Extract text from SKC files
To convert your SKC file to another format, you need BIOVIA Draw or other Vector Image software.
To convert other file formats to the "Molecular Structure Diagram" file type, you need software like BIOVIA Draw or a similar tool.
The .skc file extension is primarily a Chemical Structure Sketch created by BIOVIA Draw (formerly known as Symyx Draw and ISIS/Draw). These files contain 2D vector representations of molecular structures, chemical reactions, and associated metadata used heavily in pharmaceutical and materials science research.
Users commonly struggle with issues with .skc files due to their proprietary nature. Unlike open formats, they require specific, often expensive industry software like BIOVIA Draw or legacy Symyx viewers to open. They cannot be viewed in standard browsers or pasted directly into Microsoft Word without first exporting them, creating a bottleneck for researchers trying to share data with colleagues or publish findings. Furthermore, legacy files from the Symyx era may exhibit rendering errors in modern suites.
To ensure accessibility and preservation, conversion is highly recommended:
*Note: A smaller percentage of .skc files may be BIM classification files used by Solibri or game data files. If your file is not a chemical structure, it is likely one of these binary formats.*
Convert.Guru analyzes your SKC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted MOL, SKP, SD, HIS and MOC files.
If you want to convert SKC file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use BIOVIA Draw or similar software from the "Chemical Structure Sketch" 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 SKC, try BIOVIA Draw or another comparable tool in the "Chemical Structure Sketch" 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 SKC converter.