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Supported Data File Formats

Overview of supported 3D (topography) and 2D (image) file formats. Due to the aim of the calibration software, for data files only file read is supported.

3D (topography) file formats

Name Ending Remarks
PE TIFF .tif; .tiff 16 bit single or multichannel TIFF with XMP meta data
ASCII .asc Image metrology ASCII file
BCR .bcr Image metrology binary file
BCRF .bcrf Image metrology binary file with float values
AL3D .al3d Bruker-Alicona topography data
Zeiss SEM3D .sem3d Zeiss SEM3D data

2D (image) file formats

For 2D (image) file formats, PE image IO library is used. Therefore, all formats provided with the PE image IO library, are available within microCal.

Name Ending Remarks
PE TIFF .tif; .tiff 8/16 bit single or multichannel TIFF with XMP meta data
LEO TIFF .tif; .tiff TIFF with Zeiss LEO meta data
FEI TIFF .tif; .tiff TIFF with Thermofisher-FEI meta data
Tescan TIFF .tif; .tiff TIFF with Tescan meta data
Hitachi TIFF .tif; .tiff TIFF with Hitachi meta data in belonging text file