Extract text from TOUR files
To convert your TOUR file to another format, you need LKH Solver or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Optimization & Developer Files" file type, you need software like LKH Solver or a similar tool.
A .TOUR file is most frequently a TSPLIB solution file used in combinatorial optimization, specifically for the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP). It acts as a raw data container listing the sequence of visited nodes (cities), often generated by heuristic solvers like the LKH Solver.
While .TOUR files are technically plain text, they lack native support in standard office software. Opening one directly often results in a raw list of integers under a TOUR_SECTION header, which is useless for presentation or analysis without processing. To visualize the route or analyze the path data in tools like Microsoft Excel or Python, users typically convert the file to CSV, JSON, or TXT.
A secondary, distinct format using this extension is the CodeTour definition file for Visual Studio Code. These are standard JSON files used to guide developers through a codebase. If you need to share these walkthroughs with non-developers or archive documentation, converting them to PDF or MD (Markdown) is the recommended workflow. Rarely, a .TOUR file may be binary camera path data from the game Subnautica, which is proprietary and generally not convertible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TOUR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert TOUR file to , you can use LKH Solver or similar software from the "Optimization Path Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to TOUR, try LKH Solver or another comparable tool in the "Optimization Path Data" category.
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