LanguageTEC
Tecplot ASCII data
File type: Graphics file
Files with tec extension can mainly be found as ASCII Data files used by Tecplot software like Tecplot 360.
Found 5 different file type records with the same tec filename suffix.
What is tec file?
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 29, 2023
File extension tec is sometimes used for Tecplot ASCII Data files. Tecplot, a family of visualization software tools developed by Tecplot, Inc.
The more common and default file extension is dat, but some programs export Tecplot compatible data files with tec file extension instead. Tecplot can probably work with them if the file extension is renamed back to dat.
These files can be converted to standard binary PLT format used by TecPlot with preplot.exe program located in the /bin folder inside the program folder. They can also be loaded directly to Tecplot and exported to another format.
Tecplot tec files have the following characteristic:
- ASCII (although TECPLOT can create and use binary data files)
- Color is not associated with the data, but can be added during postprocessing by the TECPLOT program, or by associating variables "R", "G" and "B" with data, for instance;
- 2D or 3D data, and can have time dependence;
- No compression (except for the binary data format option);
- Geometric data is stored, but the user can also store associated quantities such as pressure, temperature, or velocity.
- Data is grouped into zones whose meaning is determined by the user. Animation is achieved by starting with each zone being a "time snapshot", and displaying one zone at a time.
How to open tec file?
Rename the extension from TEC to DAT and you will probably be able to load it directly to Tecplot.
How to convert tec file?
Rename the extension from TEC to DAT and use preplot.exe bundled together with Tecplot to convert it to a binary .plt file usable in Tecplot.
Suggested software to open tec file:
Associated software actions with the tec file
Software applications that can open tec files:
Tecplot 360 (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit tec files:
Tecplot 360 (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving tec files:
Tecplot 360 (Microsoft Windows)
Programs for viewing tec files:
Tecplot 360 (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create tec files:
Tecplot 360 (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that convert tec files:
IVCon (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print tec files:
Tecplot 360 (Microsoft Windows)
PDP-10 TECO macro
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: November 7, 2018
The tec file extension is associated with the TECO text editor for DEC PDP-10 mainframe computers. File contains macro used by TECO.
TECO (Tape Editor and COrrector, later Text Editor and COrrector) is the text editor developed in the 1963 for PDP-1 computers. Later was ported for PDP-6 and PDP-10 computers. TECO had been also very popular on Unix operating system before the Unix vi text editor was released.
TECO is also predecessor of EMACS text editors.
How to open tec file?
Use Text Editor and COrector to view content of the TECO macro files.
How to convert tec file?
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Suggested software to open tec file:
Associated software actions with the tec file
Programs for viewing tec files:
Text Editor and COrector (Microsoft Windows)
Samsung phones cached image
File type category:
Temporary file
Date updated: February 8, 2017
File extension tec seems to be used for a special cache format found on some Samsung smart phone devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy S2.
These .tec files contains a cached version of a jpg image which can be recovered with proper software.
How to open tec file?
Cache files cannot be usually can be opened directly, but some programs can recover them.
How to convert tec file?
You can recover these .tec files to JPG format using program like TEC2JPG.
Suggested software to open tec file:
Associated software actions with the tec file
Software apps that import tec files:
TEC2JPG (Multiplatform)
Tanner L-edit layout technology data
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 31, 2017
The tec file extension is also used by the L-edit, a PCB layout design software, developed by Tanner.
The tec file contains layout technology data from the Tanner L-edit program.
How to open tec file?
Use L-edit to work with Tanner L-edit.
How to convert tec file?
Compatible tools may be able to export *.tec files to other formats.
Suggested software to open tec file:
Associated software actions with the tec file
Software applications that can open tec files:
L-Edit (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit tec files:
L-Edit (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving tec files:
L-Edit (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create tec files:
L-Edit (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print tec files:
L-Edit (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving tec files:
L-Edit (Microsoft Windows)
TECkit compiled mapping file
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: November 29, 2023
File extension tec is used for a specific format in TECkit, a a low-level toolkit intended to be used by other applications that need to perform text encoding conversions.
tec files from TECkit contain mapping data between a byte encoding and Unicode. They are made from .map files.
How to open tec file?
Can be used in TeckKit or similar utilities.
How to convert tec file?
It might be possible to decompile these files back.
Suggested software to open tec file:
Associated software actions with the tec file
Software applications that can open tec files:
TECkit (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create tec files:
TECkit (Microsoft Windows)