Extract text from AutoCAD and Dreamweaver templates (DWT)
To convert DWT templates to another format, you need AutoCAD or other Cad software.
To convert other file formats to the "Drawing Template File" file type, you need software like AutoCAD or a similar tool.
The .DWT file extension is most commonly an AutoCAD Drawing Template or an Adobe Dreamweaver Web Template. In AutoCAD, these templates store baseline settings, layers, title blocks, and dimension styles so users do not have to recreate standard drafting environments from scratch. In Adobe Dreamweaver, .DWT files store static HTML layouts and CSS configurations to standardize multiple web pages across a site.
Both formats are heavily tied to their proprietary ecosystems and present significant usability challenges. AutoCAD requires an expensive monthly subscription to natively edit CAD templates, and sending a raw .DWT to a client or manufacturer is useless if they only use standard document viewers. Similarly, Dreamweaver templates are practically useless outside the Adobe web development environment; standard web browsers like Chrome or Edge cannot natively preview them because they contain proprietary Adobe editable region tags.
Users typically need to convert AutoCAD .DWT files to standard DWG for active drafting or PDF for universal viewing and printing. Dreamweaver .DWT files are usually exported or generated into standard HTML or PHP files.
Because these are highly specialized template files rather than standard documents, standard online converters often fail to process them. Often, only the original authoring software can properly read or export the complex embedded data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DWT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DWG, DWF, DXF, PDF, ZIP, DWL, SLDDRW, BAK, DOCX, NWD, SLDASM, SDOCX and TXT files.
If you want to convert DWT file to DWG, PDF, GR, G, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP or IGES, you can use AutoCAD or similar software from the "Software Template File" 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 DWT, try AutoCAD or another comparable tool in the "Software Template File" category.
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 DWT converter.