AutoCAD device-independent binary plotter file
File type: Graphics file
An adi file extension identifies a device-independent binary plotter file created for AutoCAD.
An adi file contains plotter output rather than editable CAD drawing data.
Found 6 different file type records with the same adi filename suffix.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: October 6, 2026
AutoCAD, Autodesk's 3D CAD and CAM modeling software for Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS, uses ADI files to store device-independent binary plotter data. The data represents plotted output for use in an AutoCAD plotting workflow.
An ADI file is separate from an AutoCAD drawing file, such as a DWG file, and does not normally preserve editable drawing entities. It is a specialized plotting format rather than a general-purpose CAD interchange format.
AutoCAD is available for Microsoft Windows, and AutoCAD for Mac is available for Apple macOS. ADI files are associated with these applications.
An adi file is plotter output, not normally a drawing that can be opened and edited. AutoCAD on Microsoft Windows or AutoCAD for Mac on Apple macOS is the appropriate software for working with the file in an AutoCAD plotting workflow.
If the file does not open directly, use the original AutoCAD drawing and its plotter configuration to recreate or use the output. General-purpose text, image, and CAD viewers are not expected to display ADI data correctly.
There is no generally useful standalone conversion from an ADI file to an editable CAD format. The file contains plotter output, not the original drawing model.
If the source drawing is available, open it in AutoCAD or AutoCAD for Mac and plot or export it again to the required supported output format. This recreates the output from the drawing rather than converting the ADI data itself.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
File type category:
Disk image (ISO) binary file
Date updated: February 27, 2024
File extension adi is also used in the Active@ Disk, a software that can make an exact copy of any PC disks, developed by LSoft Technologies Inc. available for Microsoft Windows.
adi files store disk image created by the Active@ Disk.
Use Active@ Disk to open .adi image files.
There is no way how to convert .adi files to other formats.
Software applications that can open adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that recover adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving adi files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Database file
Date updated: May 31, 2018
The adi file extension is also used for one of the index files in Sybase Advantage Database Server.
Advantage Database Server is a full-featured, easily embedded, client-server, relational database management system that provides you with Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) table-based and SQL-based data access.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving adi files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: August 15, 2018
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The adif file extension is used for ADIF format that was created to provide a standard interchange independent of operating system or programming language for amateur data that will permit easy and direct transfer of data conforming to the standard between various amateur programs as well awards and contest sponsors.
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: November 28, 2023
File extension adi is also associated with the AOMEI Backupper, an application for Microsoft Windows system, which enables users to backup and protect sensitive data.
A typical .adi file stores disk backup from AOMEI Backupper.
Use AOMEI Backupper to work with *.adi files.
There is no way how to convert *.adi files to other formats.
Software applications that can open adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that backup adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that recover adi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving adi files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 23, 2019
The adi file extension is associated with the Microsoft Dynamics AX, an enterprise resource planning software for Microsoft Windows and Windows Server systems.
The adi file contains developer documentation index.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving adi files:
Microsoft Windows
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