Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BDC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert BDC to another file type
To convert BDC Files to another format, you need Babylon or other Data software.
Convert a file to BDC
To convert other file formats to the "Application Data File" file type, you need software like Babylon or a similar tool.
About BDC files
The .BDC file extension is primarily used for three completely different applications: West Point Bridge Designer simulation files, Babylon Dictionary data archives, and Black Desert Online game character appearance data. In the engineering context, it stores structural layouts for the West Point Bridge Designer educational software. In linguistics, it holds compressed glossary data for Babylon. For gamers, it functions as a Binary Data Container saving custom 3D character templates in Black Desert Online. These files share a common disadvantage: they are entirely proprietary. A .BDC file from a legacy bridge design app cannot be read on modern smartphones, and Babylon dictionary files often require a paid desktop license to access offline. Game appearance files are strictly locked to the MMO's internal engine and cannot be imported into standard 3D modeling software like Blender. Furthermore, web browsers do not support viewing any of these formats natively. If you need to share these files, conversion is highly recommended but inherently limited. For dictionary files, converting to .TXT, .CSV, or .JSON is ideal for universal reading. Bridge designs are best exported as .PDF directly from the original software for sharing. However, because these are closed binary formats, standard online converters usually fail to process them. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BDC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert BDC file to DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT, X_T or X_B, you can use Babylon or similar software from the "Proprietary Application Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to BDC, try Babylon or another comparable tool in the "Proprietary Application Data Storage" category.
The BDC 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 BDC converter.