OSD Converter

Extract text from OSD files

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How to extract text from your OSD file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OSD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert OSD to another file type

To convert your OSD file to another format, you need BodySlide and Outfit Studio or other Game software.

Convert a file to OSD

To convert other file formats to the "Modding Configuration Data" file type, you need software like BodySlide and Outfit Studio or a similar tool.

About OSD files

The .OSD file extension serves multiple specialized communities, most notably PC gamers and optical engineers, creating significant compatibility hurdles.

1. BodySlide & Outfit Studio Data (Modding):
For modders of games like Fallout 4 and Skyrim, an .OSD file contains slider configuration data used by BodySlide and Outfit Studio. These files store vertex manipulation instructions that define how a 3D character mesh changes shape.

The Problem: These are not standard 3D models. You cannot open an .OSD file directly in Blender or Autodesk Maya to view the geometry. They are strictly proprietary definitions that require the parent software to interpret them into a usable mesh.

2. OptiSystem Project File (Engineering):
In the field of photonics, .OSD files are project containers created by Optiwave OptiSystem. These store complex optical network topologies and simulation parameters.

The Problem: These files are heavily proprietary and version-dependent. Sharing a design with a colleague who doesn't possess a costly Optiwave license is impossible, as no third-party viewers exist.
The Solution: For collaboration and documentation, these project files should be converted to portable formats. Circuit diagrams can be rasterized to PNG or PDF for viewing, while simulation data is best converted to CSV or XLSX for analysis in Microsoft Excel.

Other notable uses include On-Screen Display configuration files for Betaflight drone controllers and Microsoft App-V deployment files.

Convert.Guru analyzes your OSD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted OS3D, ODS, PDF, TSX, TOC, SCORE and HED files.

FAQ

If you want to convert OSD file to , you can use BodySlide and Outfit Studio or similar software from the "Game Character Body Shape" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to OSD, try BodySlide and Outfit Studio or another comparable tool in the "Game Character Body Shape" category.

The OSD 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 OSD converter.