Extract text from Binary templates (BT)
To convert BT Templates to another format, you need 010 Editor or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Binary Parsing Script" file type, you need software like 010 Editor or a similar tool.
The .bt file extension represents several distinct formats. Its most common application is a 010 Editor Binary Template created by SweetScape Software. These developer files use C/C++ syntax to parse, edit, and structure raw binary hex data. Another frequent use is the Binary Octree Map, a serialized 3D map generated by the OctoMap library for robotics and 3D modeling. Less commonly, .bt acts as a BluffTitler 3D project file saved in UTF-16 (LE), or a Binary Terrain Elevation Data file for Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
The main disadvantage of a .bt file is its extreme software dependency. A 010 Editor template is a proprietary scripting format useless without its specific commercial hex editor. OctoMap .bt files contain dense, serialized 3D node data that standard programs like Blender or AutoCAD cannot read natively. BluffTitler files are merely project references, not playable videos, requiring rendering to share.
Users typically need to convert 010 Editor .bt scripts to TXT or C for standard text editing. OctoMap users must convert .bt maps to PCD (Point Cloud Data) or OBJ to visualize the 3D environments in other CAD software. BluffTitler projects must be exported to MP4.
Because .bt files lack a single standard and serve wildly different industries (hex editing vs. 3D spatial mapping), standard online converters fail to process them. Often, only the original software can correctly interpret or export the data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert BT file to DLL, BST, SHP, KML, KMZ, GPX, GEOJSON, TOPOJSON, TIF, TIFF, ECW or SID, you can use 010 Editor or similar software from the "Binary Template Script" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert LAZ, KMZ, DTM, CSV, DEM, PRJ, LAS, GPX, DSM, SHP, DBF or KML files to BT, try 010 Editor or another comparable tool in the "Binary Template Script" category.
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 BT converter.