Extract text from Livewire schematics (LVW)
To convert LVW schematics to another format, you need Livewire or other Cad software.
To convert other file formats to the "Electronic Circuit Schematic File" file type, you need software like Livewire or a similar tool.
A .LVW file is a proprietary electronic circuit schematic document created by Livewire. It stores visual circuit designs, component placements, wiring node connections, and real-time simulation parameters. Users open and edit these files primarily using the Livewire application, developed by New Wave Concepts.
Sharing .LVW files presents a major real-world challenge. The format is entirely closed and proprietary, meaning you cannot open it natively in a web browser, standard document reader, or mobile device. If the recipient does not have a license for this specific engineering software, the file is virtually useless.
To share circuit designs effectively, users must convert .LVW to standard, widely supported formats like PDF, PNG, or JPG. Converting to these document or raster formats preserves the visual schematic layout for printing or documentation, but it permanently strips away the interactive simulation data and component properties.
Because this is a closed, proprietary format, standard online converters consistently fail to process it. Often, only the original software can properly read, parse, or export the internal schematic data. Despite these limits, you can just drag and drop your file into convert.guru to identify the format, view its internal structure, and extract text. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or partial conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LVW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted LVM, TDMS and WDH files.
If you want to convert LVW file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use Livewire or similar software from the "Circuit Schematic Simulation Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to LVW, try Livewire or another comparable tool in the "Circuit Schematic Simulation Data" 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 LVW converter.