Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ARCHITECT file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ARCHITECT to another file type
To convert ARCHITECT Design files to another format, you need SQL Architect or other Database software.
Convert a file to ARCHITECT
To convert other file formats to the "Project Design File" file type, you need software like SQL Architect or a similar tool.
About ARCHITECT files
The .architect file extension generally serves two distinct purposes. Primarily, it functions as a database design project file used by SQL Architect or SQL Power. These files are typically saved in an XML format and store complex data models, entity-relationship diagrams (ERDs), and SQL script definitions. Alternatively, it is used as an audio system design file for BSS Audio or Crestron systems, utilizing a ZIP-compressed archive structure to bundle configuration settings. Users often need to convert .architect files because they are tied to specialized, expensive proprietary software. Without installing the exact database modeling tool or audio system configuration software, these files are completely useless to clients, developers, or sound engineers trying to review the schematics. A major disadvantage is the requirement for outdated or costly software licenses just to open them. For database models, the best conversion targets are SQL for database execution, PDF for visual diagram sharing, or standard XML for programmatic parsing. For audio projects, extracting the contents to view configuration files or converting graphical layouts to PDF or JPG is ideal. Because these files are highly specialized project containers, standard online converters fail to process them. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the complex relational data or audio signal paths.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ARCHITECT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ARCHITECT file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use SQL Architect or similar software from the "Database & Audio System Design" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to ARCHITECT, try SQL Architect or another comparable tool in the "Database & Audio System Design" category.
The ARCHITECT Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ARCHITECT converter.