Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CATDRAWING file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CATDRAWING to another file type
To convert CATDRAWING drawings to another format, you need CATIA or other Cad software.
Convert a file to CATDRAWING
To convert other file formats to the "2D Drafting File" file type, you need software like CATIA or a similar tool.
About CATDRAWING files
A .CATDRAWING file is a 2D drafting and documentation file created by CATIA V5, an enterprise-grade computer-aided design (CAD) software developed by Dassault Systèmes. These files store 2D orthographic projections, dimensions, tolerances, and annotations derived from 3D CATPART or CATPRODUCT models. They are heavily used in aerospace, automotive, and industrial engineering to generate precise manufacturing blueprints. The main disadvantage of the .CATDRAWING format is its highly proprietary nature. It is heavily locked into the Dassault ecosystem. Viewing or editing requires an active, expensive enterprise license. Files cannot be opened natively in web browsers or standard viewing applications, making it extremely difficult to share manufacturing drawings with external suppliers or clients who do not use CATIA. To resolve this, you must convert .CATDRAWING files to universal 2D formats. PDF is the best target for viewing and printing blueprints without specialized software. For editing in other CAD systems like AutoCAD, convert the file to DWG or DXF. Be aware that direct conversion can sometimes break proprietary hatch patterns or custom fonts. Because .CATDRAWING is a closed format with undocumented binary structures, standard online converters usually fail to process it. Only the original software or specialized, licensed CAD translators can fully interpret the complex geometric data. Our tool will inspect the file structure, extract available text metadata, and attempt conversion if any embedded open data streams are detected.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CATDRAWING file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CATDRAWING file to PDF, STEP, DWG, CATPART, STP, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM or IGES, you can use CATIA or similar software from the "2D CAD Engineering Drawing" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to CATDRAWING, try CATIA or another comparable tool in the "2D CAD Engineering Drawing" category.
The CATDRAWING Converter Story
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 CATDRAWING converter.