |
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*.sid |
Mr. SID files, display with best possible resolution |
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*.ecw |
Enhanced Compressed Wavelet, for large raster graphics, e.g. aerial images. The *.ecw file format provides the following advantages:
Compression rates recommended for Vissim:
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Vector formats |
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*.dwg |
Is updated for each new version of Autodesk AutoCADTM |
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*.dxf |
Is updated for each new version of Autodesk AutoCADTM |
| *.emf |
Windows Enhanced Metafile |
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*.wmf |
Windows Metafile |
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*.shp |
Shapefile for spatial data Vissim supports transparency in 2D mode and 3D mode. |
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Document format |
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Insert a page of a PDF file as a vector graphic |
- The 64-bit edition of Vissim supports the file formats of *.dwg versions up to DWG2013.
- AutoCAD saves the current layout with the position, translation vector and rotation with a *.dwg or *.dxf file, if the file is saved in AutoCAD.
- These layout settings are taken into consideration by Vissim as much as possible for the display of a loaded background image.
- The import of pedestrian areas and obstacles of a *.dwg file do not take these layout settings into consideration for the graphic display.
- When you save a *.dwg or *.dxf file in AutoCAD, ensure that the current layout settings are suitable for use of the file as a background image in Vissim. This applies, in particular, before loading a *.dwg file as a background image, after construction elements for pedestrians have already been imported from this file in Vissim.
