Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DC to another file type
To convert DC drawings or configs to another format, you need IMSI DesignCAD or other Cad software.
Convert a file to DC
To convert other file formats to the "DesignCAD Drawing File" file type, you need software like IMSI DesignCAD or a similar tool.
About DC files
The .DC file extension serves multiple distinct functions across different industries, making it a notoriously confusing format to handle. Primarily, it is a 2D/3D CAD drawing file created by IMSI DesignCAD. Alternatively, IT professionals encounter .DC files as remote control host lists for DameWare Remote Control or config files for ManageEngine Desktop Central. Civil engineers might also recognize it as a survey controller data file from Trimble. This fragmentation means users face immense friction when trying to open or share these files. A .DC drawing file is proprietary, heavy, and cannot be natively viewed in web browsers or standard image viewers. Sharing a native DesignCAD file often forces the recipient to purchase specific software just to view a single blueprint. Similarly, Trimble data requires niche surveying software. To solve this, users must convert these files. For DesignCAD drawings, the best target formats are DWG, DXF, or PDF. Exporting to DWG ensures compatibility with AutoCAD, while PDF freezes the layout for easy printing, though you lose the ability to edit the 3D geometry. Because .DC is a closed, proprietary format, standard online converters almost always fail to process it. Usually, only the original software holds the exact algorithms to read or export the geometric or network data accurately. Our engine inspects the file's internal structure - such as detecting if it uses a Microsoft Compound container or plain XML - and attempts to extract text or embedded content safely.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DC file to AC, DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT or X_T, you can use IMSI DesignCAD or similar software from the "CAD Drawing or Host List" 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 DC, try IMSI DesignCAD or another comparable tool in the "CAD Drawing or Host List" category.
The DC 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 DC converter.