SAW Converter

Extract text from SAW files

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How to extract text from your SAW file

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

Convert SAW to another file type

To convert your SAW file to another format, you need CADmatic or other Cad software.

Convert a file to SAW

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

About SAW files

The .saw file extension is primarily associated with Homag Group's manufacturing ecosystem, specifically the CADmatic saw control software. These files function as panel saw cutting plans, containing complex geometric data, material grain directions, and nesting layouts used by industrial beam saws to optimize wood cutting.

The Problem: .saw files are highly proprietary and machine-specific. They are not standard CAD files (like DXF) and cannot be opened in AutoCAD, Excel, or generic viewers. Engineers and operators often struggle when they need to view a cutting plan off-site or share data with clients who don't possess the expensive manufacturing software. Additionally, older legacy files from AliceSoft games or Masada Acropole property management software use the same extension, creating confusion.

The Solution:

For Manufacturing (Homag): The most practical conversion is to use the original CADmatic or Cut Rite software to export the data to CSV (for Excel analysis) or PTX (Pattern Exchange format). For documentation, printing to PDF is the standard workflow.
For Reports (Acropole): If your file is a property management report, it is likely just a Rich Text Format file in disguise. Simply renaming the extension from .saw to rtf often allows you to open it immediately in Microsoft Word.
For Gamers (AliceSoft): These are binary save states tailored to the System 3.x engine and typically cannot be converted, only transferred between installation folders.

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 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 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.