Convert Fax or Artweaver files (AWD) online for free
The converter easily converts your AWD files to various formats - free and online. No Artweaver or or other Raster Image software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "Fax Document / Drawing" file type, you need software like Artweaver or a similar tool.
The .AWD file extension represents several distinctly different formats. The most common are Microsoft Fax (At Work) Documents, Artweaver Documents, and Away3D scene files. Historically, Microsoft used the .AWD format in older operating systems (like Windows 95) to store received faxes as black-and-white raster images. Meanwhile, digital artists use .AWD to save layered graphics in Artweaver, and 3D developers use it to store scene data for the Away3D engine.
These formats present massive challenges. If you have a Microsoft Fax file, it is completely obsolete. Modern operating systems cannot open it natively because it relies on outdated, 1990s-era proprietary compression. Artweaver and Away3D files are strictly proprietary to their specific software, meaning standard image viewers or 3D programs cannot read their internal structures. This makes sharing, archiving, or migrating these files incredibly difficult.
You should convert Microsoft Fax .AWD files to standard image formats like PDF, TIFF, or PNG to ensure they remain readable on modern devices. For Artweaver documents, exporting to PSD (Photoshop) or JPG is highly recommended for cross-platform collaboration.
Because these formats are either completely obsolete or closed-source, they are notoriously difficult to process. Standard online converters frequently fail because they lack the niche decoders required for 30-year-old fax compression or proprietary layer structures. Drag and drop your .AWD file into convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. Even if the original software is required to perfectly export the data, our platform can inspect the file, identify its true origin, and attempt to extract any embedded standard elements.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your AWD file.
Users also converted AWB, DWG, ARW, ATF, AVIF, ZIP, 3DM, STEP, GLB and RWD files.
If you want to convert AWD file to RWD, JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, ICO, CUR or PSD, you can use Artweaver or similar software from the "Fax Document or Layered Image" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to AWD, try Artweaver or another comparable tool in the "Fax Document or Layered Image" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our AWD converter.