Ford uses the .ab file format, so the file for your vehicle that you downloaded from the Motorcraft site will be .ab. You can extract the APIM asbuilt info (7D0) from this file easily and convert it to .abt for FORScan. (UCDS uses the .ab file directly.) However, this is your factory (OEM) asbuilt information, so it will not contain ant FORScan edits you previously made for the APIM (because your vehicle is a 2017 F150).
Use this tool to parse the data for any module (as long as it is listed) from the FORD .ab file to a specific module .abt file.
FordAsBuiltTool.zip (19.7 KB)
Load the FORD .ab file and navigate to the desired module, save the data as needed. You can also compare the data between 2 files (.ab or .abt). You will notice the tool will sync across the screens for the modules. Differences are highlighted in red.
This tool will open and save 2021 and above .ab and .abt files. However, the Sync 3 and Sync 4 files are not compatible, so don’t load the old Sync 3 files into a Sync 4 unit.
See the Sync 3 and Sync 4 Databases for the current asbuilt information.
AsBuilt Databases - CyanLabs