Format
C3D File Format
Summary
- Name
- C3D File Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1130
- Format type
- Dataset
- Description
- C3D, or Coordinate 3D, is a biomechanics data file format that is a component of the family of file formats developed for the AMASS photogrammetry software system. C3D format provides a means for storing 3D coordinate and analog data, together with all associated parameters, for a single measurement trial.
- File extensions
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c3d - Submitted by
- University of Edinburgh / University of Edinburgh
Internal signatures
C3D
- Description
- BOF: 0x0250 (magic plus pointer to first block of parameter section), {22} a block of 270 null bytes - we're using the first ten here for signature brevity, byte at 0x203 is either 0x54, 0x55, 0x56 representing processor type. String beginning at 0x516 either POINT or ANALOG. Https://www.c3d.org/HTML/default.htm
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
0250{22}00000000000000000000{481}(54|55|56){2}(504F494E54|414E414C4F47)- Endianness
- None
Changelog
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V93
- Release date
- 30 November 2017
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Added format
C3D File Format: Full entry added. Submitted by University of Edinburgh and previously requested by NARA Information Services/Applied Research Division, The National Archives and Records Administration.
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Added signature
C3D File Format: Signature developed with University of Edinburgh.