Extract text from CostX project files (EXF)
To convert EXF project files to another format, you need iTWO costX or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Project Data File" file type, you need software like iTWO costX or a similar tool.
The .EXF file extension is highly fragmented, meaning it is used for entirely different purposes depending on where it originated. Most commonly, it is a CostX Project Data file used by iTWO costX (formerly Exactal) for construction cost estimating and taking off measurements from blueprints.
Because the CostX format is a closed, proprietary binary, standard online converters fail to process it. It requires an expensive software license to natively open, and attempting to share it with non-CostX users is highly restrictive. If you have a CostX file, your best solution is usually to ask the sender to export the data to an XLSX (Excel) or PDF file.
However, .EXF is also used for other formats: as compressed video telemetry in Mirillis Action!, or as an XML-based EXMARaLDA exchange file for linguistic corpora and vehicle programming (such as Daimler AG data).
This fragmentation makes the format annoying and difficult to open. We inspect the file's internal signature to determine exactly which type of .EXF it is. If our analysis detects an underlying XML structure, viewing or conversion to TXT or CSV may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your EXF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted EFX, XCF, DXF, DWG, NWD, JPG, TTP, D83 and SKR files.
If you want to convert EXF file to DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT, X_T or X_B, you can use iTWO costX or similar software from the "Construction Estimating Project Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to EXF, try iTWO costX or another comparable tool in the "Construction Estimating Project Data" category.
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