There are 12 other file types using
the CDF file extension!

.cdf - Comma Delimited Data Format

.cdf - Cyberspace Description Format

1. Data = cdfread (filename) reads all the data from the Common Data Format (CDF) file specified filename. Specify filename as a character vector or string scalar. CDF data sets typically contain a set of variables, of a specific data type, each with an associated set of records. The variable might represent time values with each.
2. View MATLAB Command. Open the sample NetCDF file, example.nc with read-only access, read a variable, and then close the file. The netcdf.open function returns a file identifier. Ncid = netcdf.open ( 'example.nc') ncid = 65536. Read the data associated with the variable, avagadrosnumber, in the example file, using the netcdf.getVar function.
3. Download CDF-to-netCDF converter from NASA page and run it on your CDF file. Python has nice netCDF module, which can be installed from GitHub, or python repo. In this case you also need several dependencies like HDF5, netCDF-4, numpy, cython. Once you have netCDF file, you can access it with netCDF module or scipy.io module.
4. How to Open CDF file To see if you have an application which supports CDF file format you need to double click on the file. This will either open it with matching application or Windows operating system will suggest you to look for an application for file extension CDF either on web or on local computer.

.cdf - InstallShield components definition

.cdf - Microsoft Channel Definition Format

How to open a.cdf file? Launch a.cdf file, or any other file on your PC, by double-clicking it. If your file associations are set up correctly, the application that's meant to open your.cdf file will open it. It's possible you may need to download or purchase the correct application.

.cdf - Unidata Network Common Data form

.cdf - Nominal Small Business Accounting Software company data

.cdf - MicroSim PCBoard component description

.cdf - Xilinx Integrated Software environment chain description file

.cdf - Content definition data

.cdf - GSFC Common Data Format

.cdf - Affymetrix chip definition data

.cdf - CryENGINE character definition

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CDF file extension- Computable Document Format

What is cdf file? How to open cdf files?

The cdf file extension is also related to Computable Document Format, an electronic document format created to offer users easy authoring of dynamically generated interactive content.

The format was developed by Wolfram Research and is mainly used in their software.

The default software associated to open cdf file:

Company or developer:
Wolfram Research, Inc.

Formerly known as Mathematica Player, Wolfram CDF player allows users to to open and interact with Mathematica files (.nb and .nbp) and Computable Document Format (.cdf) files.

Help how to open:

Wolfram CDF player is able to open and work with the *.cdf files.

How to convert:

Probably can be converted to other formats.

List of software applications associated to the .cdf file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open cdf file, edit cdf file, convert cdf file, view cdf file, play cdf file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting cdf files.

Software that open cdf file - Computable Document Format

Programs supporting the exension cdf on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about Wolfram CDF Player for open cdf file action.

What is a CDF file?

CDF is a document file standard developed by Wolfram Research, an multinational company founded in 1987. CDF document may contain such interactive materials as graphs, tables, video clips, text, or infographics.

CDF files are mainly used for creating various business and scientific presentations. CDF documents may also be used as a part of Web-based interactive learning courses. CDF files don’t require any particular software tool installed on the disk in order to open them – users just need to download a dedicated CDF plugin for web browser and install it.

Program(s) that can open the .CDF file

How to open CDF files

How To Open Cdf Files

If you cannot open the CDF file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports CDF among those that are installed on your device.

A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the CDF file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.

Possible problems with the CDF format files

The inability to open and operate the CDF file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the Cyberspace Description Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.

• Corruption of a CDF file which is being opened
• Incorrect links to the CDF file in registry entries.
• Accidental deletion of the description of the CDF from the Windows registry
• Incomplete installation of an application that supports the CDF format
• The CDF file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
• The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the CDF file.
• Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a CDF file are out of date.

If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the CDF file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the CDF file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the CDF file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.

Similar extensions

How to associate the file with an installed software?

If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.CDF) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected CDF file. From the drop-down menu select 'Choose default program', then click 'Browse' and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the CDF file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.

Open Cdf File

Is there one way to open unknown files?

Open Cdf File

Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. CDF) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.