Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your EDRW file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert EDRW to another file type
To convert EDRW CAD files to another format, you need eDrawings Viewer or other Cad software.
Convert a file to EDRW
To convert other file formats to the "2D CAD Viewer File" file type, you need software like eDrawings Viewer or a similar tool.
About EDRW files
The .EDRW file is a proprietary 2D CAD drawing format used primarily by the eDrawings Viewer and SOLIDWORKS. Engineers use it to share technical drawings securely with clients who do not own an expensive CAD license. You can open these files using eDrawings Viewer or Solid Edge. The format is heavily restricted. It is a proprietary, closed format designed specifically for viewing, measuring, and markup, not for editing. The internal structure is typically a highly compressed ZIP archive containing proprietary CAD data. You cannot open it in standard web browsers or generic image editors. This makes sharing with non-technical users a major challenge. The best conversion targets are PDF for universal document sharing, JPG or PNG for quick visual reference, and DXF if you need to extract vector geometry. Be aware that converting to an image format will lose layers and metadata. This file format is very difficult to open or convert because it is closed and proprietary. Often, only the original SOLIDWORKS software or eDrawings Viewer can properly read or export the data. Standard online converters fail to process it. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format inside the archive, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your EDRW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert EDRW file to DWG, PDF, DXF, STEP, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, IGES, SAT or X_T, you can use eDrawings Viewer or similar software from the "Secure 2D CAD Viewing" 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 EDRW, try eDrawings Viewer or another comparable tool in the "Secure 2D CAD Viewing" category.
The EDRW 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 EDRW converter.