Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CAS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CAS to another file type
To convert CAS Game files to another format, you need Autodesk 3ds Max or other Game software.
Convert a file to CAS
To convert other file formats to the "3D Model and Emulator" file type, you need software like Autodesk 3ds Max or a similar tool.
About CAS files
The .CAS file format is heavily fragmented and highly context-dependent. Primarily, it functions as a Character Animation Set or 3D model file used by Creative Assembly in the Total War franchise. Alternatively, it acts as a Cassette Tape Image for retro 8-bit computers like the MSX, Atari, or Dragon/Tandy systems. In enterprise environments, it might be an Ansys Fluent computational fluid dynamics case file or a zlib-compressed audit document for CaseWare. The major disadvantage of a .CAS file is its extreme lack of standardization. Depending on its source, it requires entirely different proprietary software to open, ranging from 3ds Max plugins for video game mods to openMSX for retro gaming. You cannot open these files natively on Windows or macOS, and they are completely useless in a standard web browser. To make these files usable across modern workflows, conversion is mandatory. For 3D game models, convert to FBX or OBJ to edit them in standard 3D software. For retro tape images, convert to WAV to restore the original audio data or ROM for standard emulation.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CAS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CAS file to TAS, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL or PLY, you can use Autodesk 3ds Max or similar software from the "Game Model or Tape Image" 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 CAS, try Autodesk 3ds Max or another comparable tool in the "Game Model or Tape Image" category.
The CAS 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 CAS converter.