Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PWB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PWB to another file type
To convert PWB whiteboards to another format, you need ActivInspire or other Data software.
Convert a file to PWB
To convert other file formats to the "Interactive Whiteboard Lesson" file type, you need software like ActivInspire or a similar tool.
About PWB files
The .PWB file extension usually represents a Promethean Whiteboard lesson file used by educators. Other common uses include PowerWorld Simulator case files for power system analysis, and Pure Writer application backups. To open these files natively, you need specific proprietary software like Promethean ActivInspire for educational content, or PowerWorld Simulator for grid simulation. Pure Writer backups are created on Android and use standard ZIP or 7Z compression algorithms under a renamed extension. Sharing .PWB files is a major challenge. The format is highly proprietary. If you send a .PWB lesson to a student or colleague, they cannot open it without installing the exact Promethean software. PowerWorld files are equally isolated and require expensive commercial licenses. The format is completely unsupported by modern web browsers and mobile devices. To solve this, convert your files to standard formats. For lesson distribution, convert .PWB to PDF to ensure anyone can view the content on any device, though you will lose interactive elements. For cross-compatibility with other interactive boards, convert to the standard IWB format. If your file is a Pure Writer backup, convert or extract it to ZIP to recover your text files. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PWB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PWB file to PDF, DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT or X_T, you can use ActivInspire or similar software from the "Interactive Whiteboard Lesson" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to PWB, try ActivInspire or another comparable tool in the "Interactive Whiteboard Lesson" category.
The PWB 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 PWB converter.