Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GER file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert GER to another file type
To convert GER Gerber files to another format, you need gerbv or other Cad software.
Convert a file to GER
To convert other file formats to the "PCB Fabrication File" file type, you need software like gerbv or a similar tool.
About GER files
A .GER file is a Gerber format file containing 2D vector data used to manufacture printed circuit boards (PCBs). Maintained by Ucamco, these files instruct photo plotters and CNC machines on how to create electrical layers, copper traces, and solder masks. You usually generate these files from Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software like Altium Designer, KiCad, or Mentor Graphics. While standard in the manufacturing industry, the .GER format presents major hurdles for general use. It is a highly specialized, ASCII-based text file that cannot be opened visually by standard operating systems, email clients, or web browsers. If you try to open it natively, you will just see an illegible wall of text, coordinates, and macro commands. This makes sharing designs with clients, managers, or non-engineers incredibly frustrating. To bypass these limits, you need to convert the file to a standard format. For web viewing, printing, and client review, convert .GER to PDF or SVG to preserve crisp vector scalability. For importing the layout into mechanical CAD tools, convert to DXF. Drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser - free, online, and without installing heavy EDA software.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GER file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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FAQ
If you want to convert GER file to , you can use gerbv or similar software from the "PCB Manufacturing Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to GER, try gerbv or another comparable tool in the "PCB Manufacturing Data" category.
The GER 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 GER converter.