.RAD File Extension

File Type 1

Reality Adlib Tracker Module

Developer Reality
Popularity
4.0  |  6 Votes
Category Audio Files
Format N/A

What is a RAD file?

Module created by Reality AdLib Tracker, an audio tracking application; contains note and instrument information for a song; holds up to 32 patterns and 31 instruments; common size is 10k or less.

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NOTE: Reality AdLib Tracker and Adlib Tracker II are DOS only applications but can be used through DOSBox, a DOS emulator, on contemporary PCs.

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Programs that open RAD files

Updated September 17, 2013
File Type 2

Radar ViewPoint Radar Data

Developer N/A
Popularity
3.5  |  6 Votes
Category Text Files
Format N/A

Radar data analysis format used for locating aircraft and monitoring airspace.

Programs that open RAD files

Windows
Radar ViewPoint
Updated 2006
File Type 3

VRAD Lights File

Developer Valve
Popularity
2.6  |  5 Votes
Category 3D Image Files
Format XML

3D lighting file used by VRAD, a command line program that adds light properties to a .BSP first-person shooter game map file; stores lighting properties for materials, which define the surface appearance of 3D objects.

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RAD files are specified in an XML format. They can include settings for normal LDR and HDR (high dynamic range) color and intensity.

To compile lighting properties into an existing BSP map file, use the following command: vrad -lights bspmapname.rad

Programs that open or reference RAD files

Windows
Updated April 29, 2011
File Type 4

Radiance Scene File

Developer Radiance
Popularity
2.5  |  2 Votes
Category 3D Image Files
Format Text

Scene file used by Radiance, a free ray tracing application; saves objects, materials, and lighting properties; serves as an input for generating an octree (.OCT) file so the scene can be rendered.

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RAD files are saved in a text format, so they can be edited easily with a text editor before being converted for rendering.

Programs that open or reference RAD files

Mac
Linux
Updated April 29, 2011
File Type 5

Citrix Rapid Application Delivery File

Developer Citrix
Popularity
3.0  |  1 Vote
Category Settings Files
Format Text

Configuration file used by Citrix XenApp (formerly Citrix Presentation Server) virtualization software; saved in a plain text format and contains a reference to a hosted application profile; used for launching streamed applications, which provide software to users on demand.

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RAD files are opened automatically by the Raderun.exe program included with XenApp. This program can also be run manually at the command line.

Programs that open or reference RAD files

Windows
Updated April 29, 2011

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