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LEGO Digital Designer resource
File type: Various data file
Files with lif suffix can be nowadays mostly encountered as special resource files for the LEGO Digital Designer.
Found 7 different file type records with the same lif filename suffix.
What is lif file?
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: December 16, 2016
File extension lif is in these days mostly known for its use in the Lego Digital Designer, which is used to build LEGO models on your computer.
A .lif file contains resource data, assets used in the program.
How to open lif file?
As far as we know, .lif files can only be used in LEGO Digital Designer.
How to convert lif file?
Unfortunately, we do not know about any possible conversion for .lif files.
Suggested software to open lif file:
Associated software actions with the lif file
Software applications that can open lif files:
LEGO Digital Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit lif files:
LEGO Digital Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving lif files:
LEGO Digital Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that extract lif files:
LIF Extractor (Microsoft Windows)
CA-Clipper compressed archive
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: December 16, 2016
File extension lif was also used by CA-Clipper, a complete application development system that can be customized to fit real-life operational requirements.
A .lif file contains compressed file archive used by the installer.
How to open lif file?
It is likely that this file type was only used in old CA-Clipper.
How to convert lif file?
Unfortunately, we do not know about any possible conversion for .lif files at thistime.
Suggested software to open lif file:
Associated software actions with the lif file
Software applications that can open lif files:
CA-Clipper (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create lif files:
CA-Clipper (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that extract lif files:
CA-Clipper (Microsoft Windows)
Game of Life pattern file
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: December 16, 2016
File extension lif is also used in the Game of Life program for some sort of pattern files. Game of Life is a math puzzle computer game.
How to open lif file?
You most likely won't be able to access these files manually.
How to convert lif file?
It does not seem to be possible to convert this particular lif file type to anything else.
Suggested software to open lif file:
Associated software actions with the lif file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lif files:
Game of Life (Multiplatform)
HomeWorld game texture
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
File extension lif has been also used on textures from HomeWorld real-time strategy computer game from Relic Entertainment. Used on in-game models.
How to open lif file?
Some graphics viewers can open this texture format.
How to convert lif file?
Perhaps some modding tools exist that allow users to convert or modify HomeWorld textures.
Suggested software to open lif file:
Associated software actions with the lif file
Programs for viewing lif files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lif files:
Homeworld (Microsoft Windows)
HP Logical Interchange Format
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: December 16, 2016
File extension lif is used for Logical Interchange Format (LIF) a Hewlett-Packard simple file system format used to boot HP-PA machines and to interchange files between older HP machines.
This particular .lif file contains a header, containing a single directory, with 10-character case sensitive filenames and 2-byte file types, followed by the files.
How to open lif file?
Most likely can be only used in special software from HP.
How to convert lif file?
Unfortunately, we do not know about any way how to convert lif files to anything else.
Leica Image Format
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: April 5, 2023
File extension lif is used for one of the main file formats in Leica LAS X microscope software for digital instruments.
It is a graphics format used to store biological pictures together with additional metadata and other elements.
How to open lif file?
Can be used in the LAS X software or in bio-formats.
Associated software actions with the lif file
Software apps that import lif files:
CI Convert (Microsoft Windows)
Bio-Formats (Multiplatform)
TurboTax information archive
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: July 16, 2024
File extension lif is also used for one of the default file type from TurboTax, a tax preparation software, developed by Intuit which is available in versions for both Windows and Mac.
This particular. lif file contains compressed data used by the application.
How to open lif file?
It is likely that this file type can only be used in TurboTax.
How to convert lif file?
We have no information about possible conversions for this lif file type at this time.
Suggested software to open lif file:
Associated software actions with the lif file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lif files:
TurboTax (Microsoft Windows)
TurboTax for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)