File Types

Technical Graphic File Formats and their Use

Knowledge and skills in the use of:

  • Standard Tessellation Language/stereo lithography file format (stl)

  • Direct Exchange Format (dxf)

  • Drawing Format (dwg)

  • Virtual Reality Modelling Language (vrml)

  • 3D Studio (3ds) files

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Graphic media file formats and their use

Knowledge and understanding of:

  • Joint Photographic Experts Group (jpg)

  • Portable Network Graphics (png)

  • Bitmap Image file (bmp)

  • Portable Document Format (pdf)

  • Adobe Illustrator file (ai)

  • Windows Media Video (wmv)

  • Audio Video Interleave (avi)

  • Third Generation Partnership (3gp)

  • Apple QuickTime Movie (mov)

  • Moving Picture Experts Group (mpeg)

  • Encapsulated Postscript (eps)

Refer to the notes you made on Google slides in the Classroom assignment on file types.

Sample Exam Question:

Graphic media file formats and their use

2019: questions 3 (c)(i) and (ii) and 5 (c)