MWF Converter

Extract text from MWF files


Drop or upload your .MWF file
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How to extract text from your MWF file

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

Convert MWF to another file type

To convert your MWF file to another format, you need PicoScope or other Data software.

  • MWF to CSV
  • MWF to JSON
  • MWF to XML
  • MWF to YAML
  • MWF to YML
  • MWF to TOML
  • MWF to INI
  • MWF to CFG
  • MWF to CONF
  • MWF to DAT
  • MWF to DB
  • MWF to SQL

Convert a file to MWF

To convert other file formats to the "Oscilloscope Waveform" file type, you need software like PicoScope or a similar tool.

  • DBF to MWF
  • XML to MWF
  • SQLITE to MWF
  • XLSX to MWF
  • SQL to MWF
  • TSV to MWF
  • ACCDB to MWF
  • YAML to MWF
  • MDB to MWF
  • CSV to MWF
  • ODS to MWF
  • JSON to MWF

About MWF files

The .mwf extension is a fragmented format most commonly associated with proprietary waveform data generated by automotive oscilloscopes (like Motor-Tester or PicoScope) and medical ECG devices (like Nihon Kohden). In these contexts, the file contains raw voltage-over-time measurements used for diagnosing engine faults or monitoring heart rhythms.

For mechanics and technicians, the biggest difficulty is that .mwf files are locked to the specific diagnostic software that created them. You cannot simply double-click to open them in Microsoft Excel to analyze the data, nor can you view the waveform graph in a web browser or email it to a client as a visible image. This proprietary lock-in makes sharing diagnostic results or archiving medical records difficult. Users frequently need to convert these files to CSV or XLSX to manipulate the raw data points, or to PDF and PNG to share a visual report of the waveform trace.

A secondary, legacy use case is the MapWindow File created by Autodesk MapGuide Author. These files define the layers and window settings for older GIS map projects. Since this software has been superseded by newer web mapping technologies, opening old .mwf project files often requires outdated environments or conversion to modern GIS formats.

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

Users also converted WMF, JPG, PSDATA, VSM and WBF files.



The MWF 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 MWF converter.