How to extract text from your PDM file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PDM file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PDM to another file type
To convert your PDM file to another format, you need SAP PowerDesigner or other Database software.
- PDM to PCM
- PDM to DB
- PDM to SQLITE
- PDM to SQLITE3
- PDM to MDB
- PDM to ACCDB
- PDM to DBF
- PDM to ODB
- PDM to FDB
- PDM to GDB
- PDM to MYD
- PDM to FRM
Convert a file to PDM
To convert other file formats to the "Data Modeling File" file type, you need software like SAP PowerDesigner or a similar tool.
- NDF to PDM
- SQLITE3 to PDM
- BAK to PDM
- RDB to PDM
- SQL to PDM
- DB4 to PDM
- MDF to PDM
- MDB to PDM
- LDF to PDM
- DB to PDM
- DB3 to PDM
- SQLITE to PDM
About PDM files
A .PDM file is a Physical Data Model created by SAP PowerDesigner (formerly Sybase). It serves as a technical blueprint for a database, defining tables, columns, keys, and relationships specific to a database platform like Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server. While powerful for architects, .PDM files create significant friction for teams: they are often saved in a complex XML structure that is difficult to interpret without the expensive PowerDesigner software. Stakeholders, developers, and managers typically cannot view the diagrams or logic without a license. To make this data usable, users convert .PDM files to SQL scripts for database generation, PDF documents for architectural review, or PNG/JPEG images for visual documentation.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PDM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted PMD, PDF, PLAN, BPB, TXP, CDM and PCM files.
The PDM 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 PDM converter.