BOT Converter

Extract text from BOT files

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Drop or upload your .BOT file

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How to extract text from your BOT file

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

Convert BOT to another file type

To convert your BOT file to another format, you need Altium Designer or other Cad software.

Convert a file to BOT

To convert other file formats to the "PCB Fabrication File" file type, you need software like Altium Designer or a similar tool.

About BOT files

A .BOT file is most commonly a Gerber RS-274X manufacturing file representing the bottom copper layer of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). These files contain ASCII coordinate data used by photoplotters to fabricate the conductive tracks on the underside of a circuit board. They are typically generated by Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software such as Altium Designer and Cadence OrCAD.

While critical for electronics manufacturing, .BOT files pose significant accessibility challenges. Because they are specialized vector instructions for machines, they cannot be opened by standard image viewers or web browsers. Reviewing a PCB layout usually requires installing expensive, resource-heavy ECAD suites or specialized Gerber viewers. Furthermore, the extension ".bot" is often a user-defined naming convention (short for "Bottom") rather than a strict standard, leading to confusion with internet bots or gaming files.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Design Review: Convert to PDF or SVG to share schematics with clients and manufacturers who do not have EDA software installed.
For Mechanical Integration: Convert to DXF to import the board layout into mechanical CAD tools like AutoCAD to ensure it fits within device enclosures.
For Documentation: Convert to PNG or JPG for easy insertion into technical manuals or presentations.
For Archiving: Use PDF/A to preserve the layer visualization long-term.

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

Users also converted APR, OPJ, MNL and OLB files.

FAQ

If you want to convert BOT file to , you can use Altium Designer or similar software from the "PCB Bottom Layer Manufacturing Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to BOT, try Altium Designer or another comparable tool in the "PCB Bottom Layer Manufacturing Data" category.

The BOT 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 BOT converter.