EDX Converter

Extract text from EdrawMax diagrams (EDX)


Drop or upload your .EDX file

How to extract text from your EDX file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your EDX file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert EDX to another file type

To convert EDX diagrams to another format, you need Wondershare EdrawMax or other Vector Image software.

Convert a file to EDX

To convert other file formats to the "Diagram and Drawing File" file type, you need software like Wondershare EdrawMax or a similar tool.


About EDX files

The .EDX file is primarily an XML-based diagram or drawing document created by Wondershare EdrawMax. Users rely on this format to store complex flowcharts, mind maps, organizational charts, and network diagrams. Secondary uses include zlib-compressed MRI scanner protocol files used by Siemens Healthineers, electronic component data exchange archives (ZIP-based) used by Altium, or simulation data definitions for ENVI-met. The primary disadvantage of a .EDX diagram file is its proprietary nature. Sharing an EdrawMax flowchart with clients who do not own an active software license creates immediate roadblocks. Standard web browsers and default operating system tools cannot render the internal XML structure. Users must convert these files to standard targets like PDF for universal document sharing, or PNG, JPG, and SVG for web-ready images. Note that interactive elements or specific vector layers may flatten during export. Because .EDX extensions map to completely different software depending on their origin, from simple XML flowcharts to compressed medical imaging protocols, they are notoriously difficult to process online. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data.

Convert.Guru analyzes your EDX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted EDDX, ETDX, XPS, DOCX, PDF, ZIP, RAR, XLSX, JPG and PNG files.


FAQ

If you want to convert EDX file to PDF, XLS, XLSX, XLSM, XLSB, ODS, CSV, TSV, TAB, DIF, SLK or WK1, you can use Wondershare EdrawMax or similar software from the "Diagram and Chart Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert WQ1, XLSM, NOTES, QPW, WK3, WB2, WKS, XLSB, 123, XLS, WB1 or XLSX files to EDX, try Wondershare EdrawMax or another comparable tool in the "Diagram and Chart Storage" category.



The EDX 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 EDX converter.