Extract text from Design and CAD files (DRY)
To convert DRY design files to another format, you need BSim or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Building Simulation Data" file type, you need software like BSim or a similar tool.
The .DRY file extension generally stores either Design Reference Year weather data for BSim or acts as a proprietary CAD drawing format for Nemetschek Allplan. BSim uses these files to simulate building physics and energy consumption based on regional climate models.
Both variations of the .DRY format are highly proprietary and rigid. They require expensive software licenses or specialized, region-specific academic tools to open. They cannot be previewed natively in modern web browsers or operating systems. Standard online converters routinely fail to process them because the internal data structures are closed-source and undocumented.
If your file is weather data, converting it to CSV or TXT makes the climate data readable in Microsoft Excel. If it is an Allplan CAD file, exporting to DXF, DWG, or IFC is absolutely necessary for interoperability with standard tools like AutoCAD. Be aware that exporting complex BIM objects from Allplan into standard 2D formats may result in a complete loss of parametric metadata.
This file format is difficult to open or convert online. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, inspect the file, and view its raw text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DRY file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert DRY file to , you can use BSim or similar software from the "Simulation Weather Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to DRY, try BSim or another comparable tool in the "Simulation Weather Data" 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 DRY converter.