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DRW (DRaWing) is a native format used in the popular Micrografx Designer CAD/CAM/CAE application for the Windows operating system.
This file format is not supported in the non-vector toolkits. Read support and write support for this format are provided in the LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro toolkit and are unlocked when the Vector features are unlocked.
LEADTOOLS supports versions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the DRW file format.
LEADTOOLS supports loading this format as a raster image, vector image, or SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) document.
The file constants associated with this file format are:
| Constant | Read Support | Write Support | Description |
| Drw | Yes | Yes | Micrografx Designer CAD drawing. |
When DRW files are rasterized, they are 24 BPP.
The following table indicates which objects LEAD can load and which objects it can save:
| Object: | Load: | Save: |
| Arc | Supported | Not Supported |
| Lines | Supported | Supported |
| Pie | Supported | Not Supported |
| Point | Supported | Supported |
| PolyDraw | Supported | Supported |
| Polygons | Supported | Supported |
| Polyline | Supported | Supported |
| Raster | Supported | Not Supported |
| Text | Supported | Supported |
Required DLL: Leadtools.Vector.dll and Leadtools.Codecs.Drw.dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application .
Related Formats: CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile, CMX - Corel Presentation Exchange Format, DGN - Intergraph Format, DWF - DWF Format, DWG - DWG Format, DXF - Drawing Interchange Format, EMF - Windows Metafile Formats, GBR - Gerber Format, PCL - Printer Command Language Format, PCT - Macintosh Pict Format, PDF - Portable Document Format, PLT - PLT / HPGL Format, PS - PostScript Document Format, RTF - Rich Text Format, SHP - ESRI Shape Format, SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics Format, WPG - WordPerfect Vector Format, WMF - Windows Metafile Formats, WMZ - Compressed Windows Metafile Format, E00 - ArcInfo Interchange File Format, MIF - MapInfo Interchange File Format.
| Extension | Module | Value | Win32 | Win64 | Net32 | Net64 | Linux | Android | Apple | UWP | MimeType | Friendly Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drw | DRW | 136 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | DRW - DRaWing |
For a complete list for supported file formats, see Summary of All Supported File Formats.
For details of the file formats supported across products and platforms, refer to File Format Comparison Chart.
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