Extract text from CVS files
To convert your CVS file to another format, you need Canvas X or other Vector Image software.
To convert other file formats to the "Technical Illustration File" file type, you need software like Canvas X or a similar tool.
A .cvs file typically falls into one of two categories, confusing many users. Most commonly, it is simply a typo for a csv (Comma Separated Values) spreadsheet. If your file contains text data, lists, or tables, you likely just need to rename the extension from .cvs to csv to open it in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
However, if the file is a legitimate graphic from the 1990s or early 2000s, it is a Canvas 3 Drawing File created by ACD Systems (now Canvas GFX). These are legacy vector illustration files used for technical drawings and visualizations. Because the Canvas format is proprietary and aged, modern software - including standard image viewers and web browsers - cannot open it directly. Users often struggle to access these distinct layers of vector and raster data without the original paid software. To make these files usable again, the best workflow is converting them to PDF for viewing or SVG/EPS for editing in modern tools like Adobe Illustrator.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CVS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CSV, CVX, PDF, MP3, APKG, BIN, ZIP, SXI, OTP and PRESENTATION files.
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 CVS converter.