Extended file viewer

The Extended file viewer is an option for Monitor G5 which provides support for several different file types when you link external files to records in the database. This option supports frequently used drawing formats, image formats, and different MS Office document formats.

By using the Extended file viewer, you can preview all linked external files in their original format in a viewing window. Without the Extended file viewer, you can only view PDF files.

You can also use the function "automatic printout" for linked external files in the viewing window. This is used when handling other files than PDF files.

Handling of external files that are linked to records in Monitor G5 are streamlined by:

  • Linking the files directly in their original format without having to create PDF copies of the files and then link these.
  • Not having to relink a copy of the file when the original file is updated or changed.

Drawing files vector format 2D/3D:

Name File extension Version
Anvil 1000 DRW 1,2 and 3
AutoCAD DWG, DXF 2,5-14, 2000-2018
AutoCAD DWG 3D DWG DWG 2,5-2018
Autodesk (DWF/Render/Slide) DWF, RND, SLD  
Autodesk Architectural Desktop DWG  
Autodesk Mechanical Desktop DWG  
Autodesk Inventor (Parts/Asmb/Drawing)* IPT, IDW, IAM -2017
Cadkey PRT Part File
Calcomp Plot CCP  
CGM PIP/CGM + CGM Binary only
CoCreate Designer Drafting MI  
Design Systems VEC Data  
ESRI SHP  
FelixCAD FLX 2,3 and 4
Gerber GBR RS274, RS274X
HPGL PLT HPGL
HPGL/2 PLT HPGL/2
HP RTL PLT HP-RTL
ME 10/30 MI  
MicroStation DGN Version 3,4,5,6,7,8.x
Personal Designer drawing DRW  
RxSpotlight VC5 5.x
Solid Edge (Parts/Assembly/Drawing) PAR, ASM, DFT -ST6
SolidWorks (Parts/Assembly/Drawing) PRT, ASML, SLDDRW -2015
STL STL  
* "Autodesk Inventor View" is required.

Hybrid formats:

Name File extension Version
AutoCAD DWG DWG 2,5 - 2018
CAD Overlay RES  
GTX RasterCAD REF  
Microstation DGN Version 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8x
Tessel CAD Raster TAF  

Image files raster format:

Name File extension Version
Adobe Photoshop PSD  
CALS CAL Type 1 Group 4
Cimage Raster Group 4 DSI  
Compuserve GIF GIF GIF 87a/89a
EDMICS TG4 Tiled Group 4
GTX G3, G4, RNL  
Image Systems IG4 IG4  
Intergraph Group 4 CIT  
Intergraph RGB RGB Type 27
Intergraph RLE RLE  
Intergraph Tiled Raster TG4  
JBIG JBG  
JPEG JPG JFIF compliant
JPEG2000 J2K, JP2  
Paintbrush PCX  
Portable network graphics PNG  
Run length RLC RLC, RLC-2
Structured Fax format SFF  
SUN RAS  
TARGA Image TGA  
TIFF TIF  
Windows bitmap BMP Windows BMP and OS/2 DIB
X-Windows dump XWD  

Office format:

Name File extension Version
MS Office DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX -2013 (-2016*)
Rich Text Format RTF All
Text File TXT ASCII, Unicode

* If you have MS Office installed on the same server as the document server, files up to and including version 2016 are supported and the viewing quality is improved. If MS Office is not installed on the server, a fallback is made to RxFilterStellent (see below). This way files up to and including version 2013 are supported.

Non-official formats (RxFilterStellent):

Via a third party addition RxFilterStellent a non-official support is also included for file types with the following file extensions:

.rtf, .wpd, .ami, .wp, .sam, .lwp, .eps, .wpg, .msg, .ps, .odt, .ods, .odp, .num, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .rtf.

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