TOM Converter

Extract text from TOM files

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How to extract text from your TOM file

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

Convert TOM to another file type

To convert your TOM file to another format, you need VECTRA 3D or other 3D software.

Convert a file to TOM

To convert other file formats to the "Medical Imaging Data" file type, you need software like VECTRA 3D or a similar tool.

About TOM files

The .TOM extension serves multiple disparate industries, creating significant confusion for users trying to open a file without knowing its source.

1. Canfield VECTRA 3D Image (Medical/Aesthetics):
The most common variety (approx. 55%) is a proprietary 3D patient imaging file generated by Canfield Scientific's VECTRA systems. These files store high-resolution 3D surface geometry and texture data used in dermatology and plastic surgery simulations.

The Problem: These files are strictly proprietary. You cannot open them in standard 3D software like Blender or view them in Windows. Sharing a .TOM file with a patient or a 3D printing service is futile because they lack the expensive VECTRA license required to view it.
The Solution: You generally must export the data from the original VECTRA software to a standard exchange format. For 3D printing or external modeling, convert to STL (geometry only) or OBJ (geometry + texture). For simple viewing, export as JPG snapshots.

2. Tekla Structures Component (BIM/CAD):
A specific subset of these files are 'Tom's Object Models' used by Tekla Structures (now Trimble). These store custom component definitions for structural steel detailing. They allow users to share custom connection details but are version-sensitive and useless outside the Tekla ecosystem. Conversion here usually implies exporting the project to IFC.

3. ANCA & Hogia (Text/Archive):
In rarer cases (approx. 4% each), a .TOM file might be a CNC tool definition from ANCA (which is actually an XML file) or a template archive from Hogia (which is essentially a ZIP file).

Quick Fix: If you suspect it's an ANCA file, try opening it in Notepad. If it's a Hogia file, try renaming the extension to ZIP to extract the contents.

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

Users also converted PLY, STP and ZTL files.

FAQ

If you want to convert TOM file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use VECTRA 3D or similar software from the "3D Patient Imaging" 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 TOM, try VECTRA 3D or another comparable tool in the "3D Patient Imaging" category.

The TOM 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 TOM converter.