PointCloud 3D data
File type: 3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Files with pts extension can generally be found as PointCloud 3D text files. Used by some 3D scanners and CAD programs.
Found 6 different file type records with the same pts filename suffix.
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: March 24, 2024
File extension pts is mainly related to a special text based format that contains 3D data in so-called PointCloud.
PointCloud is basically a 3D coordinate system, in which points are usually defined by X, Y, and Z coordinates. Used to describe external surface of an object.
This type of .pts files is commonly generated by 3D scanners (Leica Geosystems, Cyra) and some CAD programs (ENVI, Trimble).
These files are text files, you can generally view them with any text editor. However, to make sense of the coordinate data you will need a software capable of working with PointCloud format.
Whilst these files can not generally be used in common CAD files, a PointCloud file can be converted through a process called surface reconstruction.
Programs for viewing pts files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pts files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that import pts files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that export pts files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 25, 2026
ABBYY FineReader is OCR software that scans documents and recognizes their text. The program uses .pts files as one of its default data files.
This format is associated with the Microsoft Windows version of FineReader. The file contains internal program data and is normally used together with FineReader rather than opened as a standalone document. It is a software-specific format, so its contents may not be useful outside the application.
Open the file with ABBYY FineReader on Microsoft Windows. The file is an internal FineReader data file and is normally accessed by the program rather than opened directly by the user. As far as we know, this file type is only used in ABBYY FineReader.
There is no known general-purpose converter for ABBYY FineReader .pts files. The format is application-specific and is not normally converted independently.
To create a usable document in another format, open the related document in ABBYY FineReader and use the program's export or save options. This converts the recognized document, not the .pts file itself.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pts files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: August 6, 2019
The pts file extension has also been reported to be used for debugging purposes in Valve's Half-Life game engine (GoldSrc Engine, customized id Tech 2 engine). Related to map creation debugging purposes. Most likely very rare.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pts files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: May 22, 2019
The pts file extension is also used in the Infinity game engine from Bioware. It was used in several successful titles such as Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale.
The pts file from Infinity Game Engine contains tileset data.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pts files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: April 5, 2019
The pts file extension was also used in earlier (6.9 and older) versions of Pro Tools program. Pro Tools is an audio recording and mixing software from Avid. These files contain project (session) created in the program.
Latest version of the program uses the ptf extension instead.
You can open these *.pts project/session files in Avid Pro Tools.
Pro Tools allow some sort of export, but you will need more that the lone session file for it.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: October 26, 2026
The PTS format is the native project format of PTGui, a photo-stitching application from New House Internet Service. It preserves a panorama project so that the work can be reopened and edited later.
A project can contain references to the source photographs and the settings used to align and stitch them, including control points, projection settings, cropping and output options. The project file is used with the source images to recreate or continue the panorama.
Open the pts file in PTGui. If the project refers to source photographs, keep those images available in their expected locations so PTGui can load the project correctly.
A PTS project is not normally converted directly to another project format. Open it in PTGui and export or render the completed panorama to an appropriate image format.
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