ParaView data object
File type: Various data file
A pvd file extension is related to the ParaView, a data analysis software. A pvd file stores data object.
Found 4 different file type records with the same pvd filename suffix.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 14, 2017
The pvd file extension is mainly related to ParaView, a data analysis and visualization application for Microsoft Windows, Linux and OS X (macOS) developed by Kitware, Inc.
The pvd file stores some sort of data object.
Use ParaView to work with *.pvd files.
ParaView may be able to export *.pvd files to other formats.
Software applications that can open pvd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit pvd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving pvd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pvd files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pvd files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 4, 2026
PacketView Pro is a network protocol analyser for Microsoft Windows developed by Kios Technologies, Inc. The software uses pvd files to save packet trace data.
The file contains network traffic captured by PacketView Pro and is intended for analysis in that software. The format is associated with the Windows version of PacketView Pro.
Open the file in PacketView Pro on Microsoft Windows. Use the program's file-opening command to load the packet trace for analysis.
A pvd file is a native PacketView Pro packet trace, so it is not normally converted with a general-purpose file converter. If PacketView Pro provides an export function, use it to save the captured data in one of the formats supported by the program.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pvd files:
Microsoft Windows
PacketView Pro
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 4, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
PVD files were associated with Pagerecall software from Authentica, an enterprise rights management software vendor. Authentica was acquired by EMC Corporation on February 27, 2006.
Authentica's enterprise rights management software has been integrated with EMC Documentum products. The Pagerecall format is obsolete.
Open a PVD file with the original Pagerecall software, if that software is still available in the required environment.
If the file is important, use an existing installation or contact the organization that created it rather than changing the file extension.
If Pagerecall can still access the file, use any export or print function provided by that installation to create a document in a current format.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 4, 2026
The pvd file extension is associated with Canon Software Publishing, a Japanese company that develops printing solutions and other devices.
A pvd file stores picture browser cache data. The cache helps the associated picture-browsing software retain information needed to display and browse pictures more efficiently.
Because it is cached data, the file is normally managed by the Canon software and is not intended to be edited directly. It may be recreated when the software needs it again.
A pvd file is normally opened automatically by the Canon picture-browsing software that created it. It is not intended to be opened as a picture or edited manually.
If the file is encountered separately, it can generally be left in its original folder for the associated software to use.
A picture browser cache is temporary application data, so a pvd file normally has no useful conversion format.
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