BFC Converter

Extract text from BFC files

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How to extract text from your BFC file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BFC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert BFC to another file type

To convert your BFC file to another format, you need CADS RC or other Cad software.

Convert a file to BFC

To convert other file formats to the "Structural Detailing File" file type, you need software like CADS RC or a similar tool.

About BFC files

The .BFC file extension is a source of confusion because it serves two completely different, high-friction purposes: proprietary engineering drawings and legacy Windows system archives.

Most commonly, a .BFC file is a reinforced concrete drawing created by CADS RC, a specialized detailing plugin for AutoCAD. These files contain critical structural data, bar bending schedules, and reinforcement layers. The problem? They are heavily locked down. Unless you have a licensed seat of CADS RC (which is expensive and niche), you cannot simply double-click to view the engineering specs. You are effectively locked out of your own construction data without the original authoring tool.

Alternatively, if you are digging through old backups, the .BFC file is likely a Windows Briefcase. This is a deprecated synchronization utility from the Windows 95 era used to keep files updated between computers. Modern versions of Windows have largely abandoned support for this, leaving users with "locked" folders they can't easily extract data from.

Conversion Strategies:

For Engineering (CADS RC): The goal is visibility. Convert these to PDF for client approval or DWG/DXF to make the geometry editable in standard CAD programs like DraftSight.
For Legacy Archives (Briefcase): The goal is extraction. These should be converted to standard ZIP archives or simply exploded into a regular folder structure so the internal documents are accessible again.
For Linux Users: If found on a Linux system, it is likely a binary font cache for Fontconfig. These should generally be left alone or regenerated, not converted.

Convert.Guru analyzes your BFC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted ANOM, CONF and POW files.

FAQ

If you want to convert BFC file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use CADS RC or similar software from the "Reinforced Concrete Drawing" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to BFC, try CADS RC or another comparable tool in the "Reinforced Concrete Drawing" category.

The BFC 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 BFC converter.