Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CX to another file type
To convert CX Projects to another format, you need Cytoscape or other Data software.
Convert a file to CX
To convert other file formats to the "Network Graph Exchange Format" file type, you need software like Cytoscape or a similar tool.
About CX files
The .CX file extension represents multiple distinct proprietary formats, primarily the Biological network exchange format used by Cytoscape and the CAD project exchange file used by CADMATIC. Biological .CX files store complex network graph data - like protein interactions - using a custom JSON schema. Conversely, CADMATIC .CX files are ZIP compressed archives containing XML 3D plant and ship design data. Users frequently need to convert these files because they are tied to expensive or highly specific desktop applications. Biological .CX files can exceed several gigabytes, crashing standard text editors, while CADMATIC files require proprietary enterprise licenses to open. Standard visual conversion to formats like PDF or PNG fails because the files only store raw node data, not rendered graphics. Often only the original software can properly read or export the visual data. The most practical solution is extracting the raw data into JSON, XML, or TXT to parse it using standard data science tools. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CX file to , you can use Cytoscape or similar software from the "Biological Network Data Exchange" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to CX, try Cytoscape or another comparable tool in the "Biological Network Data Exchange" category.
The CX 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 CX converter.