FILExt - The File Extension Source

Details for file extension .DRW are on this page. Because there is no central registry for file extensions and their associated programs there may be multiple entries on this page. And, because there are many (some say over a million) such associations not all may be listed here. A search on the file extension you submitted shows 7 record(s).

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The details for each of these are shown below. The best FILExt can do for you is provide the details we know about. Selecting the information that applies to your particular situation is up to you. Use any hints provided. If the information here is not helpful, FILExt is sorry; but as a research site FILExt cannot provide personal support. If you need further information you might try the research tips on the FILExt Help Me page.

Extension: DRW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Drawing
Specific Notes [What's This?]
This is a common extension used for drawings by various programs. ..... [Search for DRW file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
Various programs use this extension; too many to list individually. Take clues from the location of the file as a possible pointer to exactly which program is producing the file. The file's date and time can also help if you know which programs you were running when the file was written.
This is record 3508 last modified on 2004-10-16.

Extension: DRW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
CADS Planner Drawing		Kymdata Oy
Specific Notes [What's This?]
CADS Planner is a product family for different needs of drawing and engineering. ..... [Search for DRW file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	CAD/CAM	None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 0D 43 41 44 53 20 44 52 57 20 ASCII: .CADS.DRW
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 24451 last modified on 2007-10-18.

Extension: DRW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Freelance Graphics Version 2 for DOS Drawing/Presentation		IBM
Specific Notes [What's This?]
This was a Lotus product. Lotus was bought out by IBM. ..... [Search for DRW file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 3509 last modified on 2007-10-05.

Extension: DRW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
MacDraw Drawing
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) ..... [Search for DRW file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	Graphic	None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 64 44 6F 63 44 32 ASCII: dDocD2
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 24137 last modified on 2007-08-24.

Extension: DRW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Micrografx Vector Graphic
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) ..... [Search for DRW file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 3510 last modified on 2003-01-14.

Extension: DRW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Personal Designer (4Design) CAD Drawing Database		4D Graphics, Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
The DRW file created by Personal Designer (now known as 4Design) is a CAD/CAM database that stores 3D vector information for use with said program. It is a binary file. Personal Designer was developed by 4D Graphics for Computervision Corp from 1983-1999. Computervision was bought by PTC in 1997. PTC discontinued Personal Designer in 2000, but there remain many users and databases. Personal Designer was also marketed as "microCADDS" and MicroDraft in Europe. In the mid/late 1980s, Personal Designer was the most powerful 3D CAD sysetms available for the PC. Personal Designer was no doubt the first commercial user of the .DRW extension for DOS platforms, beginning in 1983. 4D Graphics still exists and offers a Personal Designer CAD look-alike called 4Design. The CAD file has a .DRW file extension. There is also a .DRW file viewer offered by Draftware Inc. ..... [Search for DRW file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	CAD/CAM	Draftware Inc.
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 17484 last modified on 2004-10-16.

Extension: DRW
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Pro/ENGINEER Drawing		PTC
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Pro/ENGINEER is a 3D product design product, featuring productivity tools that promote best practices in design while ensuring compliance with your industry and company standards. ..... [Search for DRW file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 23 55 47 43 3A 32 20 44 52 41 57 49 4E 47 20 ASCII: #UGC:2.DRAWING.
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 3511 last modified on 2007-05-05.

System Info for File Extension .DRW

FILExt has been given permission to display the file extension database produced by the Associate This! program. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Data collected by FILExt on registered file extensions from user systems is also in the display. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. In particular, look at the Program ID. Often a company will put the program's name into the short ID that Windows uses to open registered file extensions. If that's not the case, look at the complete path to the EXE file. Often, programs will install themselves into directories that give either the program or company name. The program name itself may also be used as the EXE file name. These listings are particularly important since they represent listings that are in actual use by users who have sumbitted data to FILExt and therefore these listings can point you to the most likely candidate should there be multiple entries in the FILExt main database.

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .DRW

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. MIME type listings often contain the name of a program or, at a minimum, a type of file as the leading text in the MIME type.

General Info

• If the extension you are looking for is of the form .??_ the file is likely a compressed file and part of an install routine. When the install program runs it will expand the file and replace the underscore with the proper letter for the file type.
• If the file is sent as an audio file with any three-character extension it may be a dictation file where the extension is the dictator's initials; playable by BCB Voice Systems software (see ??? extension). The file could likewise be a dictation file in TrueSpeech format. Use Windows Sound Recorder and/or Media Player to play these back.
• If the extension you are looking for has a number at the end or is only a number and there were no results consider entering the same extension format using zero or one as some programs produce numbered split files but when the split can be extensive (e.g., .000-.999) only the first entry is in the database.

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