SNC Converter

Extract text from CNC and POS files (SNC)


Drop or upload your .SNC file

How to extract text from your SNC file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SNC file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert SNC to another file type

To convert SNC Job files to another format, you need JetCAM or other Data software.

Convert a file to SNC

To convert other file formats to the "Machine Control Data" file type, you need software like JetCAM or a similar tool.


About SNC files

The .SNC file extension is most commonly associated with CNC (Computer Numerical Control) stone fabrication job files created by SaberJet software or JetCAM cutting software. These files use an internal JetDB database format to store machine toolpaths, cutting coordinates, and material dimensions. Additionally, the .SNC extension is utilized by RedCat Point of Sale for cash register session files (which are actually standard ZIP archives) and by SEGA for Sonic Adventure DX game save data. The primary disadvantage of .SNC files is their highly proprietary and closed nature. CNC job files require expensive, specialized fabrication software to read, making them completely inaccessible for off-site review, client approval, or editing on standard PCs. Game saves and POS session files are similarly locked to their respective ecosystems. None of these formats can be natively opened by standard text editors or web browsers. Converting .SNC files depends entirely on their origin. RedCat POS files are standard ZIP containers; extracting the underlying XML or CSV financial reports is the best target. CNC files are much harder to convert, but extracting the tooling data to DXF or CSV is often the desired target for broad CAD software compatibility. Because these formats are heavily specialized and closed, standard online converters often fail to process them. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SNC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted SCN, JGF, 2 and SAV files.


FAQ

If you want to convert SNC file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use JetCAM or similar software from the "CNC Toolpath & Job Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to SNC, try JetCAM or another comparable tool in the "CNC Toolpath & Job Data" category.



The SNC 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 SNC converter.