Menu | File > Open |
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Menu | File > Open |
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Open datasets such as electronic charts, vector maps, and raster surfaces/images in the application. Multiple datasets can be opened at the same time.
The open file is displayed the Display window. The information displayed in the Layers and Properties windows depends on the type of data opened.
If you have multiple layers open, they are drawn in the Display window in the order in which they were opened. You can change this using the Draw Order window.
All open files are listed in the Layers window.
The CARIS application can display the following data types.
Format | Extension |
Autodesk AutoCAD DXF/DWG | .dxf, .dwg |
BSB | .kap |
Bathymetry Attributed Grid | .bag |
Bentley/Intergraph DGN | .dgn |
CARIS File | .des |
CARIS HIPS1 & SIPS1 Project File | .hips |
CARIS HIPS Weighted Grid | .def |
CARIS HNS | .hns |
CARIS HOB | .hob |
CARIS IGA | .iga |
CARIS Reference Model | .xml |
CARIS SAF | .saf |
CARIS Shoal | .shl |
CARIS Spatial ARchive | .csar |
CARIS Well-Known Text | .wkt |
Digital Elevation Map | .dem |
ERMapper Enhanced Compression Wavelet2 | .ecw |
ESRI ASCII Grid | .asc |
ESRI Binary Grid | .adf |
ESRI Floating Point Grid | .flt |
ESRI Shapefile | .shp |
GRIdded Binary | .grb, .grib, .grib2 |
Geography Markup Language Files | .gml |
Graphic Interchange Format | .gif |
Hydrographic Chart Raster Format | .chr |
Intergraph Raster | .cot, .crl, .rle, .cit |
Joint Photographic Experts Group 1992 | .jpg, .jpeg |
Joint Photographic Experts Group 20002 | .jp2, .j2k |
LandXML Reference Model | .xml |
Laser-Scan Internal Feature Format | .iff |
Mapinfo | .mif |
MrSID Seamless Image Database2 | .sid |
NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids | .bin |
National Imagery Transmission Format | .ntf |
NetCDF Coards Format | .nc |
NetCDF GMT | .gmt |
Portable Network Graphics | .png |
S-100 Dataset | .000 |
S-100 GML Dataset | .s100gml |
S-57 Dataset | .000 |
Tagged Image Format | .tiff, .tif |
VPF Browse Library | dht |
VPF Database | lat |
VPF Library | lht |
Windows Bitmap | .bmp |
[GDAL] ASCII Gridded XYZ3 | .xyz |
1 This term is a trademark of Teledyne CARIS, Reg. USPTO.
2 A plug-in is required to use this file format. The plug-in is available from Teledyne CARIS Support.
3 Details of the GDAL XYZ format specification is available from the GDAL Web site at http://www.gdal.org/frmt_xyz.html.
Related commands:
• Layers
Procedure
1. Select the Open File command.
An Open dialog box is displayed.
2. Select one or more files.
You can select multiple files using <Shift+click> or <Ctrl+click>.
3. Click Open.
Depending on the selected file type, one or more dialog boxes may be displayed for each file.
4. Set any necessary options and click OK in each dialog box.
