Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SC4MODEL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SC4MODEL to another file type
To convert SC4MODEL models to another format, you need SimCity 4 or other Game software.
Convert a file to SC4MODEL
To convert other file formats to the "3D Model File" file type, you need software like SimCity 4 or a similar tool.
About SC4MODEL files
The .sc4model file is a proprietary 3D model format created specifically for SimCity 4. It stores the 3D meshes, textures, and lighting data for custom buildings and props within the game. These files are usually generated using the Building Architect Tool (BAT), which relies on a specialized gamepack for discrete 3D modeling software like gmax. The primary disadvantage of the .sc4model format is its closed, proprietary nature. You cannot open these files in modern 3D suites like Blender or Autodesk 3ds Max natively. The data is heavily structured for the game engine, making external editing nearly impossible without specialized community-developed extraction tools like iLive's Reader. Because this is a closed, proprietary format, standard online converters fail to process it. To make the models usable outside the game, users typically want to convert them to standard 3D formats like OBJ, FBX, or STL. However, direct conversion often breaks textures and LOD (Level of Detail) meshes. At convert.guru, we provide a pragmatic solution. Just drag and drop your .sc4model file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. While often only the original software can properly read or export the data, our analysis can inspect the file and show text or internal content. If our system detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SC4MODEL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SC4MODEL file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use SimCity 4 or similar software from the "3D Game Asset Storage" 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 SC4MODEL, try SimCity 4 or another comparable tool in the "3D Game Asset Storage" category.
The SC4MODEL 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 SC4MODEL converter.