Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MGD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert MGD to another file type
To convert MGD data files to another format, you need MagiCAD or other Data software.
Convert a file to MGD
To convert other file formats to the "Multi-format Data Container" file type, you need software like MagiCAD or a similar tool.
About MGD files
The .mgd file extension is highly fragmented and used by completely unrelated software applications. Most commonly, it acts as a MagiCAD product database file used in MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) design, or as a Garmin GPS data file. It is also frequently found as a game client configuration data file formatted as JSON for the MMORPG MIR4 Global, an accessory file for the 3D animation software MikuMikuDance, a rhythm game package for StepMania packaged as a ZIP, or an enhanced image from MyHeritage. Because these are primarily proprietary database, backup, or game-specific data containers, users face significant challenges. You cannot open a MagiCAD .mgd file without an expensive MagiCAD subscription. Game data files are heavily locked to their specific engines and offer no utility outside of them. Converting .mgd files depends entirely on the source. A StepMania .mgd can often be extracted like a standard ZIP archive to access internal audio and image assets. A MIR4 .mgd can be opened as a plain JSON text file. However, converting a MagiCAD database to standard CAD formats like DWG or DXF requires the original software. Standard online converters fail because they cannot guess the underlying data structure. While these formats are often closed, our tool can analyze the file signature, show raw text, and extract data if it detects a supported embedded format like ZIP, GZIP, or JSON.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MGD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert MGD file to CFS, GPD, MLD, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4 or BSP, you can use MagiCAD or similar software from the "Database & Game Configuration Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to MGD, try MagiCAD or another comparable tool in the "Database & Game Configuration Data" category.
The MGD 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 MGD converter.