Extract text from SBD files
To convert your SBD file to another format, you need DNASTAR SeqBuilder or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Bioinformatics Project File" file type, you need software like DNASTAR SeqBuilder or a similar tool.
The .sbd file extension serves multiple specialized functions, creating confusion for users without context. Most commonly, it is a DNASTAR SeqBuilder project file containing DNA or protein sequence annotations, circular maps, and restriction sites. The main difficulty with these files is their proprietary nature; they are locked into the Lasergene suite, making them inaccessible to researchers using open-source tools or simple text editors. To share this genetic data, users typically need to convert .sbd files to standard formats like FASTA or GenBank (.GBK).
Alternatively, in telecommunications, .sbd stands for Short Burst Data. These are small binary message packets generated by Iridium satellite devices (modems). Because these files contain raw binary or hexadecimal data designed for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, they are unreadable to humans. Engineers and analysts often need to convert these logs into CSV, JSON, or TXT to interpret sensor readings or GPS coordinates. Other less common variations include The Bat! email search indexes (SQLite format) and Korg keyboard sound banks. Identifying the origin is the first step to successful conversion.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SBD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SDB, SBL, INBOX, SEQUENCE, LUCY, ZIP, PDF, SPD, 7Z, BAK, DB, NBIB and MBOX files.
If you want to convert SBD file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use DNASTAR SeqBuilder or similar software from the "DNA Sequence Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to SBD, try DNASTAR SeqBuilder or another comparable tool in the "DNA Sequence Project" category.
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 SBD converter.