Details of extension .oct

On this page, we're going to take a closer look at the .oct file extension, which is related to Radiance Octree. We'll explain what exactly a .oct fileformat is and how you can use it. If you're interested in learning more details about this type of file, we'll show you where to find them. And if you ever need to convert .oct files into different formats, we'll give you some tips on how to do that too. Let's see the file format associated with this file extension!

Contents

• Radiance Octree

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Radiance Octree

The OCT file is a Radiance Octree. Radiance is a suite of tools for performing lighting simulation originally written by Greg Ward. It includes a renderer as well as many other tools for measuring the simulated light levels. It uses ray tracing to perform all lighting calculations, accelerated by the use of an octree data structure.

Category: Data files

Application: Radiance

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

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Related extensions:

.hdr Radiance Map Data

.rad Radiance Scene

.inc POV-Ray Include File

.amb Radiance Ambient Data

Links:

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The .oct file extension might not only belong to a single type of file, there could be various kinds that use it. Keep in mind that files with the .oct extension may contain various content types. If you have helpful information about this extension, write to us!

The .oct extension is frequently misused

People sometimes confuse the .oct filename extension. Based on the searches on our site, here are the most common misspellings from the past year.

Having trouble opening a .oct file?

If you want to open a .oct file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. Incorrect settings for the .oct association can trigger this error.

Windows can't open this file:

File: example.oct

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To change file associations:

• Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
• In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
• Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.

Supported operating systems

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux, Mac OS X, macOS, iOS, Android