BBOX file format description

Many people share .bbox files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .bbox file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .bbox files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.bbox - Geomview Simple Bounding Box Data

The BBOX data files are related to Geomview. The BBOX file is a Geomview Simple Bounding Box Data. Geomview is an interactive 3D viewing program for Unix.

Application:

Geomview

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Geomview Simple Bounding Box Data related extensions:

.bbp: Geomview Bezier Bicubic Patches Data
.bez: Geomview Bezier Surface Data
.comment: Geomview Comment Object Data
.discgrp: Geomview Discrete Groups Data
.group: Geomview Group Data
.inst: Geomview Transformed Instance Data

Naturally, other applications may also use the .bbox file extension. Even harmful programs can create .bbox files. Be especially cautious with .bbox files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .bbox file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.bbox

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 one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .bbox file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

bblx, bbx, box, vbox

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.bbx: BrainBox Neural Net Data
.box: Microsoft SMS Temporary Holding Area Data
.box: Kodicom Video Metadata
.box: ICQ 6 BoxelyToolkit Data
.box: FoxMail Mailbox Data
.vbox: Oracle VM VirtualBox VM Settings

Operating systems

DataTypes.net currently supports the following operating systems:

Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8/10, Windows 11, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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