Eclipse plugin descriptor file
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file
An .apd file is an Eclipse plugin descriptor file. It contains XML metadata used by an Eclipse plugin and can be used to generate source code.
The format is associated with the Agile Pseudocode Development Tool for Eclipse.
Found 5 different file type records with the same apd filename suffix.
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: October 9, 2026
Eclipse is an integrated development environment available for Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux/Unix. It supports a range of programming languages and can be extended with plugins.
These .apd files store a plugin descriptor, an XML file used to generate source code. They seem to be created using the Agile Pseudocode Development Tool from the Eclipse bundle.
Open an .apd file through the Eclipse installation and plugin that created it. Eclipse is available for Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux/Unix. This particular file type is only used in the Eclipse IDE.
If the required plugin is not installed, the file can be viewed as XML text in a text editor, but its descriptor data may not be usable outside Eclipse.
An .apd file is a plugin descriptor rather than a document intended for format conversion. A conversion of .apd files from Eclipse is highly unlikely.
To use the information elsewhere, the XML content can be inspected or edited as text, but this will not recreate the Eclipse plugin or its associated source-generation behaviour.
Software apps that manage or store settings in apd files:
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: May 16, 2019
The apd file extension is associated with the ACDSee, a picture image and digital photo editing and management tool for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The apd file contains picture image in ACDSee proprietary picture image format (known as ACDSee Photo Document).
Use ACDsee to open *.apd files.
ACDSee is able to export *.apd files to other picture file formats.
Programs for viewing apd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create apd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert apd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print apd files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 9, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
Adobe PageMaker was desktop publishing software available for Microsoft Windows and Mac computers. The APD format was used for printer descriptions rather than for PageMaker publications themselves.
An APD file provided PageMaker with information about a printer and its printing capabilities. PageMaker used this information during document printing, so the file was part of the software's printing support files.
PageMaker and this printer description format are obsolete and are no longer in active use.
Open an .apd file with a compatible installation of Adobe PageMaker, if one is available. PageMaker normally uses printer description files internally, so opening the file directly may not display useful content.
No general-purpose viewer is known for this obsolete format.
There is no conversion information available for .apd files, and conversion may not be possible. Because an APD file is a printer description rather than a document, it is not normally converted into a publication or another useful document format.
If the associated PageMaker publication is available, open that publication in a compatible PageMaker installation and use its printing or export functions instead.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving apd files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: May 30, 2019
The apd file extension is associated with the Alphacam, a leading CAD/CAM software solution for the Woodworking industry.
The apd file stores punch drawing created in the Alphacam application.
Use Alphacam to open .apd punch drawing.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Software applications that can open apd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit apd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving apd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create apd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving apd files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
System file
Date updated: June 14, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The apd file extension is associated IBM Lotus a suite of applications that allows users to create documents, spreadsheets etc.
The .apd file stores printer driver.
Various Lotus applications were be discontinued.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving apd files:
Microsoft Windows
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