What is a .CDB file?
CDB is an ANSYS APDL model database for engineering analysis.
- Did you know
- CDB stores a meshed model for the ANSYS simulation software.
- An ANSYS CDB is produced by the CDWRITE command and stores the model as a stream of Mechanical APDL input commands.
- It captures node and element mesh data so the model can be re-read with CDREAD, even on a different machine.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more scientific, medical and engineering files: R serialized data (RDS/RData), ABIF sequencing traces, VASP/Gaussian/XCrySDen DFT structures, ChemDraw (CDX/CDXML), Axon ABF and NI TDMS instrument data, BrainVision/Neuroscan/EEGLAB EEG, Gmsh/Abaqus/Nastran/ANSYS FEA decks, SPICE netlists, VTK structured/rectilinear grids and oscilloscope waveforms.
- Depth of analysis
- .CDB is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .CDB file
- Drag a .CDB file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.