Convert ID card designs or models (IWC) online for free
The converter easily converts your IWC designs or models to various formats - free and online. No CardPresso or other Page Layout software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "ID Card Design File" formats to IWC without using software like CardPresso or a similar tool.
The .IWC file extension generally serves two completely distinct purposes. The most common use is as a proprietary ID card design file originally created by ImageWare Systems CardWizard (now often handled by CardPresso). It stores layout definitions, text fields, and placeholder images for printing physical identification badges. The second major use is an InfoWorks transportable model database utilized by Innovyze InfoWorks (specifically the InfoWorks ICM software). In this engineering context, the file is essentially a renamed ZIP archive holding complex hydraulic modeling data.
The massive disadvantage of the .IWC format is severe vendor lock-in. If you receive an .IWC card design but lack an active, expensive license for ID card software, you cannot view or edit the layout. Similarly, InfoWorks files require highly specialized engineering software to open naturally. Relying on these proprietary files makes sharing layouts or raw data with clients and external teams virtually impossible.
To overcome these limitations, you must convert the file based on your intent. For ID card templates, convert .IWC to PDF for sharing layouts securely, or to JPG for quick web previews. For InfoWorks databases, convert or rename the file to a standard ZIP archive to extract and inspect the underlying raw tables and data. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your IWC file.
Users also converted CARD, BMPR, WVE, PSI and PA files.
If you want to convert IWC file to PSI, PA, MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS or ALAC, you can use CardPresso or similar software from the "ID Card Design & Database" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to IWC, try CardPresso or another comparable tool in the "ID Card Design & Database" 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 IWC converter.