Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DGML file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DGML to another file type
To convert DGML Graphs to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Developer software.
Convert a file to DGML
To convert other file formats to the "Architecture Graph File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.
About DGML files
.DGML files are Directed Graph Markup Language documents primarily used by Microsoft Visual Studio to visualize code dependencies, architectural models, and object relationships. They are stored in an XML structure containing nodes, links, and styling properties. Users typically interact with these files using the Architecture and Code Map features within Microsoft Visual Studio. While the raw data is human-readable, viewing the actual graphical representation requires this heavy, expensive, and complex IDE. The primary disadvantage of the .DGML format is its lack of portability. You cannot open a .DGML file in a standard web browser or standard image viewer. If you need to share a dependency graph with stakeholders, project managers, or non-developers, they will be unable to open it without installing specialized development software. To solve this, users frequently convert .DGML files to standard image formats like .PNG or .JPEG, or to vector-based formats like .SVG and .PDF for infinite scaling and easy printing. Note that exporting to a static image removes interactive features like node-expansion and tooltips. Because .DGML is highly specific to the Microsoft ecosystem, standard online converters fail to process it. Only the original software can natively render the visual graph. If our analysis detects standard embedded structures, viewing or conversion to safer formats may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DGML file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DGML file to IMAGE, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO or RS, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the "Dependency Graph Visualization" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to DGML, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Dependency Graph Visualization" category.
The DGML 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 DGML converter.