VET Converter

Extract text from VET files

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How to extract text from your VET file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VET file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert VET to another file type

To convert your VET file to another format, you need IDEXX Animana or other Text software.

Convert a file to VET

To convert other file formats to the "Practice Management Document" file type, you need software like IDEXX Animana or a similar tool.

About VET files

The .VET file extension primarily identifies documents generated by IDEXX Animana, a cloud-based veterinary practice management system. While these files store critical clinical notes, client correspondence, and treatment history, they are technically standard Rich Text Format (RTF) files masquerading under a proprietary extension. This creates a common friction point: standard word processors like Microsoft Word do not automatically recognize the extension, leading to confusing "unknown file" errors.

A significant secondary use (approx. 17%) involves the fashion industry, where .VET files serve as garment pattern data for Lectra Modaris. Unlike the text-based veterinary files, these are complex CAD data files used for cutting room markers. They are highly proprietary, requiring expensive licensing to view or edit, effectively locking the data away from standard CAD tools.

Conversion Recommendations:

For Veterinary Documents: Since these are text-based, the best workflow is converting them to PDF for secure archiving and sharing with clients, or DOCX if editing is required. Often, simply renaming the extension to RTF allows them to open in most text editors.
For Garment Patterns: To collaborate with manufacturers not using Lectra, convert these files to standard exchange formats like DXF or plot them to PDF for visual verification.
For Banking: A minority of files may be Bankserv reports; these should be converted to CSV or XLSX for analysis in spreadsheet software.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert VET file to BTC, DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT or X_T, you can use IDEXX Animana or similar software from the "Veterinary Practice Document" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to VET, try IDEXX Animana or another comparable tool in the "Veterinary Practice Document" category.

The VET 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 VET converter.