.DRW file extension

How to open file with .DRW extension?

Klaus Mehler, 28.08.2014
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.DRW is the file extension developed by Corel Corporation for the needs of their proprietary software. The files with the .DRW extension belong to the "Graphic Files " category. The full name of this type of files is Vector Drawing. Files with the .DRW extension can be opened in several ways. The easiest is to install the manufacturer’s application. Fortunately, this is not the only method. There are many applications on the market that successfully open files with the .DRW extension. Below is a list of such applications. Among them are also applications fully free of charge for home use.

Vector Drawing

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WINDOWS
CorelDraw Graphics Suite CorelDraw Graphics Suite
Corel Presentations Corel Presentations
Pro/Engineer Pro/Engineer
Microsoft Picture It! Microsoft Picture It!
iGrafx Designer iGrafx Designer
Lotus Freelance Graphics Lotus Freelance Graphics
CADS Planner Viewer CADS Planner Viewer

Acorn Vector Draw

OS Software
WINDOWS
CorelDraw Graphics Suite CorelDraw Graphics Suite
Ovation Pro Ovation Pro
Linux DrawView DrawView

ProE / Creo Parametric 2D CAD

OS Software
WINDOWS
Creo Parametric Creo Parametric
CrossManager CrossManager

After downloading and installing the software in our system, files with the .DRW extension should be automatically associated with the new application. With this association, the file can be opened by double-clicking the mouse. If for some reason we still cannot open the file with the .DRW extension, we still have one method. It involves the attempt to open the file from the installed application. Choosing from the menu "FILE", we perform the command "Open" and the explorer window we select the file we are interested in, and then we confirm by pressing enter. This method is more time-consuming, but enables us to definitively state whether we use the correct application to open the files with the .DRW extension. If we are sure of it, we then use the extended reference menu (shift key and right mouse button) and by selecting "Open With", we select the appropriate application and we permanently connect it with a file with the extension we are interested in.