How to open file with .CGM extension?

.CGM is the file extension developed by Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet for the needs of their proprietary software. The files with the .CGM extension belong to the "Graphic Files " category. The full name of this type of files is Computer Graphics Metafile. Files with the .CGM 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 .CGM extension. Below is a list of such applications. Among them are also applications fully free of charge for home use.

Computer Graphics Metafile

Ads	OS	Software
	WINDOWS	Adobe Illustrator Actify DesignShare XnView ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (ArcView) MapViewer Larson VizEx Reader UniConvertor SDI Convert

After downloading and installing the software in our system, files with the .CGM 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 .CGM 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 .CGM 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.