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The converter easily converts your SDA files to various formats - free and online. No SoftMax Pro or or other Data software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "Microplate Reader Data" file type, you need software like SoftMax Pro or a similar tool.
The .SDA file format is primarily a scientific data file generated by SoftMax Pro microplate readers by Molecular Devices. It stores raw and analyzed data from laboratory assays. However, the extension is highly fragmented. It is also used as a StarOffice StarDraw vector graphics file (a legacy predecessor to Apache OpenOffice Draw), an SAP NetWeaver Software Deployment Archive, a Sharp cash register electronic journal, and an Allplan CAD reinforcement schedule by Nemetschek.
This fragmentation makes .SDA files incredibly frustrating to handle. Opening a scientific .SDA file requires a costly SoftMax Pro license, and sharing this proprietary format with colleagues who lack the software is nearly impossible. Legacy StarOffice files are rarely supported by modern vector editors like Adobe Illustrator. Sharp cash register logs are often encoded in ways that standard text editors cannot parse clearly without breaking the layout.
You must convert .SDA files to standard formats for practical use. For scientific data, converting to CSV or XLSX is essential for data analysis in Microsoft Excel. For StarDraw vector graphics, target SVG for web use or PDF for printing. For SAP archives, simply renaming the file to ZIP often lets you extract the contents. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SDA file.
Users also converted TXT, RAW, SGD, ZIP, HTML, MAT, PDF, PGP, SEP and RND files.
If you want to convert SDA file to JSON, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use SoftMax Pro or similar software from the "Scientific Data & Legacy Vector" 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 SDA, try SoftMax Pro or another comparable tool in the "Scientific Data & Legacy Vector" 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 SDA converter.