Mountains® can be used with almost all surface measuring instruments and microscopes. It is compatible with more than 170 file formats covering various data types (profile, surface, image, multilayers, force curve, hyperspectral images, voxel cubes, etc.) Should an instrument format be missing from this list, do not hesitate to contact us as it might be already developed or we can develop it for you (under some conditions).
2D/3D Profilometers (contact and non-contact)
| Accretech / TSK | Surfcom series |
| Altimet | Altisurf, AltiMap, PaperMap |
| Ambios | XP Series |
| Ametek | See Taylor Hobson |
| Carl Zeiss | Surfcom series |
| CyberOptics | Surfer |
| Diavite (Asmeto) | DH6, DH7, DH8, DiaSoft |
| Digital Metrology | Omnisurf software |
| Digital Surf | Native formats supported by all products designed by Digital Surf. |
| FRT | MicroSpy, MicroProf, MicroGlider |
| Hommel-Etamic / Hommelwerke | Wavespeed, Turbo Profil software, T8000, NanoSwing, HommelMap, XML |
| KLA-Tencor | P-16+, P-Series, Alpha-Step IQ, Alpha-Step 500, Nanopics, Apex |
| Mahr | Perthometer Concept |
| Micro Photonics | Nanovea series |
| Mitaka Kohki | NH series, MitakaMap |
| Mitutoyo | SV-Series, CS-Series |
| NanoFocus | LaserScan, µScan, µSoft |
| nanoJura | NJ-HP series, NJ Optimal, NJ-Portable |
| Nikon | Nexiv VMR |
| Optimet | ConoScan |
| Precitec | CHRocodile |
| Rodenstock (now Mahr) | RM600 |
| Scantron | ProScan |
| Solarius | Viking, LaserScan, AutoScan, SolarMap |
| Somicronic (now Hommel) | SurfaScan |
| Stil | Bodygraph, MicroMesure |
| Taylor Hobson | TalySurf CLI, Form TalySurf Series, Ultra software, TalyMap, TalyProfile, TalyScan, Surtronic, TalyStep, Nanostep, PGI Novus |
| UBM | MicroFocus |
Confocal, Interference and Focus variation Microscopes
| 4D Technology | |
| ADE Phase Shift (now KLA-Tencor) | MicroXAM |
| Alicona | InfiniteFocus, MeX |
| Atos | Micromap |
| Bruker | Contour, NPFlex |
| Confovis | Confocam |
| Elionix | |
| Fogale Nanotech | MicroSurf, ZoomSurf |
| Fraunhofer-IOF | |
| GelSight | |
| Helicon | Focus variation files |
| Hirox | Digital Microscopes |
| Hyphenated Systems | HS series |
| Keyence | Digital Microscopes |
| KLA-Tencor | MicroXAM |
| Lasertec | Optelics series |
| Leica | DCM 3D, DVM |
| Lyncée-Tec | DHM |
| Micromap | |
| NanoDrive | FLT |
| NanoFocus | µSurf, µSoft |
| NanoSystem | NanoView WLI |
| Nikon | Eclipse C1, Nexiv confocal and VMZ, BW-H |
| Olympus | LEXT |
| Polytec | TMS TopMap series |
| Sensofar | PLµ series |
| Siemens | SIScan MC64 Topographer |
| Taylor-Hobson | TalySurf CCI, TalyMap |
| Trimos | TR Scan, NanoWare |
| Tropel | FlatMaster |
| Wyko (Bruker) | NT series |
| Zeiss MicroImaging | LSM |
| Zemetrics | ZeGage |
| Zeta Instruments | |
| Zygo | NewView series |
Scanning Probe Microscopes
| Aarhus University | |
| AFMWorkshop | |
| Agilent Technologies (now Keysight) | All AFMs, PicoMap |
| Anfatec Instruments AG | |
| Attocube | |
| Anasys Instruments | NanoIR, AFM, SNOM |
| APE Research | |
| Bruker | See Digital Instruments and Topometrix |
| Burleigh Instruments | Personal SPM, Vista 100, Horizon |
| Créatec | |
| CSM Instruments (now Anton Paar) | NanoIndenter |
| Digital Instruments | Dimension, NanoScope |
| Gwyddion | GSF Format (simple Fields), GWY format, DUMP format |
| Hitachi | Finetech AFM |
| Image Metrology | BCR-STM format |
| JPK | |
| Keysight Technologies | All AFMs |
| Molecular Imaging (now Keysight) | PicoPlus, PicoView, PicoScan |
| Nanonics | MultiView |
| Nanonis | DAT |
| Nanoscan | PPMS-AFM |
| Nanosurf | Nanite, EasyScan, Nanosurf Report |
| Nanotec Electronica | WSxM software |
| NT-MDT | NTegra, Solver |
| Omicron | |
| Oxford Instruments | |
| Pacific Nanotechnology | Nano-R AFM |
| Park Systems / PSIA | XE series, PS-PTT |
| Photonics Lattice | |
| Quesant (now Ambios) | Q-Scope |
| RHK | |
| RIBM | MS-NEX |
| SII Nanotechnology | Nanopics, SPA-Series |
| SIS (Surface Imaging Systems) | NANOstation, PICOstation |
| Shimadzu | AFM |
| SPMLab | |
| Topometrix | |
| Veeco | See Bruker and Wyko |
Scanning Electron Microscopes
| Advantest | CD-SEM, 4-quadrant |
| EMCRAFTS | |
| FEI | Helios, Titan, Magellan |
| Hitachi High Technologies | SEM, FE-SEM, VP-SEM |
| JEOL | JSM-Series, NeoScope JCM |
| Medical Research Council, UK | MRC |
| Phenom World | Phenom Pro |
| Point Electronic | 3D SEM |
| Tescan-Orsay | Vega, Gaia, Fera, Lyra |
| Zeiss | Evo, Sigma, Merlin |
Generic and Additive Manufacturing formats
| Generic SPM format (BCR-STM) | Data exchange format for SPMs |
| ISO 5436-2 | Softgauge Standard |
| Universal data file (SDF) | SurfStand Universal Format |
| Generic text file (ASCII, Unicode) | Z, X/Y, X/Z, X/Y/Z or W/Z Note: when opening/importing a text file, a dialog allows you to specify how the data in the file is organized. |
| Open GPS (X3P) | Open GPS XML format (ISO 25178-72) |
| STL | Triangulated surfaces (Stereo Lithography Format) Note: 3D printing format. An STL studiable can be imported as a shell or as a surface: – The STL studiable is imported as a shell, if this feature is available in the product level of your software package. – Otherwise, the STL studiable is imported as a surface, i.e. as a projected surface of the 3-dimensional object, looked upon along the Z-axis. |
| OBJ format | Open file format for exchanging and printing 3D objects, initially developped by Wevefront Technologies. |
| Polygon File format | Polygon File Format (also called Stanford Triangle Format). Used to store data from 3D scanners, as a collection of flat polygons. Format for exchanging and printing 3D objects. |
Image formats
| Windows Bitmap image | When opening/importing an image file, a dialog box allows you to specify the size of the image in X and Y. The image file can be kept as an image file, or can be converted into a surface. |
| EMF image | |
| GIF image (CompuServe) | |
| JPEG image | |
| PNG image | |
| TIFF image | |
| WMF image | |
| TIFF surface | Image file containing height information |
Other Instruments and formats
| 3D Shape | µKorad 3D |
| Breuckmann | |
| Coherix | |
| GFM Messtechnik / LMI | |
| GOM | |
| IGES | Form |
| Insidix | TDM |
| OG Technology | |
| Visuol Technologies / Techlab | Ondulo |
Spectroscopy
| Attolight | Cathodoluminescence hypercubes |
| Anasys Instruments | NanoIR |
| Bruker | Spectra and hypercubes |
| CS Instruments | |
| Delmic | HDF5 hypercubes |
| Edax | SPD hypercubes |
| Gatan | Digital Micrograph |
| Harris Geospatial | ENVI software |
| Horiba | LabSpec 6 software |
| IGOR Wavemetrix | IBW |
| NT-MDT | Raman hypercubes |
| Oxford Instruments (Witec) | H5OIWT |
| Photon Etc | |
| Photothermal (CytoSpec) | ASCII file, for mIRage |
| SPC | Galactic spectra and hypercubes |
| Specs | 3DS hypercubes |
| Thermo Fisher | |
| Tokyo Instruments |
The above list of instruments and file formats only means compatibility with respect to reading data files. The presence of the name of a manufacturer in the list does not necessarily imply the existence of a partnership agreement with Digital Surf.