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# Which file formats for plans, documents and images are supported?

| Note: For security reasons, the following file formats are not supported in any area, as they can be used to spread malware: .app, .bat, .cmd, .com, .dll,.exe, .jar, .jnlp, .js, .jse, .lnk, .msi, .msp, .mst, .ocx, .pif, .scr, .tlb, .url, .vbe, .vbs, .ws, .wsc, .wsf, .wsh

### Plans:

|| Information: No multi-page PDF files are shown because we are strongly against combining plans into multi-page PDFs. In our experience, this leads to more difficult version control, among other things.

###### 2D:
.pdf 

Maximum file size: 3 GB

###### 2D (scanned plans):
With scanned plans, we have found that there can be processing issues if the files are not compressed. However, PDF files can be optimized with third-party tools.

For example: [ilovepdf.com](https://www.ilovepdf.com/de/pdf_komprimieren), uncompressed: 67 MB, approx. 30min processing time (too long, breaks), compressed: 3.5 MB, approx. 3min processing time.

###### 3D (CAD/BIM/Model files):
.3dm, .3ds, .a, .asm, .brd, .catpart, .catproduct, .cgr, .collaboration, .dae, .dgn, .dlv3, .dwf, .dwfx, .dwg, .dwt, . dxf, .emode, .exp, .f2d, .f3d, .fbx, .g, .gbxml, .glb, .gltf, .iam, .idw, .ifc, .ige, .iges, .igs, .ipt, .iwm, .jt, . max, .model, .mpf, .msr, .neu, .nwc, .nwd, .obj, .par, .pdf, .pmlprj, .pmlprjz, .prt, .psmodel, .rvt, .sab, .sat, .sch, . session, .skp, .sldasm, .sldprt, .ste, .step, .stl, .stla, .stlb, .stp, .stpz, .vue, .wire, .x\_b, .x\_t, .xas, .xpr.

Maximum file size: 3 GB

These files are sent to the service "Forge" for rendering (formatting). The server is located outside of Switzerland, in Europe.
[Link to Forge](https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/model-derivative/v2/developers_guide/supported-translations/)

| Note: If not all elements are displayed when uploading an IFC - file to smino, we recommend to use the BREP setting.

[Help Center ARCHICAD IFC](https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/64182/)

### Documents:
Basically all formats can be uploaded here. PDF files can be displayed directly. Word and Excel files can also be edited directly.

Maximum file size: 4 GB  

### Images:
.jpeg, .jpg, .png

Maximum file size: 25 MB