Extract text from SMG files
To convert your SMG file to another format, you need SOLIDWORKS Composer or other Cad software.
To convert other file formats to the "Technical Communication File" file type, you need software like SOLIDWORKS Composer or a similar tool.
A .smg file is a technical communication project created by SOLIDWORKS Composer (formerly 3DVIA Composer). Unlike heavy CAD formats like SLDASM or CATProduct which contain precise mathematical data for manufacturing, the .smg format contains lightweight, tessellated 3D geometry optimized for creating product manuals, assembly instructions, and technical illustrations.
While .smg files are excellent for authoring documentation, they are proprietary and cannot be opened by standard web browsers, image viewers, or even other CAD tools like AutoCAD. This creates a significant bottleneck when sharing visuals with marketing teams, service technicians, or customers who do not have a Composer Player license. To make the content accessible, users must typically convert .smg files to PDF (for universal viewing), SVG or CGM (for scalable vector illustrations in manuals), or MP4 (for video instructions).
Convert.Guru analyzes your SMG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted MSG, SVG, PDF, PNG, STEP, WEBP, STP, ZIP, JPG, TXT, IGS, AEP and SLDASM files.
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 SMG converter.