LanguagePIX
Bitmap image
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with pix extension can be most often encountered as various pictures. Most of them can be viewed in XnView viewer.
Found 3 different file type records with the same pix filename suffix.
What is pix file?
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
File extension pix is frequently used for bitmap images. Throughout the years many programs used .pix files for their pictures. Most of these formats and programs are now considered obsolete.
How to open pix file?
XnView can open most .pix files.
How to convert pix file?
XnView is able to transform .pix files to other file formats.
Suggested software to open pix file:
Associated software actions with the pix file
Software applications that can open pix files:
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
PrintMaster (Multiplatform)
BRL-CAD (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit pix files:
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
PrintMaster (Multiplatform)
BRL-CAD (Multiplatform)
Software capable of saving pix files:
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
PrintMaster (Multiplatform)
BRL-CAD (Multiplatform)
Programs for viewing pix files:
Rapidform Explorer (Geomagic Verify Viewer) (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
RECOIL (Multiplatform)
Software apps that create pix files:
PrintMaster (Multiplatform)
BRL-CAD (Multiplatform)
Software apps that import pix files:
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Software apps that export pix files:
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print pix files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
RECOIL (Multiplatform)
PCIDSK PCI Geomatics database
File type category:
GIS, GPS navigation and map file
Date updated: September 20, 2018
The pix file extension is related to the PCIDSK PCI Geomatics database file format.
PCI Geomatics developed the PCIDSK format, also known as the PCI Geomatics Database File Format, in 1988 as a replacement for the outdated and importable UNIDSK format. The old UNIDSK format was dependent on the 16-bit architecture of the PDP11 system and was unable to scale to the 32-bit or 64-bit systems that replaced it.
In addition to adding portability, the redesign of the old UNIDSK format incorporated other advantageous features:
- Expandability: From the start, the PCIDSK format was designed to accommodate new requirements as they emerged. Fields have been reserved to allow for growth and the segmented design accepts new feature types.
- Access Speed: Using a 512KB block design, which is the block size used by most hard drives, you can read and write to sections of the image with minimal overhead at the disk and operating system level.
GCPs (ground control points) present along with a projection in an PCIDSK file being read can either be applied to the data as an affine transformation, or stored as propeties of the raster geometry. GCPs cannot be written to PCIDSK.
How to open pix file?
Use Geometica Core to open *.pix geomatics database files.
How to convert pix file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open pix file:
Associated software actions with the pix file
Software applications that can open pix files:
ArcGIS (Microsoft Windows)
Geomatica Core (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit pix files:
Geomatica Core (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving pix files:
Geomatica Core (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create pix files:
Geomatica Core (Microsoft Windows)
SmartWare physical index
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: August 19, 2019
The pix file extension is associated with SmartWare, a programming platform built on the Faircom database engine. It also includes a word processor, spreadsheet, and communication modules.
The pix file contains physical index.
How to open pix file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert pix file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pix file:
Associated software actions with the pix file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pix files:
SmartWare (Microsoft Windows)