Extract text from Waveform configuration files (WCFG)
To convert WCFG Waveform configurations to another format, you need Xilinx Vivado or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "XML Configuration File" file type, you need software like Xilinx Vivado or a similar tool.
The .WCFG (Waveform Configuration) file is primarily an XML-based settings file used by Xilinx Vivado Design Suite and the legacy Xilinx ISE. Its main purpose is to save the visual layout, signal groupings, colors, and radix settings (e.g., hexadecimal, binary) for an FPGA or ASIC simulation waveform viewer. A small percentage of these files are also used as HMI Window Configuration files by Flexem HMI software and FlexSim.
The biggest limitation of a .wcfg file is that it does not contain the actual simulation data. It relies entirely on accompanying waveform database files like WDB or VCD to be useful. Because it requires a heavy, multi-gigabyte FPGA toolchain to function correctly, sharing a .wcfg file with someone who does not have the original project files or software is often pointless. Furthermore, standard online converters completely fail to process it because they do not understand proprietary hardware simulation environments.
Since the file is structured as plain text XML, the best conversion targets are XML or TXT for basic human readability, or parsing it into a CSV to extract a list of tracked simulation signals. This allows developers to review the testbench setup without opening the full IDE. Because our analysis detects the supported underlying XML format, you can easily inspect the file's internal text and structure right in your browser.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WCFG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert WCFG file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use Xilinx Vivado or similar software from the "Waveform Viewer Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to WCFG, try Xilinx Vivado or another comparable tool in the "Waveform Viewer Configuration" category.
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