# 3D viewers

3D-viewer can be opened from the **3D -viewer -icon** in the toolbar. It varies between the different 3D viewers, that which file formats are supported. The table below lists the some of the most used file formats in infrastructure projects.

<table><thead><tr><th>File format</th><th data-type="checkbox">Pointscene</th><th data-type="checkbox">Autodesk 3D viewer</th><th data-type="checkbox">Trimble 3D viewer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>DWG</td><td>false</td><td>true</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>DXF</td><td>false</td><td>true</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>DGN</td><td>false</td><td>true</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>IFC</td><td>true</td><td>true</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>LandXML</td><td>true</td><td>false</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>LAS / LAZ</td><td>true</td><td>false</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### How to use each 3d viewer?&#x20;

The manuals are already available online:

* Pointscene:
  * <https://pointscene.com/instructions/3d-viewer-tools-and-settings/>
  * <https://pointscene.com/instructions/pointscene-instructions/>
* Autodesk 3D viewer:
  * <https://help.autodesk.com/view/COORD/ENU/?guid=Model_Coord_View_Filter_Models#view-and-filter-models>
* Trimble 3D viewer:
  * <https://docs.3d.connect.trimble.com/working-in-3d>