Opening an FMW File

The FMW file type is primarily associated with FME Workbench.

FMW	File extension: FMW
	File type:	workspace

What is an FMW file?

FMW files mostly belong to FME Workbench by Safe Software Inc. FME Workbench application stores its project files in FMW format which includes spatial information. User can store input data sets, translation properties and other settings in FMW file format.

How do you open FMW files?

You need a suitable software like FME Workbench from Safe Software Inc to open an FMW file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your FMW file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a FMW file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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FMW format details:

To view or edit FMW files you need to know the file format, because it determines how the data in this file is stored. The initial characters of a file are called signature, sometimes also referred to as "magic bytes". The signature can be used to infer the file format. File extension, signature and file format must match; otherwise errors will occur when the file is opened. So you need a detailed analysis of a file to find out the format and the associated program. In the following you will find our evaluation of the FMW files:

You will often come across the FMW file type. This is used by different programs with different formats. The two most popular formats are as follows:

• 55% of all FMW files internally utilize the GZIP file format. Gzip is a compressed archive file format. Gzip (GNU zip) is only capable of compressing a single file. If you open these files in a text editor, you will see only illegible characters. Most of these files are 250 MB to 1 GB in size. It is a modern file type. The following filename is common: IG_12_01_01.1.fmw or IG_14_01_01.1.fmw. Such FMW files store data about nexus, ttaj, signed, incr, storm and puma.
• 15% of all FMW files start with the bytes #! <?xml version="1.0" encoding=" crucial for this file format. If you open these files in a text editor, you can view and read the content yourself. The average file size is 140 KB with most files being between 39 KB and 630 KB in size. The files contain the following words: #! <WORKSPACE, #! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>, #   Command-line to run this workspace, Program Files and Users. Such files sometimes refer to create, xmlfilefixer and data.

All other FMW files (30%) have different formats, the following 9 formats exist: PJL, Report and qvft. These files sometimes refer to trial, days, cyclopsneptune, hpclick, jgrw or plus. Drag & drop your file here to see the file format and a preview of your FMW file!