Free tool · GAEB converter
Convert GAEB to Excel
In goes a GAEB file (X81 to X86, D81 to D86 or P81 to P86), out comes an Excel table with item numbers, short and long texts, quantities, units, unit prices and totals. The file is read in your browser and never uploaded.
Drop a GAEB or Excel file here
orX81–X86, D8x, P8x, XLSX or CSV · up to 50 MB- Your files stay in your browser
- Writes GAEB DA XML 3.3 to the official schemas
- Free, no sign-up
How it works
How to convert GAEB to Excel
01
Drop the GAEB file into the converter or choose it.
02
Check sections, items and long texts in the preview.
03
Click Excel (or CSV). The file is saved to your downloads.
04
In Excel, sections are shaded rows; the type column marks contingency, alternative and lump-sum items.
What changes
What the Excel file holds
One row per section and item: item number, short text, long text as plain text, quantity, unit, unit price, total and type. Images and text formatting stay in the GAEB file. Contingency items without total and alternative items show their unit price but no total.
FAQ
Questions about converting GAEB files.
Open the file in the converter and click Excel. You get an XLSX file with one row per section and item, with item numbers, texts, quantities, units and prices.
GAEB DA XML (X81 to X86), GAEB 2000 (P81 to P86) and GAEB 90 (D81 to D86), up to 50 MB.
Yes, as plain text in their own column, with line breaks and list items. Bold, tables and images stay in the GAEB file.
Yes. The Excel to GAEB direction of the converter reads the exported table and writes an X83 or X81 again.
No. The converter runs in your browser; the file stays on your device.
Conversions
Every conversion, explained.
GAEB to Excel
Convert GAEB to Excel
Item numbers, texts, quantities and prices as an XLSX or CSV table.
Excel to GAEB
Convert Excel to GAEB
An X83 or X81 from your spreadsheet, with a checked preview.
X83 to X84
Convert X83 to X84
Enter your unit prices and download the bid as X84.
D83 to X83
Convert D83 to X83
GAEB 90 and GAEB 2000 to GAEB DA XML 3.3, same phase.
GAEB to PDF
Convert GAEB to PDF
A print-ready bill of quantities with long texts, saved as PDF.