SOD Converter

Extract text from Model and data files (SOD)


Drop or upload your .SOD file
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How to extract text from your SOD file

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

Convert SOD to another file type

To convert SOD Files to another format, you need Star Trek: Armada or other Game software.

Convert a file to SOD

To convert other file formats to the "3D Game Model & Data" file type, you need software like Star Trek: Armada or a similar tool.


About SOD files

The .SOD extension is a fragmented format used for entirely different purposes depending on the software. It primarily functions as a 3D game model file for the classic game Star Trek: Armada using the Storm3D engine. It is also actively used as a Scilab Open Data file and as a raw JSON game save file for the detective game Shadows of Doubt. Legacy games like Diablo II and Spear of Destiny also used .SOD for proprietary sound and data archives. Because multiple developers chose the same extension, handling these files is frustrating. Star Trek ship models are locked inside an old, undocumented proprietary format. Scilab files are scientific data arrays relying on the complex HDF5 architecture. You cannot natively open these in modern web browsers or standard operating systems without the original software like Scilab or HDFView. Converting .SOD files is highly contextual. If you want to use a Star Trek model in Blender, you need specific modding scripts to convert it to OBJ or FBX. If you have a Scilab data file, your best target is CSV so you can view it in spreadsheet tools. However, standard online converters fail because they cannot guess which variant of .SOD you uploaded. They lack the dedicated parsers for the Storm3D engine or HDF5 arrays. Our analyzer looks at the raw binary data. If we detect a supported underlying format like an embedded JSON save file or an HDF5 scientific array, viewing or conversion may still be possible without installing legacy software.

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

Users also converted SDOCX, USX, TXB and VAB files.


FAQ

If you want to convert SOD file to , you can use Star Trek: Armada or similar software from the "Game Assets & Scientific Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to SOD, try Star Trek: Armada or another comparable tool in the "Game Assets & Scientific Data" category.



The SOD 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 SOD converter.