Extract text from Spectrophotometer or SAP files (SCA)
To convert SCA Data files to another format, you need Shimadzu UVProbe or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Spectroscopy Analysis Results" file type, you need software like Shimadzu UVProbe or a similar tool.
The .SCA file primarily functions as a Spectrophotometer Scan Data File, holding proprietary laboratory measurements generated by spectroscopy equipment from Shimadzu or Analytik Jena. In enterprise environments, the extension is also heavily used as a SAP Component Archive for deploying software updates via SAP NetWeaver.
Users frequently need to convert the scientific variants because they are locked to expensive, proprietary laboratory software like Shimadzu UVProbe or WinASPECT. This creates a severe bottleneck for data sharing. You cannot natively view the absorption graphs or raw numerical data in standard web browsers, and researchers cannot open the files on personal computers without holding a costly software license.
The most practical conversion targets for spectroscopy data are CSV or TXT. Exporting to these formats allows the raw spectral values to be analyzed and plotted in Microsoft Excel or Python. If your file is an enterprise SAP Component Archive, the ideal target is ZIP, which allows you to extract the internal XML or JAR deployment files.
Scientific .SCA files are notoriously difficult to open or convert outside of the lab. They rely on closed, proprietary binary structures designed specifically for particular hardware, meaning often only the original software can properly read or export the data. Standard online converters will fail to process them. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - such as the standard ZIP container used by the SAP variant or plain text used by OMNeT++ simulations - viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SCA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CSA, BIN, OPJU, TXT, PDF, SSM, SPF2 and VTU files.
If you want to convert SCA file to EXE, MSI, APP, DMG, DEB, RPM, PKG, RUN, SH, BAT, CMD or COM, you can use Shimadzu UVProbe or similar software from the "Spectrophotometer Scan Data File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert JAR, APP, SCR, IPA, COM, AAB, PS1, DMG, VBS, EXE, XAPK or MSI files to SCA, try Shimadzu UVProbe or another comparable tool in the "Spectrophotometer Scan Data File" 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 SCA converter.