SAW Converter

Extract text from Homag cutting plans (SAW)


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

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

Convert SAW to another file type

To convert SAW Cutting plans to another format, you need Homag CADmatic or other Cad software.

Convert a file to SAW

To convert other file formats to the "Cutting Optimization File" file type, you need software like Homag CADmatic or a similar tool.


About SAW files

The .SAW file format is primarily used to store panel saw cutting plans and cutting optimization layouts. These files contain precise instructions and dimensions for CNC machinery used in manufacturing and woodworking. A secondary use is for property management financial reports generated by Masada Acropole software, and occasionally as game save files for the AliceSoft System 3.x engine. To open or manipulate these cutting plans, users typically rely on specialized software like Homag CADmatic or OptiCut. You need to convert .SAW files because they are highly proprietary and restricted to industrial environments. You cannot open them on a standard PC or mobile device. Sharing a raw .SAW file with a client or a non-technical colleague is frustrating because it requires expensive, specialized software just to view the basic layout. The best target formats for conversion are PDF for easy viewing of the cutting diagrams, or DXF for broad CAD compatibility. Keep in mind that converting to these generic formats will drop the machine-specific cutting codes. This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because standard online converters cannot process proprietary industrial machine instructions. Often, only the original optimization software can properly read or export the data. However, just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, like the RTF structure used in Masada Acropole reports, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert SAW file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Homag CADmatic or similar software from the "Panel saw cutting plan" 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 SAW, try Homag CADmatic or another comparable tool in the "Panel saw cutting plan" category.



The SAW 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 SAW converter.