.CUB File Extension
Analysis Services Cube File
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Popularity |
3.9 | 18 Votes |
What is a CUB file?
Data file created by Analysis Services, a component of Microsoft SQL Server; stores a "cube," which is a collection of structured data exported from a data source; includes the data schema as well as the data itself; often used for performing Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) analysis.
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Analysis Services cubes can be accessed from a live source using SQL Server's PivotTable Service component. Cube files can also be used for offline analysis in Microsoft Excel. For example, OLAP cubes generated from Analysis Services can be opened and analyzed in Excel and saved as offline cube files.
Programs that open or reference CUB files
ISIS Cube File
| Developer | USGS |
| Popularity |
3.2 | 6 Votes |
GIS image file created by ISIS (Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers), a software package used for processing satellite imagery from NASA planetary missions; stores a cube, which is a three-dimensional image containing axes for "samples," "lines," and "bands".
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ISIS cube files are used for image processing and for generating geological surface images for the earth.
NOTE: ISIS was developed by USGS (U.S. Geological Survey).
Programs that open or reference CUB files
Gaussian Cube File
| Developer | N/A |
| Popularity |
2.0 | 3 Votes |
Gaussian cube format created by the cubegen and cubman programs included with the Gaussian distribution; stores volumetric properties, such as the number of atoms, X-, Y-, and Z-coordinates of origin grid points.
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Gaussian is an electronic structure program used to calculate volumetric properties such as electron densities and electrostatic potential. Besides the ".cub" extension, the application uses the more common ".cube" file extension to save data in the Cube format.
Programs that open CUB files
Spark Casual Engine Package
| Developer | Artifex Mundi |
| Popularity |
2.0 | 1 Vote |
A CUB file may also be an asset archive used by a video game developed using Artifex Mundi Spark Casual Engine. It contains images and other game assets. Games such as The Secret Order, Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love, and My Brother Rabbit include CUB files.
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Artifex Mundi is a Polish video game developer that primarily produces 2D hidden object and puzzle adventure (HOPA) games. Many of these games are developed using the publisher's proprietary Spark Casual Engine.
Games developed using Spark Casual Engine save game assets in CUB archives. While these archives are not meant to be opened by players, some modders have created tools that allow them to extract the assets CUB files contain.
NOTE: Artifex Mundi has licensed the Spark Casual Engine to other developers, so some non-Artifex Mundi HOPAs also include CUB files.
How to open a CUB file
You can use QuickBMS (Windows) to extract the assets a CUB file contains.