Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DGS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DGS to another file type
To convert DGS Pattern files to another format, you need Optitex or other Cad software.
Convert a file to DGS
To convert other file formats to the "Apparel CAD Design File" file type, you need software like Optitex or a similar tool.
About DGS files
The .DGS file format is most commonly used for garment pattern designs in apparel CAD/CAM software. These files contain 2D clothing patterns, grading information, and markers used in textile manufacturing. The format is heavily associated with Optitex and Tukatech software. However, the extension is highly fragmented. A .DGS file could also be a DigiScreen interactive whiteboard project (stored as standard JSON), a Proceq DIGISCAN construction scan (stored as a ZIP archive), or a legacy Hebrew text document from the Dagesh word processor. The primary disadvantage of CAD-based .DGS files is extreme vendor lock-in. They are closed, proprietary binary files. You cannot open them natively on Windows or macOS, they do not work in web browsers, and they often require an expensive, dongle-protected software subscription to view or edit. Users typically need to convert apparel .DGS files to standard DXF (specifically AAMA/ASTM formats) to share patterns with other manufacturers, or to PDF and HPGL for large-scale plotting. Converting these CAD files is notoriously difficult because proprietary encryption prevents standard online converters from parsing the complex seam and tension geometry. Often, only the original CAD software can properly read or export the data without destroying the scaling. Our system can inspect the file and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - such as the JSON structure of a DigiScreen project or the ZIP structure of a Digiscan file - viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DGS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DGS file to DXF, TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN or LOG, you can use Optitex or similar software from the "Garment Pattern Design" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to DGS, try Optitex or another comparable tool in the "Garment Pattern Design" category.
The DGS 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 DGS converter.