AutoCAD linetype definition
File type: 3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Files with lin file extension can mostly be found as linetypes (linestyle definitions) for AutoCAD.
Found 7 different file type records with the same lin filename suffix.
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: June 21, 2025
The lin file extension is mostly related to Autodesk AutoCAD, a CAD software for Windows and Apple Mac.
These files contain linetype definitions of 3D objects in a text format. You can import additional linetypes to your drawings.
You can import linetype defintions to AutoCAD and possibly other CAD programs that support this file type.
A conversion of this file type is unlikely.
Software apps that import lin files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 16, 2019
The lin file extension is used by ArcView for files that contain ARC/INFO lineset symbols data files.
One of the default file types used by the program. No further information could be found.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lin files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Text file
Date updated: November 7, 2024
File extension lin is also used for some sort of game files for computer version of the popular Bridge game.
These files are used to review play and review bridge hands which uses in game. Basic text file (NetBridgeVue.exe).
Use Notepad++ or any other text editor to view content of Bridge base files.
The lin file is stored in simple text format, rename .lin to .txt file extension and open it in text editor and save in other text file format.
Software applications that can open lin files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit lin files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving lin files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Miscellaneous file
Date updated: March 24, 2023
LIN file suffix is also associated with OpenOffice.org. Incremental linking file. LIN files are used in the programming of OpenOffice.org and its source code files. There is no more information available for this entry.
File type category:
Accounting, financial and tax file
Date updated: September 24, 2026
Medlin Accounting developed Payroll Software as an accounting and payroll application for Microsoft Windows. In this software, a .lin file stores invoice details for the current accounting period.
The file is application data used by Payroll Software to maintain current-period invoice information. Its contents are intended to be handled by the payroll application rather than edited independently.
Open the file in Medlin Payroll Software on Microsoft Windows. Use the application's own file-opening or data-management commands rather than opening the file in a text editor.
If the file does not open, use the same Payroll Software installation and data location that created it. A compatible version of the application may be required.
Open the file in Payroll Software and use the application's built-in reporting or export functions, where provided, to retain or reuse the invoice details.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lin files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: September 27, 2026
The Opton scanner file format was used for files produced by some Opton scanners. It belongs to the Rapidform scanner and inspection software environment and is intended for viewing scanner-related data rather than general document exchange.
This is a legacy format that is no longer in common use. Rapidform Explorer, also known as Geomagic Verify Viewer, is the software associated with opening these files on Microsoft Windows.
Open the file in Rapidform Explorer, also known as Geomagic Verify Viewer, on Microsoft Windows. Rapidform Free Viewer can also open *.lin files.
Programs for viewing lin files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: August 7, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The lin file extension was also used by VAX.
"VAX" was originally an acronym for Virtual Address eXtension, both because the VAX was seen as a 32-bit extension of the older 16-bit PDP-11 and because it was (after Prime Computer) an early adopter of virtual memory to manage this larger address space.
The lin file contains program listing.
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