Bentley i-model Interchange Format Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

IMODEL

Reader/Writer

Reader

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

Level name

Typical File Extensions

.i.dgn

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

No

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Not applicable

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type

imodel_type

Encoding Support Yes

Bentley i-model Interchange Format Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

yes

circular arc

yes

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

yes

ellipses

yes

line

yes

none

no

point

yes

point cloud

no

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

no

surface

yes

text

yes

z values

yes