XSF Converter

Extract text from XSF files


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

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

Convert XSF to another file type

To convert your XSF file to another format, you need Universal Discovery or other Data software.

  • XSF to OBJ
  • XSF to FBX
  • XSF to DAE
  • XSF to 3DS
  • XSF to MAX
  • XSF to BLEND
  • XSF to MA
  • XSF to MB
  • XSF to C4D
  • XSF to STL
  • XSF to PLY
  • XSF to WRL

Convert a file to XSF

To convert other file formats to the "Inventory Scan Data" file type, you need software like Universal Discovery or a similar tool.

  • DWG to XSF
  • DAE to XSF
  • X3D to XSF
  • IGES to XSF
  • WRL to XSF
  • JT to XSF
  • SKP to XSF
  • 3DS to XSF
  • 3DM to XSF
  • OBJ to XSF
  • STEP to XSF
  • FBX to XSF

About XSF files

The .XSF extension is a notoriously ambiguous container used by completely unrelated software ecosystems, creating a frustrating "guesswork" scenario for users.

Most commonly (approx. 30%), an .XSF file is a Universal Discovery Scan File generated by Micro Focus (formerly HP) IT asset management software. These files contain detailed hardware and software inventory data collected from network devices. While they technically store data in an XML structure, they are often GZIP compressed to save space, meaning standard text editors cannot read them immediately without decompression. Users typically need to convert these to Excel or plain XML to audit asset data outside the proprietary CMS.

Alternatively, your file might be a Cal3D Skeleton File used in 3D animation (popularized by IMVU). These files define the bone hierarchy of a 3D character in XML format. While readable, they are not compatible with modern modeling tools like Blender or Autodesk Maya without specialized conversion scripts to transform them into FBX or OBJ.

Legacy use cases include the InfoPath Form Definition file (a deprecated Microsoft format) or Xion Audio Player skins (which are simply renamed ZIP archives). Because of this fragmentation, we recommend first attempting to open the file in a text editor to check for an XML header, or using a drag-and-drop tool to identify the internal signature.

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

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The XSF 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 XSF converter.