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File Icon & Colour Guide

Understand what each icon and colour means in your project - to quickly identify file types

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Written by Katherine Lockley
Updated this week

We accept a wide variety of file types which are stored in Content and Workspaces.


All of your files are colour-coded and icon-labelled to help you quickly understand what type of content has been uploaded to your project.


Whether it’s a 3D model, a 2D plan, a geolocated photo, or a document, each file has a unique visual marker to show how it behaves in Sensat; whether it’s visualised in 2D or 3D, or simply stored for reference.

Use the guide below to understand what each colour and icon means.

Color / Icon

File Type

Environment

Purple Stack

3D Mesh (GLB, DWG, DGN, IFC, NWD, DXF, RVT, FBX)

3D

Green Stack

Point Cloud (LAS, LAZ)

3D

Dark Green Stack

Digital Landscape

3D

Blue Stack

2D Vector (KML, GEOJSON, DXF, WMS)

2D

Teal Stack

Orthophoto (TIFF, TIF)

2D

Grey Document icon

Document (PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT)

Stored in Content

Grey Image icon

Image (PNG, JPG, GIF)

Stored in Content

Green Image icon with dot below

Geolocated photo as Markup (PNG, JPG)

2D and 3D

Additional Icons & Indicators

Synced from CDE

Files that have been synchronised from a Common Data Environment (CDE) will display a circular arrow icon in the bottom-right of their icon. The colour of the icon will correlate to the type of data it is.

Repositioned Content

If a file has been manually moved within the 3D environment, you’ll see small arrows in the corners of its icon. This helps you identify content that no longer sits at its original geolocation.

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