PC3

Harvard custom palette
File type: Graphics file
A pc3 file extension is related to the Harvard Graphics ChartXL and used for its custom palette files.
Found 3 different file type records with the same pc3 filename suffix.
What is pc3 file?
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: May 14, 2018
The pc3 file extension is associated with applications like Harvard Graphics ChartXL, a data organization and analysis tool for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The pc3 file stores Harvard Custom Palette (Harvard Graphics now Serif).
How to open pc3 file?
Use Harvard Graphics ChartXL to work with *.pc3 files.
How to convert pc3 file?
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Suggested software to open pc3 file:
Associated software actions with the pc3 file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pc3 files:
Harvard Graphics ChartXL (Microsoft Windows)
Atari Degas bitmap image
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The pc3 file extension was also used for a special bitmap image format for Atari Degas & Degas Elite graphics editing tools for ATARI TOS operating system (Atari ST, Atari Falcon computers).
The pc3 file stores bitmap image (640x400, mono).
No longer actively used format.
How to open pc3 file?
You can still open this file format using XnView image viewer.
How to convert pc3 file?
XnView is able to export *.pc3 files to other formats.
Suggested software to open pc3 file:
Associated software actions with the pc3 file
Programs for viewing pc3 files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
RECOIL (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print pc3 files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
RECOIL (Multiplatform)
Autodesk AutoCAD plotter and printer configuration
File type category:
Configuration file
Date updated: May 7, 2019
The pc3 file extension is also related to Autodesk AutoCAD, a CAD and CAM software for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X systems. and used for one of its default configuration files.
These pc3 files contain plotter or printer configuration data.
How to open pc3 file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert pc3 file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pc3 file:
Associated software actions with the pc3 file
Software apps that manage settings for pc3 files:
AutoCAD (Microsoft Windows)
DWG TrueView (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)