Convert Vdraft and VICAR files (VIC) online for free
The converter easily converts your VIC files to various formats - free and online. No ISIS3 or other Cad software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "CAD Cache / Scientific Image" formats to VIC without using software like ISIS3 or a similar tool.
A .VIC file primarily functions as a CAD image cache file used by legacy Vdraft software, or as a VICAR (Video Image Communication and Retrieval) planetary science image file heavily utilized by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In rare cases, it acts as a custom voice file for Yamaha PSR-9000 keyboards or a code mapping file for ViziGen.
Because these files serve distinct, highly specialized purposes, they are notoriously difficult to open. If it is a Vdraft cache file, it is highly proprietary and largely obsolete without the original 1990s CAD software. If it is a VICAR image (Wikipedia), standard image viewers like Windows Photos or macOS Preview will simply throw an error. This is because VICAR files contain specialized telemetry headers and multi-band sensor data meant for astrophysical analysis software like ISIS3.
Sharing these files with clients, students, or colleagues without conversion is practically impossible, as expecting them to install obsolete CAD tools or planetary telemetry software is unrealistic. For CAD data recovery, convert your .VIC to DXF or DWG for editing, or PDF for simple archiving. For NASA space images, convert to TIFF to retain raw scientific pixel data, or to JPG and PNG for fast web viewing. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your VIC file.
Users also converted PNG, MOV, JPG, BAK, PLT and DWL2 files.
If you want to convert VIC file to CUR, you can use ISIS3 or similar software from the "CAD Cache or Space Image" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW or AI files to VIC, try ISIS3 or another comparable tool in the "CAD Cache or Space Image" category.
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 VIC converter.