BIM file format description

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

2 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.bim - Zemax Binary Image Surface Data

The BIM data files are related to ZEMAX. BIM file is a Zemax Binary Image Surface Data. ZEMAX is the software that optical engineers and designers around the world choose for lens design, illumination, laser beam propagation, stray light, freeform optical design and many other applications.

Application:

ZEMAX

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Zemax Binary Image Surface Data related extensions:

.agf: Zemax ASCII Glass Catalog
.bgf: Zemax Binary Glass Catalog
.ele: Zemax Element Drawing Settings
.ima: Zemax Image Surface Data
.not: Zemax Element Drawing Note
.tob: Zemax Object Data

.bim - PLINK Extended MAP File

The BIM data files are related to PLINK. BIM file is a PLINK Extended MAP File. PLINK is a free, open-source whole genome association analysis toolset, designed to perform a range of basic, large-scale analyses in a computationally efficient manner.

Application:

PLINK

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

PLINK Extended MAP File related extensions:

.bed: PLINK Binary Biallelic Genotype Table
.clst: PLINK Cluster Membership File
.cmh: PLINK Cochran Mantel Haenszel 2x2xK Test Report
.cmh2: PLINK Cochran Mantel Haenszel IxJxK Test Report
.cnv: PLINK Segmental Copy Number Variant Data
.dist: PLINK Genomic Hamming Distance Matrix

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

Can't open a .bim 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.bim

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 .bim file extension is often given incorrectly!

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

blm, bkm, bi, nim, him, fim, bom, bin, bik, vim, ibm, gim, bum, bmi, bil

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.bi: BSC Intermediate Object
.im: AIM Greyscale Image
.bin: C64 Printfox/Pagefox Bitmap Image
.bkm: BizHawk Movie
.blm: Rightmove Bulk Load Mass Data
.bi: OpenEdge ABL Before Image

Operating systems

DataTypes.net currently supports the following operating systems:

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

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