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CAD VDA-FS data exchange format
File type: 3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Files with vda extension can be mostly found as designs and models saved in CAD VDA-FS data exchange file format.
Found 2 different file type records with the same vda filename suffix.
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: April 14, 2024
File extension vda is related to VDA-FS format, a data exchange format for the transfer of surface models from one CAD system to another.
Its name stands for Verband der Automobilindustrie - Flächenschnittstelle, which translates to the organisation of the automotive industry - surface translation format. Standard was specified by the German organization VDA.
MIME types:
application/vda
You can open these *.vda files in AutoCAD and other engineering CAD programs.
Many CAD programs support this format, so it is likely that the data can be converted to other similar file types.
Software applications that can open vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that can edit vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software capable of saving vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Programs for viewing vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that import vda files:
Microsoft Windows
On-line services
Software apps that export vda files:
Microsoft Windows
On-line services
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The vda file extension is also used for a special version of Truevision Targa format.
This is a format for storing bitmaps that was developed in conjunction with a number of video capture and graphics adapter boards for the PC and Macintosh. The format has thus become popular in the world of still-video editing.
The format was revised in 1989 to add support for new capabilities (thus there are "original" and "new" TGA formats). Fortunately, the "new" format is a superset of the "original", and many applications, even those designed around the "original" format, can read both types of files.
TGA files can contain monochrome images, color images with a palette, and 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit TrueColor images. 16-bit images, are usually the most commonly encountered.
TGA files can be uncompressed, or compressed using a Run-length compression scheme.
The "new" TARGA format also can store additional information, including information about when/how the file was created, application specific data, and a thumbnail version of the main image known as a "Postage-stamp image".
Same extension was also used for another bitmap format called Image Capture Board format.
Use any image viewer with Targa format support.
Possibly can be exported to other formats.
Software applications that can open vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Programs for viewing vda files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that print vda files:
Multiplatform
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