DKBTrace raytraced graphics
File type: Graphics file
A dkb file contains a scene description for DKBTrace, an early command-line ray-tracing program, used to produce raytraced graphics.
Found 2 different file type records with the same dkb filename suffix.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: October 26, 2026
DKBTrace was developed by David K. Buck and was the forerunner of POV-Ray. It used text-based scene descriptions rather than a graphical user interface.
A DKBTrace scene can define quadric shapes such as spheres, ellipsoids and planes, combine objects with constructive solid geometry operations such as intersection, difference and union, and apply procedural textures such as wood and marble.
Open the file with DKBTrace or compatible software. DKBTrace was a command-line program, so the file is used as a scene description for rendering rather than opened as a conventional bitmap image.
On Microsoft Windows, POV-Ray with the Moray Plugin is the associated software listed for this format, although compatibility with every historical DKBTrace scene is not guaranteed.
DKBTrace may be able to export *.dkb files to other formats. A compatible renderer can also render the scene to an image, but that produces graphics output rather than converting the original scene description.
To preserve the scene in a newer format, the DKBTrace source generally has to be adapted manually to a compatible POV-Ray scene format and then saved or rendered with newer software.
Software applications that can open dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: May 1, 2018
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The dkb file extension is associated with the DataKeeper software.
DataKeeper is a part of PartitionMagic 8.0 for business segment. Not integrated in Norton PartitionMagic.
The dkb file stores backup created by this program.
Software apps that backup dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that recover dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dkb files:
Microsoft Windows
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