Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PDI file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PDI to another file type
To convert PDI display files to another format, you need PI ProcessBook or other Data software.
Convert a file to PDI
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Data File" file type, you need software like PI ProcessBook or a similar tool.
About PDI files
A .PDI file typically functions as a display file for OSIsoft PI ProcessBook, storing industrial plant graphics and process data. Alternatively, it serves as a construction takeoff estimate file used by PlanSwift, a machine diagnostics ZIP archive for Schneider Electric ELAU, or a legacy CD/DVD disk image created by Padus DiscJuggler. Because the .PDI extension is shared across highly distinct, proprietary platforms, users frequently struggle to open it. OSIsoft and PlanSwift files require expensive, niche software licenses. DiscJuggler files are a relic of early 2000s CD burning and lack native support in modern operating systems. Standard desktop tools will fail to process these files because the data is either locked in a proprietary Microsoft Compound structure, disguised as a renamed .ZIP containing XMLs, or formatted as raw binary disc sectors. Converting a .PDI file is highly dependent on its origin. Disc images can often be converted to .ISO using tools like UltraISO or PowerISO. ProcessBook displays are notoriously difficult to convert, though migrating to .SVG or modern web dashboards is a common industrial need. PlanSwift data is typically locked to the application. Because this file format is difficult to open or convert, standard online converters often fail to process it. Emphasize that often only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PDI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PDI file to ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW, QCOW2, RAW, VBOX or OVA, you can use PI ProcessBook or similar software from the "Process Display & Estimate Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to PDI, try PI ProcessBook or another comparable tool in the "Process Display & Estimate Data" category.
The PDI 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 PDI converter.