PRO Converter

Extract text from PRO files

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Drop or upload your .PRO file

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How to extract text from your PRO file

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

Convert PRO to another file type

To convert your PRO file to another format, you need Punch! Home Design or other Cad software.

Convert a file to PRO

To convert other file formats to the "Project Configuration File" file type, you need software like Punch! Home Design or a similar tool.

About PRO files

The .PRO file extension acts as a generic container for 'Project' or 'Profile' data, making it one of the most ambiguous formats in computing. Most commonly, it represents a Home Design Project created by software like Punch! Home Design or Chief Architect. These files store intricate 3D architectural models, floor plans, and interior design layouts. A common issue with these CAD-based .PRO files is their proprietary nature; they often require the exact version of the paid software to open, making collaboration difficult for clients or contractors who don't own the license.

Alternatively, in the software development world, a .PRO file is likely a Qt Project File used by Qt Creator. These are plain text configuration files used by the qmake build system to compile C++ applications. Other technical variations include KiCad electronics projects, IDL source code, or CODESYS PLC projects.

Conversion Solutions:

For Home Design: To share plans without requiring software installation, convert .PRO layouts to PDF for documentation or JPG/PNG for visual previews. For interoperability with other architects, exporting to DXF or DWG is standard.
For Qt/Code: Since these are text-based, they can be converted to TXT for reading or manually migrated to CMakeLists.txt.
For Medical/Logs: Files from MELAG devices are often logs that can be viewed as text or converted to CSV for analysis.

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

Users also converted IDL, PRO6, PROF, PDF, M, IDF, Z02, PRG, TXT, Z01, SCHEMATIC, ZIP and PNG files.

FAQ

If you want to convert PRO file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use Punch! Home Design or similar software from the "Home Design & Development Projects" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to PRO, try Punch! Home Design or another comparable tool in the "Home Design & Development Projects" category.

The PRO 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 PRO converter.