Studio can use multiple types of input formats.

Model formats

Besides Studio’s own .io format, Studio can open or import models written in:

• LDraw files (.ldr or .mpd),
• LEGO® Digital Designer files (.lxf or .lxfml).

LEGO® sets

Studio can import the inventory of a LEGO set with only the set number. It gets the inventory from the BrickLink catalog. The set can be imported:

• As a custom parts palette.
• As parts spread out in the building area.

BrickLink Wanted List

Studio can create a custom parts palette from a file in the BrickLink XML Wanted List format.

Sculpture

Studio can create a 3D LEGO sculpture from:

• Wavefront’s OBJ (.obj) 3D model files (accompanied with their .mtl material file for colors),
• STL (.stl) standard 3D model files (colorless).

Mosaic

Studio can make a Mosaic from this different image format:

• Portable Network Graphics (.png),
• Microsoft BMP (.bmp),
• Truevision TGA (.tga),
• Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg),

Studio can also make a mosaic from a Studio .io file. In this case, it uses a (small) image of the model taken from above.