Corel PaintShop Photo Pro contour preset
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file
A pcn file extension is related to the Corel PaintShop Photo Pro photo editing software for Windows.
Found 2 different file type records with the same pcn filename suffix.
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
The pcn file extension is associated with Corel Paint Shop Pro, an advanced photo-editing software for Microsoft Windows, developed and sold by Corel Corporation.
The pcn files contain contour preset data.
Use Corel PaintShop Photo Pro to work with *.pcn files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that can open pcn files:
Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows
Software apps that manage or store settings in pcn files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: November 5, 2026
The pcn file extension is associated with Autodesk software, including Autodesk Civil 3D and AutoCAD. The file stores definitions used for stepped slopes in the software's civil engineering design workflows.
A pcn file contains stepped slope definition information in ASCII text format. It is supporting settings or definition data for the Autodesk application, not a standalone project or drawing.
The format is intended for use with Autodesk Civil 3D and related AutoCAD-based software on supported Windows or macOS installations. Because it is application-specific data, it is not generally used as a portable interchange format.
Open the pcn file with Autodesk Civil 3D or compatible Autodesk AutoCAD-based software that supports stepped slope definitions. The file is normally used by the application rather than opened as a document.
Because it is an ASCII text file, a plain-text editor can display its contents for inspection, but editing the file outside Autodesk software may make the definition unusable.
There is no standard conversion for pcn files. The file contains Autodesk-specific stepped slope definitions, so conversion to a general file format is generally not meaningful.
Compatible tools may be able to export pcn files to other formats. When another definition is required, create or edit the stepped slope definition in Autodesk Civil 3D or the compatible AutoCAD-based application and save it in the format supported by that software.
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