Ray Dream 3D animation
File type: 3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Files with rds file extension are in most cases 3D animations made using the Ray Dream software, which is now known as DAZ Studio.
Found 3 different file type records with the same rds filename suffix.
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: December 8, 2017
The rds file extension was used for a 3D format for Ray Dream program, now known as DAZ Studio for Windows and Mac.
This particular type of .rds file contains animation created and saved in Ray Dream.
Use DAZ Studio, Bryce or similar software to open .rds animation files.
It may be possible to convert .rds files to other similar 3D modeling formats.
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Software applications that can open rds files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that can edit rds files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software capable of saving rds files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that create rds files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 19, 2026
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, a Microsoft component of Microsoft SQL Server, is a server-based reporting platform for creating, managing, and delivering reports.
An rds file contains an XML-based data source definition, including the information required for Reporting Services to connect to the underlying data source. Reports can reference this shared data source instead of storing the connection definition separately.
RDS files are used with Reporting Services projects and deployments on Microsoft Windows. They are configuration files rather than report output files or databases, and are normally managed as part of the Reporting Services environment.
An rds file is normally opened through a Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services project in an appropriate Microsoft development environment, such as SQL Server Data Tools on Windows.
Because the file is XML-based, it can also be viewed as text, but changing its contents directly can make the data source invalid or prevent reports from connecting.
There is no standard conversion that turns an rds file into a useful document or database format. It is a Reporting Services data source definition, not a data container.
To use the connection in another Reporting Services project, copy or recreate the shared data source through the project or server management tools and adjust its connection settings as needed.
Software apps that create rds files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving rds files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 28, 2026
WAsP, developed by DTU Wind Energy, uses the RDS file to describe a site's roughness rose. The file contains sector-based roughness lengths and roughness changes, together with user-specified correction factors for wind speed and correction angles for wind direction for each sector.
The roughness description is site data used by WAsP during wind-flow and wind-resource calculations. It is an application-specific data file associated with WAsP 4.
Open the file in WAsP on Microsoft Windows. Use WAsP's project or site-data tools to load the roughness description so that its sector information can be used in the relevant calculations.
To change the roughness description, edit it in WAsP and save it in the format supported by the WAsP version being used.
