File Formats for Data Exchange
with us

Dear (future) customers of our company!

It would be so very simply... if we could take all your file formats without discussion. But such a situation may remain a dream, sorry.

The number of software kinds, brands and versions is increasing weekly, and incompatibilities are found more and more.

As we not only will have to handle your files to read it here but also to exchange it with the Asian production lines (which should best see no problems in working with it) we will have to give you some guidelines in hands.

For exchange of drawings, pictures and sketches please use the following file formats (and besides, you of course can also use the complete Microsoft Office line for text and tables):

Kind

File Format

Remarks

Drawings Pro/Engineer

preferred are
*.stp
*.igs
all formats native found
on versions 2001 and
Wildfire up to
2.0
Drawings Autocad
*.dwg
*.dxf
all formats compatible
to version 2000 and
down to R12
Adobe Acrobat
*.pdf
all formats from Acrobat3D,
7.0, 6.0, down to 4.0 under
Windows, please specify
the used version!
Pictures, graphics, Photoshop
*.tif
*.jpg
*.psd
*.bmp
under Windows please
compatible to versions 7.0
or down only (!),
Mac or Linux per
prior request only
compressed files
*.zip
all archives produced
under Windows

In most cases we can help you with most kinds of specialized software, too, but is has to be checked first. Please be so kind and give us a call if you are in any doubt.
Thank you in advance!


Valid for all file formats: The resolution of pictures and pdf-data should be not lower than 300 dpi! To compress files will be better than to decrease the resolution. Please use fax only if you are absolutely sure that all dimensions and tolerances can be read without any doubt. Better use an e-mail.

For your exchange please use the following
contact address:

Phone: +49-(0)8671-88376-31
Fax: +49-(0)8671-882051
e-mail: rs@form-technik.biz
(you can send up to 20 Megabyte of ile size without
causing problems, for even bigger sizes per file please
ask before sending it.)

Your partner for all questions around the subject data exchange
in our company is Mr. Roland Seifert, but any other staff
person will also be glad to give you a helping hand!

September 2007