This page describes file formats used throughout this site and provides some tools to convert between them.

• Used mainly in | AMIGA, AHF.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters |

• Used mainly in | The cusp/core test
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters | this ASCII file format is easy to read, so this should not be necessary.

• Used mainly in | Many programs.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters | this is a generic file format; see individual codes that utilise it for further details.

• Used mainly in | Many programs.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters | this is a generic file format; see individual codes that utilise it for further details. Also see Data Translation Web Service

• Used mainly in | GADGET-2.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters |

• Used mainly in | Enzo, many others.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters | this is a generic file format; see individual codes that utilise it for further details. Also see Data Translation Web Service

• Used mainly in | IFrIT.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters | GADGET to IFrIT

• Alternative file format in | FLASH, widely used in atmospheric research, and thus supported by some visualisation programmes.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters | this is a generic file format; interface to HDF5 available. Also see Data Translation Web Service

• Used mainly in | PMCODE.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
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• Used mainly in | RAMSES
• Read/write routines and file format information |
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• Used mainly in | PkdGRAV, Gasoline and Tipsy.
• Read/write routines and file format information | here
• Converters | Tipsy to Grafic-2